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Managing Schools Made Easy

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This software enables you to manage routine school activities smoothly, which

includes managing timetables, circulars, libraries, etc. The software can be

deployed on any web server sych as, Apache or IIS with PHP and MySQL installed.

This can be installed in-house also. Installation of this software is very easy

and can be done even by a novice . It provides a web based front end, which

means there is no particular requirement at the client side. Apart from this, it

can be accessed from anywhere if placed on the public server. Its easy to use

interface enables you carry out administrative tasks like, managing users,

passwords, modify, insert, delete information, etc easily. It also provides you

the option of adding different languages, simply by editing xml text files and

adding their translations to it. Here, we show you the different processes you

can manage.

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Applies To: Schools



Price: Free


USP: Managing school activities


Primary Link: freeschool.sf.net


Google Keyword: Freeschool,


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For installation,

copy the extracted folder of FreeSchool to the root folder of your Web

browser. Open index.php on a Web browser and provide the necessary details.

Provide the

username and password for accessing the MySQLdatabase, give name of MySQL

database and hostname, followed by FreeSchool admin credentials.
Click on 'Next'to

create the necessary tables in MySQL and to save the necessary

configuration.
Login to the

system as admin and create the users and groups that will be using it.
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To create

timetable, first enter the subject details from Timetable > Subjects >

Insert. Provide the subject code and description, and click on 'Add'.
Next add class;

provide class name and the school which it belongs to, incase this

application is used to manage more than one school.
Now add classroom,

i.e. in which room the class will be held. Provide the classroom name,

description and number.
To create

timetable, go to Timetable > Subjects > Insert. Choose school and class from

the drop down list and click on 'Add'.
Now enter the

subject, total hours the subject will be taken in a week, teacher associated

with it and the classroom. Repeat this to add more subjects.
Finally, you can

view details such as, which teacher is taking what subject and in which

class room from Timetable > Activity > Search.
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