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SchoolTool
Developer	The Shuttleworth Foundation
Initial release	2004; 22 years ago (2004)
Stable release	2.8.4 / July 4, 2015; 10 years ago (2015-07-04)
Written in	Zope (Python)
Operating system	Ubuntu
Type	SIS
License	GNU GPL v2

SchoolTool is aGPL licensed, freestudent information system for schools around the world. The goals of the project are to create a student information system, including demographics, gradebook, attendance, calendaring and reporting for primary and secondary schools, as well as a framework for building customized applications and configurations for individual schools or states.

SchoolTool is built as afree software/open source software stack, licensed under theGNUGeneral Public License, Version 2, written inPython using theZope 3 framework.

The sub-projects of SchoolTool are as follows:

• The SchoolTool Calendar and SchoolBell are calendar and resource management tools for schools available as part of theEdubuntu Linux distribution.^[1]
• A SchoolTool student information system is being developed and tested in collaboration with schools
• CanDo is a SchoolTool-based skills tracking program developed byVirginia students and teachers to track which skills students are acquiring in their classes and at what level of competency.^[2]

SchoolTool is configured by default to act as what is often called astudent information system or SIS. The focus is on tracking information related to students: demographics, enrollment grades, attendance, reporting. It is a subset of a complete "management information system" (MIS) for schools, which might also cover systems like accounting.^[3]

SchoolTool is not alearning management system, or LMS, such asMoodle, although they share some overlapping feature sets, such as a gradebook. SchoolTool does not contain curriculum or learning objects.

A post on the product news page in October 2016 titled "The Future of SIELibre and SchoolTool" indicates that the primary SchoolTool developers have moved on to other things.^[4] This was accompanied by a google document explaining the decision and thanking contributors for their efforts.^[5]

• Customizable demographics;
• Student contact management;
• Calendars for the school, groups, and individuals;
• Resource booking;
• Teacher gradebooks;
• Class attendance;
• Report card generation.

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