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Managing timetables, plotting school bus route plans, calculating payroll and evaluating teacher performance adds to the tedious tasks of school management. Education software has been helping schools to manage these activities effectively by lessening the day-to-day time and effort put to complete them.

For instance, managing timetables is a difficult task for many school authorities. It involves continuous updating based on the availability of teachers, time required for each subjects, etc. So what can school authorities do to ease the tension associated with setting and managing timetables?

They can now depend on the timetable management software from Edsys to help the overall administrative functions of a school.

Let’s see what the advantages of using a Timetable management system in schools are.

Reducing paperwork

With an endless list of paperwork, manual school management is always tough and troublesome. But Timetable management software makes it easy for school authorities to manage the school affairs very effectively.

Less confusion

While creating timetables many things have to be taken into consideration like availability of teachers, number of classrooms, allotted time etc. It’s so confusing that errors may occur while setting it. Generating timetables automatically is the best way to avoid this and for that you can use timetable management software which provides a feasible solution.

Generating timetables automatically

Automatic timetable generation will help ease the disorder associated with manual timetable management. One special feature is the facility to generate timetables interactively. This will help in reducing the limitations of manual timetable management.

No more errors

Timetable management software is helpful in reducing manual errors. Sometimes, manual timetables can create confusion among teachers. So using timetable management software can help school management to effectively allot class hours to available teachers accurately.

Substitution management

Managing substitutions in the absence of a particular teacher is quiet troublesome where you need to check the availability and class timings of other teachers separately. But timetable management software can make it easier and hassle-free by providing the accurate results regarding substitution management.

Generating records

School management is not an easy job. The details regarding leaves, performance, classroom activities etc. need to be noted in order to manage and improve it. Timetable management software can be a great help for school management to take care of all the activities of employees. The benefit of generating records on a monthly basis helps school authorities to monitor the data regarding teachers and non-teaching staff in an easy manner.

Pay scales

Preparing pay scales is a tiresome job where leaves of each employee have to be taken separately. Confusion and chaos regarding pay scale can be avoided if timetable management software is used. It prepares pay scales very easily and accurately.

Not just for a single class!

Creating timetables for class itself is a hard thing. So how will school authorities manage to prepare timetable for the whole school? They can seek the help of Timetable management software which help in creating timetable for the whole school. It also helps us in saving our energy, time and money!

Manually managing the affairs of a school is not as easy as you think. So in order to keep up with the changing educational system, you need to make use of technology which will help you attain efficient results. Timetable management software is one such change which you can make in order to make things move faster. This not only helps in effective school management but also contribute significantly to the overall learning atmosphere of the school.

 

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Having a parent portal seems to be very useful from a school administrator’s perspective. It provides them a single point reference to all the school related activities of a student. But, the people who are first and foremost concerned and connected to a child’s welfare are obviously his or her parents. So, what does our parent portal offer to parents?

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On logging in, a parent lands to the home page or the dashboard of our parent portal. Here you can find a top navigation pane as well as a side navigation menu. The top/horizontal navigation menu has five options – the Dashboard, Online Payment, Academic Calendar, Notification Center, and Communication Center. In the side menu, the parents can find different modules to generate reports such as Results, Attendance and Fee. Below that, there are also modules related to school work such as assignments and study materials. Let us look at what all of these offers to a parent.

1. Main Menu

Online Payment: Physically going to the school to make payment, or entrusting a child with the fee amount are not the best options for today’s working parents. With our online payment portal, they don’t have to do either. They can conveniently login to the online portal and pay the dues from their internet connected device from anywhere using their credit/debit card or by net banking.

Academic Calendar: The academic calendar will provide a comprehensive view of the various events in a school year. From annual day and exam time to holidays, the parent can know the dates by looking at it. Parents can also find out about the student’s attendance by looking at the academic calendar.

Notification Center: Parents can keep up with the latest happenings by just taking a peek at the notification center. It might be a circular about an upcoming quiz competition or it might be the announcement of the exam schedule. All of this information along with school bus attendance messages will be displayed in the notification center, which is just a click away for parents.

