OA Version 4.75

This release has new LDAP Management, and Templated Student Staff report and simple Template generator.

OA Version 4.50

This release has new Google Apps User Management and External User Management (ie. K12LTSP, Sun Ray Terminals, etc). Updated gradebook posting system.

OA Version 4.25b

This system has barcodes in labels, demerits, new First Nations Nominal Roll and Reading Test storage.

OA Version 4.10

This version has new report card configuration values, fully rewritten scripts to support UTF-8 encoding of foreign languages end to end from database to web page. Also new configuration settings for PDF generation.

OA Version 4.00

This version has new report card features and many rewritten scripts to reduce script count and also translation phrase count.

OA Version 3.75

This version has the new locker system and many rewritten scripts to support non ISO-8859-x languages using utf-8 http headers. Other updates in the Readme in the top level folder of the download.

OA Version 3.50

This version has the new PK report card system and the new language (translation) tools to allow alternate language versions of OA to be created. Other updates in the Readme in the top level folder of the download.

OA Version 3.25a

This version has updated fixes discovered since the 3.25 release and includes new secretary attendance entry and updated custom classlist with new options (option extra field, fontsize, etc.)

OA Version 3.25

This version has a rewritten main IEP system. It also includes new password policies with new perl modules, and updated teacher access controls.

OA Version 3.00

This version now has mailing labels from simple templates (more easily added). It has a simple group emailing system. I has an updated report card script with more options and single student per file functionality. It has a rewritten teacher area. Updated HTML layout. Many other fixes.

OA Version 2.50

This release adds:

• SSL Debian/Ubuntu Single Site installation - along with using SSL for protected communication with server, there are no longer multiple sites, but only a single school website (since using SSL precludes the use of easy virtual sites). - by Andy Figueroa (including docmentation)

  The existing multiple sites installation may, of course, also continue to be used as well. This is just additional functionality for those who demand the enhanced security of a secure connection.

• Transcript system - will now generate a multiple page transcript per student (if required).
• Fees System - Updates including a new report, fields, and fixes.
• Report Card system - rewritten report card script with more configuration options, including a new GPA section.
• Student Enrollment/Editing - rewritten with a better look and support for the additional 18 student fields including name knownas, prefix, suffix, parent names and email. New Student Clone function for using with several family members.
• Languages - PDF generation with now support alternate language characters using LaTeX input encoding in most PDF report generation scripts. Many scripts have been rewritten to better support alternate languages.
• Staff - a new custom staff list (similar to custom class list).
• Paper Size - beginning support for a default paper size (including A4) for all reports.
• Calendar Popups - date entry on main and attendance page now have popup calendar support (using Dynarch.com javascript calendar).

OA Version 2.40

This release adds the new fees system to allow schools to charge new fees (or predefined ones) to students (individually or by group), print outstanding invoices, accept payments, and post summary accounting data into their accounting systems.

It also includes a new teacher logout function to clear the teacher session data.

OA Version 2.30

This release includes many script changes and rewrites (30+). It also includes a new transcript system to generate PDF transcripts and also track student progress toward graduation.

There have also been many rewrites on the teacher site to improve session management and the ability to move quickly between applications such as the gradebook, report card entry, daybook, etc.

OA Version 2.25

This release includes 100+ script changes and rewrites. This includes the discipline and the report card systems. Updates include:

• All HTML files have been updated and include testing on all major browsers including IE7.
• Complete discipline rewrite (thanks to Kevin Waddell who did most of the work). I've added a new search function to simplify the adding of discipline records. This now has i18n functionality (multi-language) in all scripts. (ie. %lex hash for phrase storage). The online translation system will build altered (translated) versions of these scripts once the translation system has these phrases in alternate language versions.
• Report Card System - rewritten. Several scripts have been reduced to one. The report card script is rewritten (but there is certainly more to come with the report card...). The term edit script now supports multiTrack term editing when this feature enabled in the admin.conf.
• Teacher Scripts - the login, teacher attendance, gradebook, and daybook have all been updated and/or rewritten to support session management for single logon. Once logged in, you can enter attendance, use the gradebook / daybook, without having to log in again. There have been lots of rewrites to improve security and prevent sql injection attacks (with more to come, of course).
• Mark Entry - the mark entry scripts have been rewritten (for NWCSD) and they now include language support (i18n), multiTrack support (for K-12 schools), simplified CSS postioning (and now works in IE7 since it finally has absolute postioning (IE6 doesn't)), multi-term previous mark, comment views, popup current term eval results. It also has session support and single login functionality.

OA Version 2.20

This release contains the new transporation system with more comprehensive tracking and reporting for student transportation to and from school. It also creates daily reports for bus supervisors and includes attendance data.

This release also contains large updates to the SDS scripting for Saskatchewan schools. It has been used in 3 divisions in Saskatchewan, Canada for several years now. It uses the new XML query functions available from Sask Learning, rather than local records and does synchronization with SL. The next release will include crond versions for automatic updates.

OA Version 2.15 (Nov 18, 2006)

This release contains the more updates to the Gradebook reports, fixes for a sortorder bug, and formatting changes for IE7, Opera rendering improvements. This also includes the final updates for the IEP rubric updates, new Choice Chips coding (more to follow), and other fixes.

OA Version 2.10 (Oct 9, 2006)

This release contains the updates to the Gradebook to simplify weighting and add session management. More updates on reporting to follow. Small Sask Learning SDS updates also.

OA Version 2.05 (Sept 24, 2006)

This September 24, 2006 release contains an update to the special education site with additional service tracking and student outcome rubric features. It also contains several bugfixes introduced by the 2.00 rewrite.

OA Version 2.01 (August 19, 2006)

This is a bug fix release of 2.00, containing bugs primarily found by Methodius Dusyk, Living Sky SD. The new files are also located in the updates area for 2.00. There will be a further 2.05 release containing the new IEP code within a month or so.

OA Version 2.00 (July 18, 2006)

• Scheduling export/import for the FET Scheduler. Additional fields in the subject table for doing Periods Per Cycle(PPC) and backings between subjects to setup the scheduling export.
• Gradebook constant percentage groups so that the percent of a particular group of assessment items don't change as new items are added (or others removed). New item cloning function between subjects and/or sections. Also allows for multiple additions of similar item. Weighting scripts now show intra-group percentages.
• MySQL 5.x fix for new reserved words (schema, repeat).
• I18N rewrites for many scripts in preparation for alternate language releases.

OA Version 1.99 Features

• Waiting List functions to allow for preregistration into a waiting list and then enrolled based on the waiting list ordering.
• Expanded and Extensible Staff Functions with additional fields and templates as well as an additional PDF report for staff information
• Additional Lunch Functions to allow for tracking of multiple meals per day and also bridging for an A/P module.
• Multi-language rewrites of many scripts to support alternate languages (ie. French, Spanish). This is only partly complete with the current release.

OA Version 1.98 Features (May 6, 2006)

Transcripts are now available on the report card page. They will store information for multi-year retention and customization of the transcript is available.

There is a new attendance scanning script which is based on points for particular attendance reasons. Accumulated points will generate a discipline entry and also create form letters for mailing home.

The attendance system has a new 'per student' editing function (along with search).

The SDS system for Saskatchewan schools has an updated course query function that uses the new xml query functions. It also has a new course enrollment synchronization script. It no longer uses the course enrollment journal.

Metaedit has some new options for select elements to allow for leading blank entries.

The gradebook has a new item entry format to simplify weighting and group assignment.

There have been several smaller bug fixes in scripts.

Documentation

PDF and HTML versions of the documentation are available on the documentation page.

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