Free registration software

[GladstonePrimary]

I need a software for free .... A software simlar to SIMS and PARS so !!! yeh i need it asap for my teachers because there all stressing

[kmount]

Scholarpack is worth a look

[elsiegee40]

Not sure if these do the jobs you need:

 

ScholarPack - The Free MIS for schools

 

TS School

Edited October 14, 2010 by elsiegee40

[GNewnham]

I need a software for free .... A software simlar to SIMS and PARS so !!! yeh i need it asap for my teachers because there all stressing

 

Is it just me, or does this sound like one of the pupils?

[GladstonePrimary]

I am , Not a pupil , and do any of theese softwares have e-registration on the software i need needs to have register.

[Banjo]

I am , Not a pupil , and do any of theese softwares have e-registration on the software i need needs to have register.

 

What MIS software do you use at the moment?

[rh91uk]

Yes - it would be a good idea to know the MIS software you use. If you use SIMS already - it has registration (if only done by sessions) built in ....

[witch]

Hmmm - you must use some sort of MIS already and in a primary it is usually the one provided by the LA - so why would you need a new one?

[GladstonePrimary]

As were a primary school we use a paper register not a software

[localzuk]

As were a primary school we use a paper register not a software

 

What do you mean register? Registration is a part of a larger MIS package usually. SIMS.net has its registration module (well, 2 if you include lesson monitor) for example - but it is a full MIS.

 

Your school will be using some form of MIS - due to the requirements of the census every 6 months, and to keep track of the multitude of information that comes in. What MIS are you using?

[featured_spectre]

We use a paper register, but its tied in with SIMS here...

[vikpaw]

It can't be SIMS as a few months back OP was asking for how to download SIMS. looked a little odd at the time too.

[GREED]

I have to agree, the first port of call should be to review the MIS system you are using, and see if that system has a module or addon or facility to cater for registrations. You don't want to be diverging in the databases and record you keep, rather converging the information into one place so that it can be used as efficiently as possible. If you want to use software for this, you most likely want to keep a record of this, and then it becomes very important as to how it is stored and what use you want to make of that stored record later.

[scholarpack]

Electronic registration integration with an MIS is surely one of the more basic functions an MIS should provide. That is computer based, or even PDAs, biometrics, whatever. Paper or OMR registers are nonsense these days!

[GREED]

Nonsense is perhaps a bit strong, particularly for a primary school, but it all depends on the need and data usage.

[vikpaw]

Electronic registration integration with an MIS is surely one of the more basic functions an MIS should provide. That is computer based, or even PDAs, biometrics, whatever. Paper or OMR registers are nonsense these days!

 

Nonsense is perhaps a bit strong, particularly for a primary school, but it all depends on the need and data usage.

 

We still use paper registers in the primary, but upper school use lesson monitor. The admin lady in primary then manually keys in the marks, so we have a whole school picture. Great I wish i could convince even just the old year groups in primary to do online registration but i've got a battle to convince management it's worth it for the teachers to save time, use technology, etc.

[GeeHubb]

Paper registers here too (Primary - 320 children). Actually they're old OMR register sheets but I pensioned off the reader some years ago when I realised I had much more control over the marks if I entered them manually. Twelve classes takes about 10 minutes to input twice a day. We find it much more accurate. SIMS not available for teachers in classroom (or anywhere else) anyway and I'd have an uphill battle on my hands to get the teaching staff to do it (not to mention that they'd never get it right)! SLT in our school see SIMS as very much an admin tool.

[PhilNeal]

Around 20% of primary schools input attendance in the classroom saving 1.6 hrs/week or 50 hrs/year. Many of those that take the register in the classroom do it on the whiteboard with the children marking themselves present.