About

About School Archive


Introduction

School Archive is the leading information system for music schools in Iceland. The system is web based and works both for PC and Macintosh in common web browsers such as Internet Explorer or Firefox. School Archive is suitable for all art schools whether small or large.


Features

The School Archive system has the following features

  • Admissions (online)
  • Students information
  • Parents information
  • Teachers information
  • Private lessons and groups
  • School fees, surcharges and payments
  • Classroom management
  • Instrument hire
  • Timetables of students, teachers and rooms
  • Student attendance
  • Examinations and evaluations
  • Teaching materials, projects and performances
  • Unlimted users
  • Special teacher access
  • All screens can be printed out in the browser in a printer friendly way
  • 119 predefined queries
  • 44 predefined reports
  • Exporting of data to Excel and XML
  • E-mails to persons and groups
  • Photo attached to persons
  • User interface in English or Spanish
  • Access to daily restore on a server in a separate location

Manuals

Manuals are included with the system explaining the main operations step by step. A separate manual is available for teachers. The manuals can be opened from the system.


Security

The web site is secured SSL merki with SSL, the url is with https instead of normal http.

The database is backed up daily. Data can be restored by request if it is accidentally deleted.

Database is also backed up and restored on a server in a separate location. Users can have access to the daily restore where all operations can be performed including printing of reports. The daily restore can be used for the training of new users.

User passwords are protected with a one way cryptographic hash function.


Microsoft technology

The system is developed with technology from Microsoft. The web module is written in ASP.NET from Microsoft with Visual Studio 2008. The database is Microsoft SQL Server 2008. Reports are written in Reporting Services for Microsoft SQL Server 2008.


Live demo

To see the system in action send e-mail to sveinn@eythorsson.com and you will receive a username and password.

Milestones

2008 School Archive for the Internet

2004 School Archive for Microsoft Access 2003

2000 School Archive for Microsoft Access 2000

1989 School Archive for HyperCard