SOURCE: ATutor: info at atutor.ca

Scheduling or time-tabling software -- the name changes according to where in the world you grew up -- is the poster-child example of garbage in, garbage out.  No software application is going to make up for insufficient or disorganized information.  The process matters, too:  As in life, you must be ready to say what you need right at the start and, subsequently, to ask for what you want at well-chosen moments.

I had the opportunity to use FET ("Free Educational Timetabler") version 5.11 on Ubuntu 10.04* recently and found that it is not only powerful, but backed up by an active on-line forum which I found responsive and creative with suggestions.  FET's author, Liviu Lalescu of Romania, takes an active part, often leading the responses. Other users give clarifying advice, though, which elevates FET to that difficult-to-achieve status of a genuine FLossEd community project in my mind.

From Guido Arnold via schoolforge-discuss

"The number of schools in Austria that are considering to use or are using open source is increasing, according to school IT administrators and open source developers involved in education."

Sunday, July 18th

The new OA 4.75 version is now available for download. New LDAP management, templated reports, new staff system, and other improvements.

OA Version 4.75

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