Projects

goosync

A utility to synchronize a site's Google Mail directory with an input file in CSV format. Useful for schools wishing to provide Gmail to students and having available a student information system of some kind from which student names can be extracted. Developed by Galileo School of Science ... [More] and Technology - a public high school in San Francisco. Uses the Java Client Libraries for Gmail provisioning and reporting provided by Google. Requires Sun Java 1.5 or above. Developed using NetBeans IDE 6.1. [Less]

inewsletter

Staff needs a program that can create digital newsletters using HTML to be sent through e-mail to groups/committees of people. Unfortunately, HTML is even difficult for the seasoned developer to customize and present a professional look. Users have tried to use HTML since it is a flat language to ... [More] create their committee newsletters, but the end-product is not elegant. The decision to send their newsletters through e-mail is also cost-effective, since budgets are small and the cost of a printer, and mailing these leaflets demands most of the budget. Hence, our application will combine a preset HTML template with the data entered into forms through our application. iNewsletters will then merge the two and generate a nicely formed newsletter worthy to send to all operating systems and their respective e-mail clients. Staff can then send as many as they like, without the worry of a budget, and the technical knowledge will demand no more than data entry levels. [Less]

open-scool

The educational system is one of the country's strategic systems applied to conduct reforms in all sectors to collaborate in improving the educational level and cultural development of students consequently contributing to the country's progress. open-scool aims to develop an integrated ... [More] customizable and mobile information system developed fully with free and open source tools (Java, Eclipse, PostgreSQL,...) in order to avoid any binding (acquisition of licenses) at the time of deployment. The objective of this system is to improve and modernize the internal management of schools. Subsequently this system should cover needs of at least the three kinds of establishments of the national educational system schools in use - primary schools, middle schools and high schools-, at the same time ensure the links between them. Finally, a system is needed that would allow students’ parents to follow up and to be aware of the school-life of their children (marks, discipline...), which could be provided by the use of communication technologies (e-mail, SMS ...). [Less]