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1. GurukulSoftwaresPvt. Ltd., Ajmer “Building a Web Self-Service Portal: Keys to Success” School Portal (The ultimate way 2 search School) www.lookschools.com

2. Overview • What is a portal? • Provision of Information by School Portal • Key Services required by School Portal Usres • What is School Portal? • Project Aim • Services to be provided • Benefits of School Management Software • Conclusions See www.lookschools.com

3. What is a portal ? Presenting national Resources To Audiences Locally A network service that provides a personalised, single point of access to a range of heterogeneous network services, local and remote, structured and unstructured. Portal functionality often includes resource discovery, email access and online discussion fora. Portals are intended for (human) end-users using common Web 'standards' such as HTTP, HTML, ASP, ASP.Net and JavaScript. A [thin] layer which aggregates, integrates, personalises and presents information, transactions and applications to the user according to their role and preferences. See www.lookschools.com

4. Portal is More than a Search Engine • Concept matching search • Shares data • Enables discovery and communication with historic preservation “community of Schools” See www.lookschools.com

5. Problems with Traditional Portal Architecture User … • Portals accesses heterogeneous back ends and grids through a particular middle tier. • Most portal projects are not interoperable • Middle tier software incompatible • Wide range of protocols. Web browser Web browser services services … … Back end resources Back end resources See www.lookschools.com

6. Remove this error with Our Portal Architecture User Over school portal projects • On lookschools no Middle tier Architecture • In Over Portal no wide range of protocols. Web browser services Back end resources See www.lookschools.com

7. What is School Portal ? • School portal creates a online website to allow global presence of school. • The school portal supports parents, teachers and students for a proper and instant communication. • Also, through internet you can access information from anywhere in the world. • Web Portal will provide to free registration to all schools with their mandatory details & contact Information. See www.lookschools.com

8. Welcome to the look School Portal

9. Search Schools

10. Packages

11. School Portal Provides Information When You Need It School Integration Student Integration Search best School in your City Dynamic Web Site School Relevant News & information Historic Preservation School Web Sites School Portal Live Chat with Customer Support Virtual office with historic school community's See www.lookschools.com

12. It’s Up To You: Your Web Portal! • You’ll be more Customer and Business Centric • You’ll Lower Costs • You’ll Raise Productivity • You’ll Be More Proactive • You’ll Differentiate Yourself from the Competition See www.lookschools.com

13. Look School Web site • Online content • Defining Characteristics • The Royal Mail! • Virtual Office See www.lookschools.com

14. School Project Aim The ultimate aim of this project is to enable an environment at the Schools of Greenwich which allows individuals, groups and systems to interact seamlessly for learning teaching and administration. The development of the portal should be viewed as a move towards a more students-centric delivery of services. The portal should become the school primary means of communication and interaction for its various stakeholders. Over next aim through School Management Software is a desktop application package with an online website to allow global presence of school. See www.lookschools.com

15. School Management Software

16. School Management SoftwareBenefits See www.lookschools.com

17. Major benefits of a School Management Software • Easy to use, Reliable and secure school management software. • Single software to manage all School related information from anywhere in the School. • Complete Automation of operations. • Parents have access to all academic information about their wards through the internet . • True Multi-Tasking, Window and Web based software. • Very much cost effective. • More modules and features as compared to other products . • Time tested, error free, and proven quality. • User friendly interface. • Almost zero training required. • Very small implementation time required. • Very good customer support through email, phone and online live chat . See www.lookschools.com

18. Benefits to Management • Single Point School Management Software Multiple campus management. • Effective communication between teachers, parents and students. • Complete a automation of all operations. • Centrally stored information with zero redundancy. • Best possible resource optimization. • Auto-generation of timetables with dynamic substitute. • Multi-organisational approach to understanding people, their rights and roles. See www.lookschools.com

19. Benefits to School Administration • Easy performance monitoring of individual modules Automated and quick report generation. • Centralized data repository for trouble-free data access. • Authenticated profile dependent access to data. • User friendly interface requiring minimal learning and IT skills. • High level data security . • Design for unproblematic scalability . • Elimination of people-dependent processes. • Minimal data redundancy . See www.lookschools.com

20. Benefits to Parents • Get connected to the school effectively and easily. • Frequent interaction with teachers . • Active participation in school activities. • Reliable update on child's attendance, progress report and fee payment. • Prior information about school events and holidays. • Regular and prompt availability of school updates through articles, discussion forums, image gallery and messaging system. See www.lookschools.com

21. Benefits to Teachers • Automated student attendance. • Computerized management of marks and grades. • Timetable creation in advance. • Availability of more time for students. • Efficient and effective interaction with parents. • Access to a forum common to students and parents. • Access to own and students' attendance. • Better organization of school activities. • Manage class information and analytical reports . • E-mail & Internal messaging system. See www.lookschools.com

22. Benefits to Students • Enhanced interaction with teachers and peers. • Access to attendance, timetable, marks, grades and examination schedule. • Liberty to publish articles and views, and participate in discussion forums. • Freedom to browse through library books catalogue and identify the book's to be issued. • Prior information about school events and holidays. See www.lookschools.com

23. What users want… Admin Staff: Staff development Personal information Forms & documentation Search your favourite resources Access your institutional email Campus news Academic Staff: Search your favourite resources Library & Internet resource alerts Library admin Personal information Update teaching materials See www.lookschools.com

24. Top Features • Search favourite resources • Access or update teaching materials • Personal information • Access your institutional email • Handbook • Deadline alerts • Access or update reading lists • Campus news See www.lookschools.com

25. The trend today is toward globalization, 7 x 24 coverage, and multi-channel support. Customers are asking for… • Choices – support how and when they want it. • Convenience - right channel for the issue. • Availability - avoid problems in the first place! • Empowerment - be informed. • Return on Investment - to get the most from their system. • People – rather than big media - are taking a big part themselves in creating and driving news and information (witness youtube.com and similar destinations) • Traditional media is rapidly migrating to an online formatand leveraging this “new media” • In fact, any business without a respectable web site is like a business without business cards – its just plain expected these days! Challenges See www.lookschools.com

26. Additional Features • Single Sign On • Internal • External • Accessible • Targeted Announcements • Remote Access • Reliable! See www.lookschools.com

27. Conclusion • A lot of people claim to be building ‘portals’ • Some of them even are • We need a better understanding of what users want from all of this • “Build it and they will come” is simply not true • There may be nothing wrong with a multitude of ways in • Accessing a common pool of content in a standards-conformant and interoperable fashion. See www.lookschools.com

28. What are You Waiting for? – Get Started! .. Any Questions? Nema Ram Choudhary Chief Managing Director GurukulSoftwares Pvt. Ltd., Ajmer E: info@gurukulsoftwares.comW: www. gurukulsoftwares.com