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OPUS-College

OPUS-College. Student Management Information system. Overview. What is OPUS-College? What functionalities does it offer? What is the history of OPUS-College ? What are the technical characteristics? How can it be customized and extended?. What is OPUS-College ?.

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OPUS-College

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  1. OPUS-College Student Management Information system

  2. Overview • What is OPUS-College? • What functionalities does it offer? • What is the history of OPUS-College? • What are the technical characteristics? • How can it be customized and extended?

  3. What is OPUS-College? „OPUS-College“ is a web-based management information system to store and analyze data concerning: • Students(Personal data, study plans, marks, ...) • Curriculum(Study programs, courses, examinations, ...) • Lecturers(Personal data, contracts, ...) • Organisational units (Schools, departments, ...) OPUS: „Open University Systems“

  4. What functionalities does it offer? Example setup of role responsibilities: • Central registry: Admission, certificates, organizational unit information • Decentral (schools/departments): Curriculum (structure of study programs, subjects), (academic) staff information • Lecturers: Course descriptions, marks entry, personal data • Studierende:Query own study progress (marks) Opus‘ flexible authorization system controls access to data Opus‘ reporting engine makes data available: e.g. Student lists, statistics

  5. What is the history of OPUS-College? • Point of departure: Development cooperation project 2006-10; with universities in Mozambique and the Netherlands • Enhancements for Zambia2011-13Supporting two different educational systems: Portuguese and English based • Interest is shown from universities in a variety of countries • Homepage: www.opuscollege.net

  6. What are the technical characteristics? OPUS-College is published under Mozilla triple license (MPL/LGPL/GPL) Based on open source components • JAVA und Spring Development Framework • PostgreSQL (database) • iBatisfor the persistence (mapping application – database) • JasperReportsfor the generation of automized reports • Apache Tomcat as the web server • A web browser for the user interface(no further software needs to be installed on user PCs)

  7. How can it be customized and extended? • OPUS consists of modules • Kernel/college, • report • fee • scholarship • accommodation • admission • Country-specific modules (e.g. zambia) • Uni-specific modules (e.g. cbu) to customize for example the student number format • Additional modules are possible • „Extension point“ concept • Extension points allow to customize or extend existing functionality, for example adding own reports • Additional extension points can be made available at any time

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