Communication Center: Parents can stay updated about their children’s progress and behaviour in school at the communication center. It allows them to exchange feedback to the school principal or teachers.

2. Reports

Results Module: Parents get easy access to their children’s results from this module. They can see the detailed semester wise reports of how children have performed in various subjects. The results can be downloaded in PDF format for your convenience.

Attendance Module: The attendance module, as the name suggests, is a comprehensive view of students’ attendance. It lets the parent know the number of days their children has been present and absent from their classes.

Fee Module: Want to know how much amount has been paid as fees for the whole year? Parents can now get the complete details using our fee module. They can also find out the details about fee dues. All from their Internet connected device.

3. School Work

Assignments/Home Work: Parents can conveniently find out what assignments are there for their children and download them as PDF files. Once the assignment or home work is completed by the child, parents can upload it as PDF files to the parent portal.

Study Material Module: Study material will be provided as downloadable PDF files in the Academic section. Parents can either view it on the screen or download it according to their convenience.

4. Multiple Profiles

If a parent has more than one child studying in the same school, then the parent can view both children’s details from the same login. For instance, in the case of attendance, a parent can choose which child’s profile needs to be checked from inside the attendance module.

ParentApp

The Online Parent Portal is a comprehensive solution for parents. However, a dedicated mobile application would obviously be more convenient to carry around and access. ParentApp is exactly that and a little bit more. It can do pretty much everything that is possible with the online portal.

Highlights

• Attendance Tracking – Parents can track the children’s attendance on the go, at their convenience.

• Results – They get detailed semester-wise results complete with grades received for each subject

• Track Fee – Parents can find out if there are any fee arrears

• School Bus Tracker –This solution helps parents to pin point the real-time location of their children’s school bus

• Notice board – Parents can view schedules, time tables, circulars etc
from the school in PDF format

• Communication Center – Parents are notified of critical messages with push notifications, bridging the communication gap between teachers and parents. They can also initiate conversations with the school principal and teachers

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• Feedback Section – This section allows parents to send feedback to teachers on their children’s progress and activities.

The online parent portal will be hosted alongside the school website. It helps parents to communicate with teachers and stay informed about their children’s progress and discipline at school. All details for parents like school circulars, fee payment details, marks and attendance are reported through the portal. Parents with multiple children studying in the same school need only one login to view all details. The ParentApp is the icing on the cake as it provides a solution for busy parents to keep track of their children’s school life.

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A good school bus tracking software should invariably be able to manage drivers too. Imagine the scenario where you have the complete database of driver time and attendance. Wouldn’t it be really helpful? Definitely! You will be able to compare driver performance over time. The School bus Tracker would in fact be a single tool required to analyse and improve your employees’ performance no matter where you are.

Let’s see how the School Bus Tracker software helps to manage drivers

Data

Driver attendance and time can be tracked with the bus. Drivers would need to log in to the GPS tracking system when they start their day.

Performance Evaluation

Analyse actual performance against planned schedules for employees with the data collected over time. It can be used
to improve employee performance.

Safety

Re-assign drivers with ease in case there is some sort of trouble. Also, be updated about the maintenance requirements of your vehicles.

Tracking

Along with the location of the bus on a route by route basis, the driver can also be tracked. You will be notified in case of unscheduled stops, over speeding, etc.

Managing drivers can bring some real benefits to you. Employ our GPS school bus tracker and enjoy these benefits.

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Kids are amazing. They are full of energy and are innately curious. In a world where technology is catching on than the wildest wildfire ever imagined, it is inevitable that kids get captivated by mobile devices. Considering these two factors, the best way for preschoolers to learn is through smart mobile apps.

Brilliant colors, large images of animals, fruits, etc are vital to getting the attention of children. Our designers and developers fully understand this and they have incorporated these elements to our smart apps.

These smart apps are in fact called TinyTapps as they are made for toddlers. They are made to work with the iOS operating system. These apps are great for the early learning years. We’ll be discussing the apps in a 5-part series. This is the introductory part. The next one will talk about English Language apps, the third one will be about Math/Numbers app, then E.V.K./G.K. Finally we will discuss all the remaining apps.

