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5 Best Practices for Inventory, Budgeting, and Replacing Equipment | FileMaker user case

5 Best Practices for Inventory, Budgeting, and Replacing Equipment | FileMaker user case | Learning Claris FileMaker | Scoop.it
Two years ago at Cannon School, we began a journey of consolidating our inventory of technology equipment from a great many spreadsheets into a single database solution.

We had spreadsheets detailing personal equipment (both staff/faculty and student), classroom equipment, and infrastructure equipment.

Our IT Department worked to put these spreadsheets together, as we noticed more and more equipment that was unaccounted for.

We realized there was not an effective way to track the equipment once it was placed on the list.

Surely, we thought, there must already be tool somewhere for tracking school technology inventories, and we only needed to do the research to find it. We were wrong.  

Because we couldn’t find an existing solution that fit our needs, our IT Director, Bill Donovan, created one using Filemaker.

 

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Membership Keeper Filemaker® Pro solution for schools and groups

A smart FileMaker® Pro solution for organizing your group's activities in one place.

 

Create a school directory, track membership, volunteers, student activities, student fees and alumni plus utilize fundraising tools.

 

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Teachers assess students with custom FileMaker solution running on more than 1,200 iPads

Teachers assess students with custom FileMaker solution running on more than 1,200 iPads | Learning Claris FileMaker | Scoop.it

Teachers assess students with custom FileMaker solution running on
more than 1,200 iPads

Public education in the U.S. today faces daunting challenges: prepare students for tomorrow’s career paths, meet standards for student assessments and operate efficiently on tight budgets.

Dodge City Public Schools, one of the largest districts in Kansas, with 6,500 students, 440 teachers and 40 administrators and staff, is setting new standards that streamline the district’s administrative processes, make teaching more effective and deliver more engaging experiences to K-12 students.

Central to the improvements is a FileMaker solution running on more than 1,200 iPads.

Today, Dodge City district teachers can easily plan curriculum for six-week periods and then deliver student assessments online using the FileMaker solution.

While students take exams on an iPad or desktop computer, teachers track their accuracy in real-time on their iPads.

When exams are complete, teachers use an intuitive interface to filter test results across multiple variables such as areas of knowledge weaknesses and strengths.

Then teachers view the results in charts, graphs or lists, in order to spot trends and target students who need assistance in specific topics.

 

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Bringing Student Assessments to the iPad -- THE Journal

Bringing Student Assessments to the iPad -- THE Journal | Learning Claris FileMaker | Scoop.it
Kansas school district develops a multifaceted, proprietary database platform to help teachers more efficiently administer and review student assessments.
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When Dodge City Public Schools in Dodge City, KS, started handing out iPads to teachers and students last year, Ray Wipf started thinking about how the devices' use could go beyond mobile apps, Web research, and note-taking.

Knowing that the district's teachers were struggling to find efficient ways to deliver student assessments, Wipf, executive director of information management, came up with a homegrown way to address the problem.

 

As the core technology application, Wipf used FileMaker, a cross-platform relational database solution that three years earlier replaced a legacy, PC-based assessment system that was difficult to customize and required developer support and services.

Previously used only on desktops and laptops, FileMaker now runs on all 1,200 of the district's iPads — a number that's expected to increase to 6,500 by 2014.


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Jonathan Krahn's curator insight, September 15, 2016 4:27 PM

This article was of tremendous interest to me as I too have a 1:1 classroom with iPads and am always looking for ways to use them in my assessments. Bridget McCrea tells the story of how iPads have improved assessments in Dodge City, KS schools by providing realtime results to teachers and administrators. One problem I do see with using iPads for assessment however are the limitations as these platforms are not conducive to long answers. They do however give an option for certain creative apps that could provide an authentic assessment if used correctly. Based off of the article though it seems that this school district is mainly using them as a convenient way to collect score data. 

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BookingPOINT, Room & equipment bookings for universities, schools & colleges | FileMaker

BookingPOINT, Room & equipment bookings for universities, schools & colleges | FileMaker | Learning Claris FileMaker | Scoop.it
BookingPOINT


Room & equipment bookings for universities, schools & colleges
Introducing BookingPOINT …

 

a much loved room and equipment booking system designed specifically for universities, schools and colleges.

 

BookingPOINT allows you to take control of your room bookings and equipment loans like never before.

 

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KAMAR - School Administration, Markbook and Reports

KAMAR - School Administration, Markbook and Reports | Learning Claris FileMaker | Scoop.it
KAMAR - School Administration, Markbook and Reports
Designed for New Zealand Schools, by New Zealand Teachers
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The Band Ed Tool Shed: FileMaker and the Band Director - Part Deux

The Band Ed Tool Shed: FileMaker and the Band Director - Part Deux | Learning Claris FileMaker | Scoop.it

I did mention that FileMaker is my tool of choice for many things that I need to do.  This week the item on my plate is the student handbook signature page.

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