News and Events

Wicked Good News - Select the link below for the latest Newsletter:
 
Fall 2007 Newsletter      

 

Spring 2008 User Group Meeting Schedules:

March 13, 2008, Rutland, VT               - Holiday Inn Rutland/Killington

March 17, 2008, Orono, ME               - Best Western Black Bear Inn

March 24, 2008, Portland, ME             - Holiday Inn Portland West

March 28, 2008, Bedford, NH             - SERESC Offices

April 3, 2008, Watertown, NY             - Best Western Carriage House Inn

 

Click on the link below for detailed information of topics covered, the cost and the Registration Forms

  User Group Registration

 

WGS to “Open Source” web2school:

WGS has decided to go the “Open Source” route with its web2school™ product. We are in the process of finalizing the licensing and cleaning up the source code with regards to copyrights and other legal issues. Once this is done, the source for the web2school modules will be available for downloading for free. Since this is a complicated endeavor which few companies have undertaken, we at WGS are taking the cautious approach to this transformation. We hope to complete this transformation and be “Open Sourced” by the beginning of the next school year.

·        Why are we doing this?

-          Web2school modular architecture fits with the ideology of Open-Source.

-          Uses open source technology like Java, MySQL, and Jasper Reports.

-          Extremely stable and mature product with an existing customer base lends credibility for Open-Source Software.

-          Provide more emphasis on what we do best: Customer Support and Value Added Services

-          Provides an alternative to other highly over-priced SIS systems in market.

-          Building a user community

-          Opens to new ideas and features

-          Future development of features and usability

-          Will be the only stable and full-featured SIS open source system

·         What does it mean for you?

-          No visible changes for existing users

-          Company you can still depend on to call for support

-          Bigger knowledgebase (wikipedia, blogs, user forms etc) to tap from.

-          Will bring about collaboration with other open-source software like Moodle etc.

-          Improved testing procedures to ensure stability during upgrades.

-          WGS certified Web2school Platform

 

 

New York Data Warehouse Exports:

Recently, the NY state education department has requested the schools in the state to submit a data extract from their SIS system for the data warehouse and Statewide Unique Student ID System. As is the norm here at Wicked Good Customer Support, we have made this a very simple task for our school administrators so that they can accomplish this easily. To that extent, we have created the necessary import files for the categories needed for this extract as well the export template to create the required CSV file. The most current program update will provide this export feature.

Click Here to view the instructions for the export.      PDF version of the instructions

 

Maine Education Data Management System (MEDMS) Export:

The latest MEDMS changes (summer 2005) has been incorporated into the 1.60.9 release. For this you will need to add new categories, but as always we want make life easier for you and to that extent we have created the import files to add the necessary categories.

Click Here to view the instructions for the export.      PDF version of the instructions

 

New Hampshire i.4.see exports:

With the latest release (1.60.9 and above), we have now added the End-of-Year (EOY) and Beginning-of-Year (BOY) exports into our Advanced Custom Export feature. As is the norm here at Wicked Good Customer Support, we have made this a very simple task for our school administrators so that they can accomplish this easily. To that extent, we have created the necessary import files for the categories needed for this extract as well the export template to create the required CSV file.

Click Here to view the instructions for the export.     PDF version of the instructions

 

Press Release – Select the link below for the current WGS press releases:

10/03/2003 – Web2School Certified for SIMS and MEDMS

 

Archived News Letters:

Ø       Winter 06-07 Newsletter  | Fall 06 Newsletter  | Fall 05 Newsletter | Winter 04-05 Newsletter  |  Fall 04 Newsletter 


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