# SchoolTool

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**SchoolTool** is a [GPL](/source/GPL) licensed, free [student information system](/source/Student_information_system) for schools around the world. The goals of the project are to create a student information system, including demographics, gradebook, attendance, calendaring and reporting for primary and secondary schools, as well as a framework for building customized applications and configurations for individual schools or states.

SchoolTool is built as a [free software](/source/Free_software)/[open source](/source/Open-source_software) software stack, licensed under the [GNU](/source/GNU) [General Public License](/source/General_Public_License), Version 2, written in [Python](/source/Python_(programming_language)) using the [Zope](/source/Zope) 3 framework.

The sub-projects of SchoolTool are as follows:

- The SchoolTool Calendar and SchoolBell are calendar and resource management tools for schools available as part of the [Edubuntu](/source/Edubuntu) Linux distribution.[1]
- A SchoolTool student information system is being developed and tested in collaboration with schools
- CanDo is a SchoolTool-based skills tracking program developed by [Virginia](/source/Virginia) students and teachers to track which skills students are acquiring in their classes and at what level of competency.[2]

SchoolTool is configured by default to act as what is often called a [student information system](/source/Student_information_system) or SIS. The focus is on tracking information related to students: demographics, enrollment grades, attendance, reporting. It is a subset of a complete "management information system" (MIS) for schools, which might also cover systems like accounting.[3]

SchoolTool is not a [learning management system](/source/Learning_management_system), or LMS, such as [Moodle](/source/Moodle), although they share some overlapping feature sets, such as a gradebook. SchoolTool does not contain curriculum or learning objects.

A post on the product news page in October 2016 titled "The Future of SIELibre and SchoolTool" indicates that the primary SchoolTool developers have moved on to other things.[4] This was accompanied by a google document explaining the decision and thanking contributors for their efforts.[5]

## SchoolTool Features

- Customizable demographics;
- Student contact management;
- Calendars for the school, groups, and individuals;
- Resource booking;
- Teacher gradebooks;
- Class attendance;
- Report card generation.

## See also

- [OpenEMIS](/source/OpenEMIS)
- [Enterprise Application Integration](/source/Enterprise_Application_Integration)
- [Open Knowledge Initiative](/source/Open_Knowledge_Initiative)
- [Web services](/source/Web_services)
- [FET](/source/FET_(timetabling_software))

## References

1. ["SchoolTool (as included with Edubuntu)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130115121348/http://www.edubuntu.org/screenshots). Archived from [the original](http://edubuntu.org/Screenshots) on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2009-10-12.

1. ["Cando Student Competency Tracker"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130208053919/http://apsva.us/site/Default.aspx?PageID=8793). Archived from [the original](http://www.apsva.us/site/Default.aspx?PageID=8793) on 2013-02-08. Retrieved 2011-08-19.

1. ["Basic Use of SchoolTool"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130116003718/http://book.schooltool.org/features.html#basic-use-cases). Archived from [the original](http://book.schooltool.org/htmlhelp/features.html#basic-use-cases) on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2009-10-12.

1. ["News and announcements : SchoolTool Project"](https://launchpad.net/schooltool-project/+announcements). April 2016.

1. ["The Future of SIELibre and SchoolTool"](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dI9vQb8R7zRoYpSVvFmjj-Wlptvyld1erT0G8AWRYVw/edit)

## External links

- [Website](http://www.schooltool.org/)

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