SMS Release Version 4.1 Build 261 – 7th July 2008

Release Note

1. On Basic Module, we’ve enhanced features as following:-
(a) Timetable Management ~ > Import & Export 3rd Party Timetable ~ > ASC 2008 Timetable Migration, this is a newly customized function where we’d integrated SMS with 3rd party Timetable Software ie aSc 2008 to be able to export master data from SMS eg staff name, subject code, class code etc and import to aSc Timetable. User will then export the simulated timetables from aSc and import to SMS. This will eliminate duplicated data entry. To get started, pls click on the link to our online manual for details.

(b) Info page New page–release highlights embedded in Application info page. Instead of accessing to our http://schoolnet.com.my/releases for details of release notes, user is now able to view directly from SMS system. We’d embedded the latest 5 releases highlights in Application Info page. Pleas take note that this is only possible for those schools with servers on the net.

(c) Enquiry ~ > School Information ~ > Population By Race/Religion, we’d provided additional option to print school monthly population statistic by race and by religion.

i. School Population By Race – This is to analyze the school population by race ie malaysians and foreigners in montly basis and can be generated and printed either by class or leve.

ii. School Population By Religion – This is to analyze the school population by religion with detail breakdown in monthly basis and can be generated and printed either by class or level.

(d) Enquiry ~ > Attendance Enquiry ~ > Student Attendance Analysis ~ > Yearly Attendance/Absentee Analysis, This is 2 new attendance enquiry option added:

i. Yearly Student Attendance Analysis – This is to analyze the student attendance count and attendance percentage in monthly basis and can be generated and printed either by class or level.

ii. Yearly Student Absentee Analysis – This is to analyze the student absent count & its percentage, total student truancy (unexcused absent) & its percentage compared with total schooling days in monthly basis and can be generated and printed either by class or level.

e) Student Mgmt ~ > Personal Record ~ > Reinstate, we’ve resolved the issues of unable to reinstate graduated student.

2. On E – Report Card Module, we’ve enhanced features as following:-

(a) Enquiry ~ > Class Result By Subject, we’d incorporated CSV export feature for Class Result By Subject Enquiry Page.

(b) Exam Mgmt ~ > Input Marks ~ > By Subject & Class, the system is enhanced to filter student list on exam mark input page by student admission date with exam start date. Filtering process applied to marks input by student too.

(c) Enquiry ~ > General Result Enquiry, to allow user to preview exam result for classes even though class ranking process is yet to re-run. An indicator icon is displayed beside the student to alert the user on the marks changes.

(d) Exam Mgmt ~ > Print ~ > Report Card/Result Slip, we’d resolved the error for multiple report cards printing.

(e) Exam mgmt ~ > Produce Class Ranking, we’d also rectified the query error on class/level rank processing when student result being entered in two classes

3. On Co – curriculum Assessment Module, we’ve enhanced features as following:-

(a) General Parameter ~ > General Setting, new feature to auto print performance remarks on student yearly co-curriculum assessment report that includes attendance, position, involvement and achievement provided the performance remarks field is blanked.

(b) Enquiry ~ > Student Activity ~ > By Class ~ > Format 2 (Student Co-curriculum Activity Listing (Kegiatan Kokurikulum Pelajar), we’d added new report format for Student Co-Curriculum Activity Listing.

(c) General Parameter ~ > General Setting, new feature to auto create student activity participation record during student achievement record creation.

(d) Assessment ~ > Marks Input ~ > Participation/Involvement/Achievement ~ > By Group ~ > Create/Maint, we’ve rectified the error [You are not the form teacher of the selected class] for co-curriculum activity participation mark input by activity teacher.

(e) Activities Records ~ > Activities Attendance, we’d allocated extra spaces for long student name displayed on Co-Curriculum attendance recording page and caused the page distorted.

4. Student Discipline Module ~> Merit/Demerit ~> Edit, we’d incorporate student disciplinary upload file removal on student disciplinary cases edit page.

5. E – Attendance Module ~ > Enquiry ~ > Student Attendance ~ > Student In School, the system is enhanced to selection criteria by class for student in school enquiry page.

6. System Administration Module ~ > User Mgmt ~ > User ~ > Create, we’d provide User ID field to extend from 20 characters to 50 characters.

Click link to download SMS Release Version 4.1 Build 261.