Here is an overview of the apps.

English Language

  • Fun with ABC – alphabet learning
  • Small abc
  • Opposites
  • Rippling Rhymes

Math/Numbers

  • Swim With Numbers
  • Time Bird
  • Math Tables
  • All About Shapes

E.V.K/G.K.

  • Colour Carnival
  • Fruits and Vegetables
  • Animal Adventure
  • Fun with Animals
  • Body parts
  • Community Helpers
  • Means of Transport

Others

  • Hindi Vernal
  • Learn Arabic Alphabet
  • Arabic Flash cards
  • Fun with Quiz
  • My Talking Album
  • Fun with Flashcard
  • Learning Hindi

These are the different types of apps we have. We guess you would have got an idea as to the functions of each app here. In the next part we will be discussing about the English Language apps in more detail.

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The development during early years is very important to the overall growth of each child. On realizing this, the British government introduced the EYFS system. According to the EYFS or Early Years Foundation Stage system, schools should submit a profile report for each child’s learning and development. This happens at the end of EYFS, which in most cases is the year the child turns five.

There are 7 areas of learning which are divided into prime and specific areas of learning.

Prime areas of learning:

  • Communication & Language
  • Physical Development
  • Personal, Social & Emotional Development

Specific areas of learning:

  • Literacy
  • Mathematics
  • Understanding the World
  • Expressive Arts and Design

The system also mentions three characteristics of effective learning:

  • Playing and Exploring
  • Active Learning
  • Creating and Thinking Critically

The profile reports are graded or judged based on real time observations of children’s activities. This system requires all adults who are part of the learning and development processes to make valuable contributions to the judgements made about children’s profiles.

Being an ongoing or real time process, observations have to be noted down with labels along with photographs taken using cameras. It might not seem much of an inconvenience at first, but imagine taking notes and photographs for 25 children every day for a month or a year. The process that looked very easy on the onset suddenly appears daunting. And don’t start thinking of the problems associated with processing all the valuable observations.

But when you think of it as a modern day problem, an answer pops up – Mobile devices. Yes, those portable, powerful computers with cameras and network connectivity could make it easy for you to collect, sort and process all the information.

Only problem? You need an app for that. But don’t worry. We’ve got you covered with an EYFS mobile application. This app makes it easy for you to take pictures and label them according to different activities and sub-activities and save to each child’s profile instantaneously. The various options available in the device are put to excellent use making this application an amazing tool for EYFS management.

The main features of the EYFS mobile application are:

Student Profiles – Create profiles of each student and add them to the database with images and other necessary details including classes, divisions etc.

Images & Videos – Capture images and videos as children are doing activities and save them with tags. The captured images and videos can be shared, commented and graded from the mobile device itself.

Smart Search – We all know how convenient a search feature can be when there is a huge database of information. The search feature is quite comprehensive and works with different criteria such as dates and activities. It becomes very useful when parents or senior management asks for immediate feedback.

Generate Reports – Preparing reports gets hassle-free with this application. Generate monthly or yearly reports in PDF format.

Postcards – No pasting and sticking as postcards can be created from the mobile device itself. Images from various activities can be selected for the postcard which also includes the profile picture.

Sharing – There are numerous sharing options such as email, YouTube, Bluetooth etc to share video reports and images.

Database Syncing – The server application maintains a database of all the profiles and activities in the same institution and syncs them between mobile devices. This results in well organised data.

The app has a nice, intuitive interface that’s easy to use. It sure decreases the workload of the faculty and leaves minimal room for errors. The profiles can provide a clear insight to the development and learning of each child. It definitely lets you breathe easy as far as EYFS profiles are concerned!

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Run your institution efficiently with our multipurpose Real-time Institution Management System or RIMS. This software was developed with one idea in mind – to provide the most efficient and easy-to-use management tool for institutions all over the world. It is an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system that will help you to set up a complete management process ranging from student enrolment to TC issuance.

