openSIS 4.6 released
The release of openSIS 4.6 marks the completion of our database migration from Postgres to MySQL. Along with updates to the SQL, we gave our best effort to resolve several defects that were reported by our users.
Several new features have been added that will make openSIS useful to any type of institution needing a SIS. We believe you will like this release very much and we will appreciate your feedback.
The following list outlines some of the features that were added:
New Features
Postgres sequence tables have been removed. Auto increment feature of MySQL is now in use.
Multiple concurrent marking periods like semesters, quarters or sessions with over lapping dates can be created now.
If a calendar date of a school is within one year (viz: Jan to Dec 2010), it will show date as one year (viz: 2010).
The marking period display on the upper right hand corner of the screen will show whichever is the lowest marking period level for a school. If a school does not have Quarters, it will show Semester. If there are no Semesters, it will show full year.
In the student demographic information, the Medical section has been updated to allow entry of multiple doctors’ notes by date.
The comment section has been updated to allow multiple comments by date. When saved, it will record the user’s name.
Full day and half day minutes can now be set by the administrator. So students with 200 minutes in school will not show absent for the day if you change the full day minutes to 200.
In the period setup screen, an “ignore for scheduling” option has been added to let a particular period be excluded from the scheduling algorithm. You can now schedule a student into conflicting periods without being rejected by the scheduler.
During installation of openSIS for the first time, you can now enter the name of your school and the begin and end dates of the school year. The installer will create your school.
openSIS can be installed with the included sample school only or along with your own school. The sample school data will provide a guide to configure your own school properly.
Quarterly transcripts are now available.
Student photo is now optional in transcripts.
Additional assignment sorting option has been included.
Replaced grade range and class rank color coding with numeric range in parent portal.
