Driving Schools to Automation Through Kimkëlen Software

Introducing Kimkëlen, a School Management System.

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1. Driving schools to automation through Kimkëlen software 5th World Conference on Learning, Teaching and Educational Leadership, WCLTA 2014 October 2014
2. About us Lic. Christian Rodríguez @car_unlp Lic. Juan Pablo Pérez @p_juanpablo A.P.U. María Emilia Corrons ecorrons@cespi.unlp.edu.ar maemco4@gmail.com @emicorrons
3. Agenda • Presentation • Kimkëlen o Introduction o Features o Future lines of work and development o Interesting links
4. Presentation CeSPI or Centro Superior para el Procesamiento de la Información - computer center of Universidad Nacional de La Plata. We provide IT services and products. Certain areas have achieved ISO-9001 certification for Argentina Rhineland (Rheinland Group). http://www.cespi.unlp.edu.ar
6. Kimkëlen - Introduction • School management system • Project started in 2008 as a viable solution to management problems in pre-university level schools of Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. • Current version is 2.18.1
7. Kimkëlen - Introduction • Under GNU GPLv2.0 license since 2013. • It can be downloaded for free and its source code is available for anyone who wants to examine or improve it. • ‘Kimkëlen’ means ‘wisdom’ in Mapuche, a native language of southern Argentina.
8. Kimkëlen - Introduction Technology used: PHP 5.2 or higher version ( < 5.4 ) Apache / Nginx Symfony 1.2 Framework MySQL
9. Kimkëlen - Main features • Automation and standardization of relevant documents such as progress reports, report cards, and exam certificates, among others. • Undoubtedly the greatest advantage for an institution using Kimkëlen is having a data bank on the students, their academic history and their family context.
10. Kimkëlen - Main features • Streamlines grades and absences loading processes. • Automates the calculation of averages, GPAs, and passed and failed student courses. • Facilitates the creation and management of courses, syllabuses, classes and enrollments. • Keeps tutor information updated and easily accessible. • Helps monitor written warnings and disciplinary punishments to students.
11. Kimkëlen - Main features • The system can be extended in a detached way by defining a new flavour for a certain school that allows for specific behaviours that cannot be directly configured through the screen.
12. Kimkëlen - Future lines of works • Provide access to students and parents / guardians (Kimkëlen Frontend applications) • Integration with other products • Statistical reports
13. Interesting Links Product website: http://www.cespi.unlp.edu.ar/kimkelen @kimkelen_unlp Source code: kimkelen.unlp https://github.com/Desarrollo-CeSPI/kimkelen Demo: http://demo.kimkelen.cespi.unlp.edu.ar
14. Thank you!