ews

ews provides a complete framework for the dynamic creation of a school intranet system, with content management, messaging, booking, attendance, calendar and class based tools. The framework resolves around re-usable software, associated with a fine granular role based system. The solution integrates into existing Networks for seamless logon, as well as a host of Student Management and Timetabling packages for dynamic data transfer.

Features:

• Dynamic Intranet Solution- build a web portal that reflects the goals and aspirations of the school itself. Add as many links and pages as you wish
• Skinning- the portal is skin based, so each solution can reflect the colours and styles of the organization.
• Role based- create roles and apply the security throughout all pages and information within the portal. Create a Coordinators role, Curriculum team role…etc. each role can then be used throughout the portal with different rights and access to different pieces of information.
• Logon- Seamless logon with existing Networks
• Timetable import- Automatic import mechanism to import timetabling data from third-party applications such as:
  • The Timetabler
  • First Class
  • Cases21
• Student Information- instantaneously search for student information, send messages to a student’s coordinator/teachers and parents. Access an individual student’s:
  • Cases21
  • Timetable
  • Current Location
  • Attendance Data
  • Learning Goals
  • ePortFolio
  • Personal Information
  • All published reports
  • Personal Details
  • Assessment Results
  • External Testing results such as NAPLAN, AIM...etc.
• Course Collaboration Tools- rich interactive tools for student collaboration and assessment recording. These include:
  • Create Assessments and record submission of work
  •  Create Rubrics based on Assessment data and standards
  • Create advanced Curriculum maps reflecting school course content
  • Student Learning Goals
  • Wiki tools
  • Blogging tools
  • Create interactive Quizzes
  • Publication areas
  • Rich ePortFolio tools that track student achievement throughout their stay at the college.
  • Forums
  • Class based calendars
• Attendance- powerful student attendance management system. Features include:
  • Web based roll marking
  • Rich reporting tools that show a student’s attendance throughout their entire stay at the college
  • Automatic notification alerts to Coordinators, Homegroup and subject teachers on student attendance. Alerts include class, overall, day and late based warnings.
  • SignInOut Application that records all student sign in and outs of the college and integrates into the attendance system
  • SMS application that can send attendance SMS notification to parents and individuals
  • Staff get daily missed attendance notification if attendance has not been record
  • Integrates into role system, so that various groups within the school have different rights to lock and record attendance
  •  Create reports based on Microsoft Word templates
  •  Record Adhoc attendance, as well as future attendance records
  • Export attendance to third-party applications such as Cases21, Synergetic and Accelerus.
• Student Management- manage various student issues and progress within the college. These include:
  • Record student Behaviour with automatic Coordinator notification
  • Record pastoral notes
  • Enter Co-Curricular activities
  • Setup Progress reports and automatically notify subject teachers
  • Record health notes
  • Generate Letters based on predefined templates. Letters use rich student information stored in the portal
  • Record Uniform compliance
• Parent Portal- create a parent portal where parents have their own logon. Parents can view published information, as well as interact with the college. Features include:
  • Access to all course related materials, from assessment to homework tasks, calendar events, rubrics, curriculum maps and announcements
  • See instantaneous assessment results
  • View attendance data
  • Book parent teacher interview times
  • Record student subject selection
  • See any published newsletters and documentation
• Messaging- powerful messaging system where users can send messages to various groups/roles within the portal application. Messages are forwarded onto a user’s inbox. Send messages to students in a year level, house, class or subject. Send messages to parents of student’s in a year level, house, class or subject.
• Announcement system- create announcements based on role membership, start date and automatic expiry date.
• Resource Bookings- book timetabled rooms, AV equipment, buses, basically any item you wish for
• Network Fault Report
• School Maintenance recording
• Rich Survey tools for automatic audience notification
• Calendar tools based on term dates