OPUS-College

Kernel and Module featuresversion 3.3.

Kernel - version 3.3.

➲ 2 levels of organizational units:➲First level units: Registry, Schools, Academic Office.....➲Second level units: Registration office (e.g. within

Registry), Office of the Dean within a School, Departments within a School.

➲ Staffmembers and students:Storing detailed information on staffmembers and students

➲ Curriculum (study programmes and courses):Storing detailed information on studies, their programmes per academic year and the underlying courses

➲ Studyplans:Storing detailed information on the specific programme for one student, with studyyears / semesters, courses and results

Kernel - version 3.3.

➲ Results generation and calculations:➲courses and results “under a course” (examinations and

continuous assessment tests).➲studyplan of a student (programme of study of an

individual student): the end grade of the student for the year or semester or the whole studyplan based on the underlying course results.

➲ Continued registration process and its various steps: from a request, through selection and customization of the programme. Includes the process of progressing a student (clear pass, etc...) and cut-off point mechanism.

Kernel - version 3.3.➲ Roles and privileges of the various users:

Registry, Dean of Schools, Heads of Departments, Lecturers, etc. All privileges for roles are flexibly configurable.

➲ Mail enabling:On a number of occasions the system can send e-mails to students of staff (steps in the admission and continued registration flow, etc.).

➲ Application configuration:A number of configuration items (use of mail, height of cut-off point advantage girls, etc.) are flexibly configurable.

Modules - version 3.3.

➲ Admission module: from admission request to approved admission (or rejection), including registration of secondary school subjects and grades. With cut-off point mechanism.

➲ Report module: a separate module which stores all sorts of reports on the information in the kernel. Reports can be generated as pdf, excel or html.

➲ Scholarship module: extended version of the basic scholarship module

➲ Accommodation module: information on the housing of students. Built by CBU developers. Almost ready and will be added before the end of the project.

➲ Fee module: extended version of the basic fee module. Not implemented for CBU yet (interface Dimensions).

Under water - version 3.3.

➲ Audit trail structure: keeping the history of sensitive information.

➲ Open source licensing: all code is now protected under the open source license structure.