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| Mark Sixsmith 09 December 2010 11:09 |
Hi Marcus, I have been looking for something very similar to the software you have produced for our school to track attendance records, mainly for the UKBA when we are inspected. I would like to keep it that our teachers carry on with paper-based registration and one person enter these records into the software you have developed. How many licences would this require? I will download the free version of your software to see if it meets our requirements, but from what I have read, it would be perfect. Regards Mark Sixsmith |
| Marcus Butler (STEARsoft) 09 December 2010 18:34 |
Dear Mark, The licensing is supposed to be per teacher who records attendance. You could possibly try and get away with having one license for just one 'teacher' that has multiple classes for the whole school, but going this route is not the intended use and is likely to cause more difficulty in setting things up and in using some of the tools to work efficiently. The intended use would be to create an account (within the STEARsoft installation) for each teacher who is marking a paper register (each such teacher account requires a license). The 'administrator' also requires an account but would not need a license (you can have lots of unlicensed accounts if they don't actually 'own' any attendance data). They just have access to everyone else's attendance sheets. So, I would set up multiple teacher accounts within the STEARsoft installation even if they won't actually be used by individuals. Do you have longer term plans? I guess it depends on the size of your school, but when STEARsoft was first introduced at the school in which I work, we had an initial trial period working on paper and copying data across to STEARsoft (or vice versa in some cases). The extra workload was not appreciated, but tolerated in the knowledge that once trialled, the electronic system would save that time and drudgery many times over. During the 'duplication period', keeping track of authorisation notes was I understand the main frustration in the office, as every incoming phone-call or letter needed recording on both the paper and electronic versions, or noticing paper adjustments from 2 days ago to then copy across. It's not necessarily as simple as it first sounds. The time savings in going completely electronic were much appreciated though - mainly by the office staff, but also by teachers. If you have further thoughts or questions, do post them here. I hope that's helpful rather than confusing. Yours, Marcus |
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