RIMS is mainly aimed at

  1. Schools
  2. Colleges
  3. Universities
  4. Training Centers
  5. Online Schools
  6. Group of Institutions
  7. Kindergarten

Why RIMS?

RIMS is a comprehensive solution for your management requirements. It removes the need for installing multiple softwares for various purposes.

A Long Features List – RIMS offers a list of features that is vital to suit the individual needs of each institution

A User Friendly Interface – Ease of use is one of the most important aspects to get right as far as software is concerned. The friendly interface of this student management software makes it easy to navigate and handle

Is Developed in PHP – PHP is a very flexible, efficient and user-friendly framework. It provides safety and simplicity to our education management software

Is Mobile Friendly – Mobile is a powerful tool that is with you all the time. RIMS is built to work seamlessly with mobile so that location doesn’t become a restriction for you.

Customize with Ease – All institutions do not have the same kind of governing. Each has its own unique requirements and we understand that. Therefore, RIMS has been created to be customized with ease.

Reliable Support – Do you have some doubt or is there an issue? Don’t worry. Our experienced professionals will help you out anytime.

RIMS plus Facilities

SMS messenger, Chat, RIMS mail, Directory, Task Scheduler

Features

Student Profiles

  • Enrol students with a photograph and details
  • Retrieve information anytime by Admission no, Name, Parent or Guardian etc

Fee Manager

  • Collection, penalty and exemption have never been this easy.
  • SMS alerts and arrear reports will be sent to parents

Internet Module

  • Access to overall information of the institution over Internet
  • Know details about attendance, marks card and fees over the Internet

Statistics & Reports

  • Evaluate the overall performance of the institution
  • Detailed reports to take proper &timely decision

Marks Card Generator

  • Generate mark cards for each class and individual students
  • Get examination dates, mark card, etc through SMS or e-mail

TC Maker

  • TC application to issuance is made easy
  • Make duplicate TC easily according to demand

Access Control

  • User categories with different sets of operational rights and screens
  • Unauthorized access monitoring

Course Manager

  • Manage syllabi efficiently
  • Promotion and batch allocation are done with ease

Apart from the above features, RIMS also has the ability to effortlessly manage Attendance, Transport, Store, Library, Accounts, Human Resources, Pay Roll

Our primary concern is providing a seamless user experience and customer satisfaction, which drives us to constantly strive to improve our software. So, we have planned to include a few more modules to the software in the near future. These include:

  • Advanced Web Interface
  • BI Integrated
  • Continuous Assessment [as per CBSE]
  • Fixed Asset
  • Hostel Manager
  • Lesson Planner
  • Timetable Manager
  • Event Calendar
  • Meeting Room Scheduler
  • Online Payment
  • House Management
  • Exam Room Allocation
  • Entrance Exam
  • Scholarship Manager
  • Security & Surveillance
  • Alumni Manager
  • Faculty Performance Monitoring
  • Medical Records
  • ID card Generator
  • Tour Organizer

Benefits of Real-time Institution Management System (RIMS)

A lot of benefits can be reaped by using our Real-time Institution Management System (RIMS). The benefits can be for the management, the faculty and for parents & students as well.

For Management

  • A single, convenient solution for various requirements makes it easy to operate. Thus saving time and effort
  • No duplication or error while managing the entire institution records
  • Fee/arrear collection simplified, Cost centres are seamlessly integrated for easy management
  • Accurate, reliable reports to help make good decisions
  • Detailed information of all individual institutions under the same umbrella

For Faculty

  • Access information about individual students anywhere, anytime
  • Hassle-free and efficient management of multiple syllabi, semesters and sessions
  • Highly efficient and effective communication system to bridge the gap between parents and school authorities
  • Effective processing of exam results and generation of online score cards
  • Attendance, leave and payroll of teaching and non-teaching faculty

For Parents & Students

  • Stay well informed of latest developments in regard to your children’s education, discipline, attendance fees, activities, etc.
  • SMS notification of the latest news such as organized events, fee due date, etc
  • Evaluating students to identify learning gaps, repeat and reinforce concepts
  • Online projects and examinations for better learning
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Bid adieu to spreadsheets and tedious processes to create and maintain EYFS profiles. In a similar vein to the ParentApp, we bring you a simple, flexible and precise management system to record the spontaneous moments and other activities of pre-kg students in a very easy way.

