In response to a request by his Principal at Mt Aspiring, web interfaces were developed (by Tim Harper) to:
- Enter teacher absences online (iPad, iPhone, Android, Apple platform/Linux platform ...)
- Teacher portal for school reports (further functionality available and being considered)
- Parent portal to see whats going on
- Student portal to keep informed
The idea here is that some schools want the best of both worlds - flexibility and breadth and depth of Classic plus a few basic web tools. When MUSAC's full hosted SaaS web product is deeper in functionality the school can choose to migrate. Those schools who don't use the breadth and depth of Classic will be more inclined to move to the fully web hosted system sooner.
At this stage we're in limited release with the web product, moving to formal release 31 March 2012. The product will continue to evolve and develop over many years. The above portals for Classic can be used until the web hosted product is developed enough for your school.
I expect to have a decision from the MUSAC Board at our next meeting (1/12/2011). I'll keep you posted.
And the outcome is?
ReplyDeleteA big YES!
ReplyDeleteNeed to dot some i's and cross a few t's, but would like to run with web absences before term 1 2012 for a chunk of schools. Roll out other functionality with those schools through Term 1 and then general release end Term 1.