owner-seul-edu@seul.org wrote: > 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 > > 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 > > > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > > > 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 > > -- > Nicolas Pettiaux > Avenue du Pérou 29 > B-1000 Brussels -- Doug Loss God is a comedian playing Data Network Coordinator to an audience too afraid Bloomsburg University to laugh. dloss@bloomu.edu Voltaire
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>From owner-seul-project@belegost.mit.edu Tue Feb 20 02:09:09 2001 Received: from moria.mit.edu (IDENT:root@MORIA.MIT.EDU [18.244.0.188]) by belegost.mit.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id CAA16077 for <seul-edu@majordomo.seul.org>; Tue, 20 Feb 2001 02:09:09 -0500 Received: from bigglesworth.mail.be.easynet.net (bigglesworth.mail.be.easynet.net [212.100.160.67]) by moria.mit.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id CAA11019 for <seul-edu@seul.org>; Tue, 20 Feb 2001 02:09:04 -0500 Received: from 213-193-168-47.adsl.easynet.be ([213.193.168.47] helo=nico1) by bigglesworth.mail.be.easynet.net with smtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14V6ua-0007d0-00; Tue, 20 Feb 2001 08:08:36 +0100 From: Nicolas Pettiaux <nicolas.pettiaux@openbe.org> Reply-To: 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 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.1.99] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" References: <3A91AB1B.B45A713E@gene.com> <20010220.6413600@einstein.hbd.co.za> In-Reply-To: <20010220.6413600@einstein.hbd.co.za> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01022006125308.08221@nico1> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by belegost.mit.edu id CAA16078 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 > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > 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 -- Nicolas Pettiaux Avenue du Pérou 29 B-1000 Brussels
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