This amazing management system consists of a desktop application and a mobile application. The teacher can snap pictures or shoot videos of children with their mobile camera as and when the situation arises. These pictures can then be saved to the gallery or to the profile of a particular child/group of children. While saving each picture, the teacher gets to give grades, add comments and also share the picture through chat, Bluetooth etc.

Features

Images, videos – capture timely Images and videos and tag them for various activities and sub-activities according to the EYFS curriculum. While saving the captured images, comments and grades can be added. On a similar vein, videos can also be graded.

Student Profiles – New profiles can be added to the database with images and other details such as classes, divisions etc. Activities and sub activities can be added according to the EYFS curriculum.

Smart Search – We have a comprehensive search in both the mobile application as well as the desktop application. It works like a charm with different criteria such as dates and activities.

Easy-to-generate Reports – Create reports on a monthly as well as yearly basis. They will be generated as PDF files.

Colourful Postcards – It is easy to send postcards from the phone itself as the app will arrange images from various activities together and create post cards, also with profile picture. Once the post card is created, it can be sent through email to the respective parents.

Simple Sharing – Share videos Reports and images through mail, YouTube, Bluetooth, etc.

Database Syncing – Every profile, activity or other changes added by a person will be added to the server database. This information will be synced with the other devices connected to the server. This will help organize data easier.

These features are sure to simplify management of the EYFS system. If you already use the RIMS, then this system becomes an automatic choice, as it becomes easy to sync the existing database.

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Make training online easy with our Learning Management System (LMS). This simple, easy-to-use software allows you to handle various aspects of e-learning with ease. Be it administration, documentation, tracking, reporting and delivery of e-learning education courses or training programs, we have got it all covered.

For bringing you the best Learning Management System, our dedicated and experienced developers (Moodle experts) have built it upon an extremely customizable platform with plenty of standard features. The platform is called Moodle. The highlight features of Moodle are listed below.

General Features

  • Modern, easy to use interface – Be it desktop or mobile, the Moodle interface will impress you with its responsiveness and ease of access
  • Personalised Dashboard – There are plenty of features in Moodle, and you will not want all of them. Well, just keep the ones you want in your dashboard and forget the rest!
  • Collaborative tools and activities – Encourage interaction by creating forums, wikis, glossaries, databases and more
  • All-in-one calendar – Keep track of course deadlines and important events with the help of the All-in-one calendar
  • Convenient File Management – Handle files easily by drag and drop method from cloud storage services
  • Simple and intuitive text editor – Compatible across all browsers and devices, the editor lets you format text and add media with relative ease
  • Notifications – Enjoy the convenience of modern day communication facilities. Send messages and receive alerts on assignments, forum posts, deadlines, etc
  • Track progress – Track different activities including the progress and completion of courses at an individual level. There are lots of options available

Administrative Features

As you would have understood from the above features, Moodle is a very flexible and feature-rich platform. As an administrator, you will enjoy working with this software. Let’s see why.

  • Customisable site design and layout – Make your own design with logo, layout, colour schemes, etc
  • Secure authentication and mass enrolment – More than 50 options for enrolment and authentication of new users
  • Multilingual capability – Let users view content in their language and learn
  • Bulk course creation and easy backup – New courses can be added in bulk, and can be stored with ease
  • Manage user roles and permissions – Define roles and permissions beforehand so that there are no security issues
  • Supports open standards – You can import and export IMS-LTI, SCORM courses and more
  • High interoperability – Integrate external applications or content and make plugins for custom integration
  • Simple add-ons and plugin management – Manage all add-ons and and plugins from a single interface
  • Regular security updates – With regular updates, your software is assured to be secure
  • Detailed reporting and logs – get detailed reports for your use with the touch of a button

 

eLearning Features

While administrative features are important, the focus of the software is undoubtedly on e-learning. Let us look at the features offered by Moodle from that perspective.

