Re: [school-discuss] Gradebook Specification

[Les Richardson <richl@mail.tfsd.sk.ca>]

Hi Paul,

On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, chip wrote:

> > 1) Student - student information including:
> > a) Lastname
> > b) Firstname
> > c) Student Number (local or state/provincial)
> > plus any other useful demographic stuff.
> Maybe a password colloum?(md5 of cource!)
> So that students could view their grades?

Good idea. Password field added.

 
> On this matter, it would be nice if users are authenticated via a single
> function, and then granted/dennyed access based on what vhat that function
> returns.(ie so it would be easy to rip and replace the authentication system
> to use another Table/database from an existing system)

Perfect.
 
> > *****************
> > Operations Required: (by a teacher)
> > a) Enter/Edit/Delete Students
> > b) Enroll/Drop students in Subject/Section.
> > c) Add Tests to the Subject/Section.
> > d) Enter/Edit/Delete Student Results.
> > e) Print/View results by Student, Test.
> > f) Adjust Test Weightings including grouping by category.(overall balance
> > of course)

> Regarding E, I know with PHP it is possible to output to PDF files, which
> would be good for making printable reports.

Yes, I already do this using Perl and LaTeX. It's the basis of my report
card system.


Les R.