[K12OSN] RE: Student Database (SIS)
jsiler at varnett.com
jsiler at varnett.com
Thu Mar 18 17:37:02 UTC 2004
Rita
There are plenty of open source applications that can be used to track
student contact information. The problem with open SIS (student information
system) is that they are not state specific and will not handle budget or
state reporting. This makes it difficult if your state wants an ADA (average
daily attendance) report and your attendance and state reporting system are
separate.
All three major commercial SIS vendors now have a web based interface built
in or as an additional option.
jsiler at varnett.com
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1. RE: Open Source School/Student Information db or app
(Spencer, John)
2. Re: Open Source School/Student Information db or app
(Richard K. Ingalls)
3. RE: Open Source School/Student Information db or app
(Spencer, John)
4. Re: Kidspiration or Inspiration-like Linux software (Jim Hays)
5. Still trouble with USB Mouse (Richard K. Ingalls)
6. Re: Question on VNC (Matt)
7. Re: Still trouble with USB Mouse (Eric Harrison)
8. Re: Still trouble with USB Mouse (Richard K. Ingalls)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 06:47:22 -0800
From: "Spencer, John" <johns at model.com>
Subject: RE: [K12OSN] Open Source School/Student Information db or app
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From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf
Of Rita Gibson
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 6:45 AM
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Subject: [K12OSN] Open Source School/Student Information db or app
Hello everyone:
I think I have seen folks on this list discussing software that a school
would use to keep track of information on students, etc. I don't really know
what to search on (don't know what it is called) to find previous
discussions -- have I seen that this does not exist currently but folks are
wanting and needing it? Our school is looking for a database system for
schools and asked me to see if there is an Open Source option.
Thanks in advance.
Rita Gibson
Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 08:47:46 -0600
From: "Richard K. Ingalls" <ringalls at glenwood.k12.mo.us>
Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Open Source School/Student Information db or app
To: "A technical support and discussion community for users of the
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Rita Gibson wrote:
> Hello everyone:
>
> I think I have seen folks on this list discussing software that a school
> would use to keep track of information on students, etc. I don't really
know
> what to search on (don't know what it is called) to find previous
> discussions -- have I seen that this does not exist currently but folks
are
> wanting and needing it? Our school is looking for a database system for
> schools and asked me to see if there is an Open Source option.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Rita Gibson
> Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning
>
>
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I"m looking into OpenAdmin. Getting ready to install it today.
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RICHARD K. INGALLS
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West Plains, MO
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 06:48:49 -0800
From: "Spencer, John" <johns at model.com>
Subject: RE: [K12OSN] Open Source School/Student Information db or app
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Also checkout the open source database benchmark for comparisons
http://osdb.sourceforge.net/
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Subject: [K12OSN] Open Source School/Student Information db or app
Hello everyone:
I think I have seen folks on this list discussing software that a school
would use to keep track of information on students, etc. I don't really know
what to search on (don't know what it is called) to find previous
discussions -- have I seen that this does not exist currently but folks are
wanting and needing it? Our school is looking for a database system for
schools and asked me to see if there is an Open Source option.
Thanks in advance.
Rita Gibson
Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 09:05:56 -0600
From: Jim Hays <haysja at sages.us>
Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Kidspiration or Inspiration-like Linux software
To: ringalls at glenwood.k12.mo.us, "A technical support and discussion
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Sorry. I haven't gotten that far yet.
Richard K. Ingalls wrote:
> Jim Hays wrote:
>
>> I just installed Inspiration on K12LTSP and it ran without a hitch.
>> (I have only done some preliminary testing, but all works well so
>> far.) The installation was very easy. Here is what I did:
>>
>> Copied the files from the Inspiration CD into my home folder.
>> Double-clicked on INstall.exe and Wine took care of the rest.
>> Now, I will work on Kidspiration.
>>
>>
>> Jim Hays wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you. I will try that in the morning.,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> John P. Conlon wrote:
>>>
>>>> I copied Inspiration into my usr file and then used a terminal
>>>> window to wine install the thing. Then I created an icon for the
>>>> .exe file in the fake c and put it onmy task bar. In the line
>>>> where the path to the .exe file is put the word winein front of the
>>>> path for example:
>>>> wine /home/username/c/programname.exe
>>>> If I typed anything wrong from memory I'm sure that my local guru
>>>> will let us know what it was.
>>>> Bye
>>>> Pat
>>>>
>>
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>
> Ok, but how do we get it working for ALL of our teachers/students?
> Aside from the first obvious step of having a license for all of them?
>
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 10:01:19 -0600
From: "Richard K. Ingalls" <ringalls at glenwood.k12.mo.us>
Subject: [K12OSN] Still trouble with USB Mouse
To: k12osn at redhat.com
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I've still got just one workstation that isn't working properly. It
is the intel d810emo motherboard with IBM Netvista case (just like the
thin-clients discussed on the k12ltsp.org site). It has ONLY USB
ports for keboard and mouse. The keyboard works fine. The mouse does
NOT. The mouse pointer just jumps all over the screen.
Here is an excerpt from the lts.conf file...
