Software:SchoolTool
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| Developer(s) | The Shuttleworth Foundation |
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| Initial release | 2004 |
| Stable release | 2.8.4
/ July 4, 2015 |
| Written in | Zope (Python) |
| Operating system | Ubuntu |
| Type | SIS |
| License | GNU GPL v2 |
SchoolTool is a GPL licensed, free student information system for schools around the world. The goals of the project are to create a student information system, including demographics, gradebook, attendance, calendaring and reporting for primary and secondary schools, as well as a framework for building customized applications and configurations for individual schools or states.
SchoolTool is built as a free software/open source software stack, licensed under the GNU General Public License, Version 2, written in Python using the Zope 3 framework.
The sub-projects of SchoolTool are as follows:
- The SchoolTool Calendar and SchoolBell are calendar and resource management tools for schools available as part of the Edubuntu Linux distribution.[1]
- A SchoolTool student information system is being developed and tested in collaboration with schools
- CanDo is a SchoolTool-based skills tracking program developed by Virginia students and teachers to track which skills students are acquiring in their classes and at what level of competency.[2]
SchoolTool is configured by default to act as what is often called a student information system or SIS. The focus is on tracking information related to students: demographics, enrollment grades, attendance, reporting. It is a subset of a complete "management information system" (MIS) for schools, which might also cover systems like accounting.[3]
SchoolTool is not a learning management system, or LMS, such as Moodle, although they share some overlapping feature sets, such as a gradebook. SchoolTool does not contain curriculum or learning objects.
A post on the product news page in October 2016 titled "The Future of SIELibre and SchoolTool" indicates that the primary SchoolTool developers have moved on to other things.[4] This was accompanied by a google document explaining the decision and thanking contributors for their efforts.[5]
SchoolTool Features
- Customizable demographics;
- Student contact management;
- Calendars for the school, groups, and individuals;
- Resource booking;
- Teacher gradebooks;
- Class attendance;
- Report card generation.
See also
- OpenEMIS
- Enterprise Application Integration
- Open Knowledge Initiative
- Web services
- FET
References
- ↑ "SchoolTool (as included with Edubuntu)". http://edubuntu.org/Screenshots.
- ↑ "Cando Student Competency Tracker". http://www.apsva.us/site/Default.aspx?PageID=8793.
- ↑ "Basic Use of SchoolTool". http://book.schooltool.org/htmlhelp/features.html#basic-use-cases.
- ↑ "News and announcements : SchoolTool Project". April 2016. https://launchpad.net/schooltool-project/+announcements.
- ↑ "The Future of SIELibre and SchoolTool". https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dI9vQb8R7zRoYpSVvFmjj-Wlptvyld1erT0G8AWRYVw/edit.
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