(FWD) Re: [seul-edu] Web Based Attendance Tracking report

[Roger Dingledine <arma@mit.edu>]

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From: Nicolas Pettiaux <nicolas.pettiaux@openbe.org>
To: seul-edu@seul.org, Evert Hoff <evert@tsf.org.za>
Subject: Re: [seul-edu] Web Based Attendance Tracking report
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 06:12:53 +0100

I suggest to have a look at 2 products that could be a good start: K12Admin 
and AUC.

THere are others that could prove usefull but I don't remmeber them NOW and 
do not have the time to look for.

Best regards,

Nicolas

Le Mardi 20 Février 2001 07:41, Evert Hoff a écrit :
> Hi Emilio,
>
> We are busy developing a system like that for Linux, but the first
> release will only be available in the second half of 2001, maybe only
> towards the end of the year.
>
> We haven't lauched our project yet, but it might be wise for me to tell
> everyone about it in advance in order to avoid duplicate work:
>
> We are a team of three programmers who will be working full-time on
> developing a free, open source school management system. The project is
> called SchoolTool and is funded by The Shuttleworth Foundation
> (www.tsf.org.za). There isn't a website for the project yet, but anyone
> interested in this is welcome to contact me.
>
> The system will address things like registering students, timetabling,
> attendance, tracking student performance (including outcomes-based),
> school budgeting, etc. We are building web functionality into it, while
> at the same time making provision for schools that will not have
> permanent Internet connectivity. Replication of data from the schools to
> districts or states/provinces is core to our design and will enable
> management information to be made available to the school / district /
> state / national government. We are taking global requirements into
> consideration and are designing the system in such a way that it will be
> customisable for any country's requirements. We are making the system
> scalable to fit the available hardware in a school - from one PC per
> school to one per teacher all the way through to one per pupil.
>
> We are busy analysing the requirements for the system, so if you have any
> ideas for features that you miss in your current program, please let me
> know and we'll include this in our design.
>
> Regards,
>
> Evert Hoff
> SchoolTool Project Leader
> The Shuttleworth Foundation
> www.tsf.org.za
>
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>
> On 2/20/01, 1:24:11 AM, Emilio Gerardo Milian <egmilian@gene.com> wrote
>
> regarding [seul-edu] Web Based Attendance Tracking report:
> > Hello:
> > My name is Emilio Milian, and teacher at the South San Francisco Adult
> > School.
> > http://www.smcoe.k12.ca.us/ssfusd/as/
> >
> > I am using a Win NT Visual Basic self-programmed utility for keeping
> > attendance in the classes that I teach.
> >
> > Pls see the links below for screenshots.  Is there anything similar to
> > it for Linux? or can it be programmed by someone else?
> > This program was written by my brother for my classes, but it uses
> > Visual basic and would like to change to Linux. Is anyboady up to the
> > challenge?
> >
> > The program is web based so I can login to the server from anywhere
> > after I put my account and password.
> > It has a database that includes the courses (names, dates, times, room
> > location, etc)
> > the student database, (name, ss#, address, tel#, age, emergency contact,
> > ethnicity, email , etc)
> > the attendance database for each of the courses, dates attended, hours,
> > if holiday, if excused, etc.
> > It can list all students in the data base,
> > It can give me a list of students for each course.
> > It can give ma an attendance grid for each course as the term
> > progresses.
> >
> > With this program I can add and revise the databases for courses, for
> > example I can add a
> > new course with its associated data.
> > I can add or update students with its related data.
> > I can revise attendance records for each week,  I can print the
> > attendance records.
> >
> > Do you know if there is anything like it for Linux?  Note: I'm not a
> > programmer.
> > I have this utility loaded on my own WIN NT web server at my house.
> > My brother who worte the program does not use Linux, he is a M$ user.
> > It would be great if an utility was available to teachers on the
> > internet similar to this.
> > Any comments, SUGGESTIONS?
> >
> > Drax said he would be looking at it.
> >
> > Emilio
> > emilian@milian.org
> >
> > Images:
> > http://www.smcoe.k12.ca.us/ssfusd/as/Test_Dev/images/Image1.gif
> > http://www.smcoe.k12.ca.us/ssfusd/as/Test_Dev/images/Image2.gif
> > http://www.smcoe.k12.ca.us/ssfusd/as/Test_Dev/images/Image3.gif
> > http://www.smcoe.k12.ca.us/ssfusd/as/Test_Dev/images/Image4.gif
> > http://www.smcoe.k12.ca.us/ssfusd/as/Test_Dev/images/Image5.gif

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Nicolas Pettiaux
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