[Default]
SERVER = 192.168.0.254
XSERVER = auto
X_MOUSE_PROTOCOL = "IMPS/2"
X_MOUSE_DEVICE = "/dev/psaux"
X_MOUSE_RESOLUTION = 400
X_MOUSE_BUTTONS = 3
X_USBMOUSE_PROTOCOL= "IMPS/2"
X_USBMOUSE_DEVICE = "/dev/input/mice"
X_USBMOUSE_RESOLUTION = 400
X_ZAxisMapping = "4 5"
X_USBMOUSE_BUTTONS = 3
USE_XFS = N
LOCAL_APPS = N
RUNLEVEL = 5
The mouse is a Microsoft USB Wheel Mouse (maybe that's the problem, eh?).
--
===========================================================
"He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep
for that which he cannot lose."
-- Jim Elliott
RICHARD K. INGALLS
Director of Information Technology
Glenwood R-8 School District
West Plains, MO
email..ringalls (at) glenwood.k12.mo.us
web....glenwood.k12.mo.us
ph.....417.256.4849
fax....417.257.2567
"Miracles are a retelling in small letters
of the very same story which is written across
the whole world in letters too large
for some of us to see."
-- C. S. Lewis
===========================================================
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Message: 6
Date: 18 Mar 2004 11:04:03 -0500
From: Matt <qmail2 at chilitech.com>
Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Question on VNC
To: A technical support and discussion community for users of the
K12OS "Linux distribution." <k12osn at redhat.com>
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On Tue, 2004-03-16 at 22:50, Eric Harrison wrote:
> On 16 Mar 2004, Matt wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >What was needed to make VNC run on the different ports.. ie :0 :1 :2,
> >etc and start the session and then kill it when you close the VNC
> >session? I would very much like to set this up on another machine, but
> >haven't had much luck.
> >How do you
> >A) launch VNC on multiple :x interfaces only when someone connects, and
> >B) have it disconnect when they are done.?
>
> I K12LTSP, this is all contained in the vnc-ltsp-config package.
>
> The RPM should install on any RPM-based system that uses xinetd.
>
> This RPM adds a few entries to the end of /etc/services and the file
> /etc/xinetd.d/vnc
>
> You can manually copy these over to any system that uses xinetd, or
> easily port it over to one that supports the older inetd.
Eric,
Thanks for this info.. and I understand that... but how do I make it not ask
for a password and simply display the X login screen?
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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 08:07:10 -0800
From: Eric Harrison <eharrison at mail.mesd.k12.or.us>
Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Still trouble with USB Mouse
To: k12osn at redhat.com
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On Thu, 2004-03-18 at 08:01, Richard K. Ingalls wrote:
> I've still got just one workstation that isn't working properly. It
> is the intel d810emo motherboard with IBM Netvista case (just like the
> thin-clients discussed on the k12ltsp.org site). It has ONLY USB
> ports for keboard and mouse. The keyboard works fine. The mouse does
> NOT. The mouse pointer just jumps all over the screen.
The D810EMO boards I've seen have pretty lousy "legacy" mouse support.
Make sure that you have usb enabled in your lts.conf so that the client
is running in native USB mode:
RCFILE_01 = "usb"
-Eric
> Here is an excerpt from the lts.conf file...
>
> [Default]
> SERVER = 192.168.0.254
> XSERVER = auto
> X_MOUSE_PROTOCOL = "IMPS/2"
> X_MOUSE_DEVICE = "/dev/psaux"
> X_MOUSE_RESOLUTION = 400
> X_MOUSE_BUTTONS = 3
> X_USBMOUSE_PROTOCOL= "IMPS/2"
> X_USBMOUSE_DEVICE = "/dev/input/mice"
> X_USBMOUSE_RESOLUTION = 400
> X_ZAxisMapping = "4 5"
> X_USBMOUSE_BUTTONS = 3
> USE_XFS = N
> LOCAL_APPS = N
> RUNLEVEL = 5
>
> The mouse is a Microsoft USB Wheel Mouse (maybe that's the problem, eh?).
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Message: 8
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 10:15:13 -0600
From: "Richard K. Ingalls" <ringalls at glenwood.k12.mo.us>
Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Still trouble with USB Mouse
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Eric Harrison wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-03-18 at 08:01, Richard K. Ingalls wrote:
>
>>I've still got just one workstation that isn't working properly. It
>>is the intel d810emo motherboard with IBM Netvista case (just like the
>>thin-clients discussed on the k12ltsp.org site). It has ONLY USB
>>ports for keboard and mouse. The keyboard works fine. The mouse does
>>NOT. The mouse pointer just jumps all over the screen.
>
>
> The D810EMO boards I've seen have pretty lousy "legacy" mouse support.
> Make sure that you have usb enabled in your lts.conf so that the client
> is running in native USB mode:
>
> RCFILE_01 = "usb"
>
> -Eric
Does this setting go in the global default settings? Right now that
setting is...
RCFILE_01 = floppyd
OR, does it go in a workstation specific setting? If so, how do I
make that setting for my d810emo workstation?
Thanks for your help.
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===========================================================
"He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep
for that which he cannot lose."
-- Jim Elliott
RICHARD K. INGALLS
Director of Information Technology
Glenwood R-8 School District
West Plains, MO
email..ringalls (at) glenwood.k12.mo.us
web....glenwood.k12.mo.us
ph.....417.256.4849
fax....417.257.2567
"Miracles are a retelling in small letters
of the very same story which is written across
the whole world in letters too large
for some of us to see."
-- C. S. Lewis
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