  • Decide learning paths – The administrator will be able to manage classes according to the requirements. Classes can be set as instructor-led, self-paced, blended or entirely online according to convenience
  • Collaborative Publishing – The built-in publishing feature promotes interaction and engagement
  • Embed external resources – Study materials and assignments from other websites can be used and then connected to the Moodle’s Gradebook
  • Multimedia Integration – Want to insert a video or an audio file? Or are you looking for a video/audio file that is uploaded? With Moodle’s multimedia support, it is all possible
  • Group management – Create groups for various activities and to promote team work
  • Marking workflow – Manage and control assignments, grades, etc according to your convenience
  • In-line marking – Give feedback with ease using in-line marking in PDF documents
  • Peer and self assessment – Various activities such as workshops and surveys are there, encouraging users to view and assess the work they have done themselves, as well as that of their peers
  • Integrated Badges – Badges are present as a means to motivate users. These badges provide a sense of achievement by rewarding
  • Outcomes and rubrics – Customize the grade book according to your different criteria
  • Security and privacy – Provides a safe and secure means to teach and share. It would be a space that can be accessed by you and your class alone

 Advantages of Using Moodle

Being open source software, Moodle is completely free. Hence it brings a lot of cost savings. However, the main advantage according to Moodle experts is the number of innovative tools the platform has on offer. With this platform, you get a fast, simple and clear view of all your resources and learning activities at one place. There are subscription tools such as RSS feeds of forum discussions, calendar feeds that can be added to MS Outlook or Apple iCal, and email notifications about forum discussions or marked assignments. These encourage activity and participation. Moodle’s file picker can be tied into your account in cloud services such as Dropbox, Googledocs and Flickr, making it easy to share course material. The multilingual ability helps the software to be used by anyone in their native language. Some of the other major advantages are given below.

  • All-in-one Learning Platform
  • Highly Flexible And Fully Customizable
  • A Wide Assortment Of Functionality And Tools
  • Scalable to Any Size
  • Robust, Secure And Private
  • Use Anytime, Anywhere, On Any Device
  • Extensive Resources Available
  • Backed by a Strong Community
  • Easy to Use
  • Free with No Licensing Fees
  • Always up-to-date

So, if you are looking for e-learning management software, look no further. Our in-house Moodle experts will help you manage your e-learning system the way you want. They can tailor the software to match your needs.

 

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The progress of a child at school is one of the most important concerns of a parent. They are keen to track attendance, results and the different activities that take place at the school regarding their child. The best way to address this concern is to hand them the ability to track the different aspects 24/7, no matter where they are. This is what the ParentApp mobile application does.

The ParentApp has been designed to help parents in two ways – Tracking and communication.

Tracking Features

  • Attendance Tracking – Attendance of the entire school year displayed on a day to day basis
  • Tracking Semester Results – Semester-wise results with grades received for each subject
  • Track Fee – Find out if there are any fee arrears
  • School Bus Tracker – This is a real time tracking facility that helps parents to pin point the location of their children’s school bus. (This is a feature under progress. It will be fully functional with the next update to the application.)

Communication Features

  • Noticeboard – View schedules, time tables, circulars,etc in PDF format
  • Information section – Push notification facility that shows up critical messages from the school to the parents and bridges the communication gap between teachers and parents.
  • Feedback Section – Allows parents to send feedback on your child’s progress and activities, which help you to improve your service.

Usability and Safety Features

  • Simple Interface – Easy to comprehend and navigate for even the least tech-savvy person
  • Separate Profiles For Each Child – Access the details of your children from the same app
  • Single Point Access – Can be accessed from a single device only. Cannot be logged in from other devices.
  • Login ID and Password Recovery – Enables parents to recover the log in details and password with ease.

The main advantage of using the ParentApp is the satisfaction of parents in being up-to-date with the progress of their children. This application is convenient, saves time and eliminates the need for an extensive setup to communicate with parents. Employ this application and improve your reputation.