How open-source school management software can help institutions globally

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How open-source school management software can help institutions globally

Management System (Open Source) is a socio-technical system that leverages the cumulative knowledge of management practitioners and evidenced-based research from the past 130 years Many educators might have been hesitant in the past regarding embracing open-source software. But not anymore as the number that has taken to open source software (OSS) has increased significantly over the years. More teachers, as well as institutions, are now engaging with organizations such as Open Source Schools, openSIS among others. Consequently, these educators have begun to realize the potential inherent in OSS that can help transform education in many ways. With an open-source student management system like openSIS, one can enjoy the leverage of havingNo license fees As an open-source software user, the institution gets the benefit of enjoying a full licensed right system. Here the user or the institution can download and install the SIS and start using it. There is nothing extra to pay like license fees or update and renewal charges. Therefore, there are no restrictions imposed by any licensing policies of the proprietary software vendors. Minimal implementation cost A management software of the self that is meant to be used by a wide range of people can cost an arm or a leg especially when it comes to various features integrations and what not. On the other hand, an open-source SIS is less capital intensive. The cost of license fees, software maintenance, and packaging cost, cost of deployment is reduced hence, giving the overall cost of the software a much smaller price tag. Also owning the hardware and database for the same also gives a significant cut-off to the cost.


Source code inclusive – Customizable software Open-source gives the liberty of sharing source code inclusive software that can be used to make certain alterations to the software. The developer is allowed to make small changes according to the need of the school by making alterations to the program code. Hence, the software can be accommodated according to the needs of the school. Community support available Discussion forums, feedback, industry news, and information on relevant developments in related to the SIS software can be found easily. With a wide number of specialists and developers assisting and the operational team who are also guiding pro users with technical support and system maintenance when needed community support is one of the best community support available. Easy to integrate with third-party software An open-source student management software compared to off-shelf software can be very flexible when it comes to integrating any 3 party software. SIS such as openSIS has many integrations to the club with a powerful school management system. Given to particular demand a school can choose from many 3 party software that can function for different features hence, making it a complete school software. For example, for taking online classes a school can integrate a software like Moodle or Google Classroom. rd

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Ability to capture data from enrolment through graduation The software is capable of recording a huge amount of data of every student in a school. It can store data of a student from the time of his/ her admissions to the time of graduation seamlessly saving every step of their journey in every class. Data like student demographic information, family information, medical records, attendance, grades, classes taken, disciplinary actions, library records, and many more can be saved for every single student. The open-source student management software such as openSIS is also capable of keeping staff records and message records from its inbuilt messaging feature.

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