In phpEdu there are a number of concepts to understand which hopefully will give an overview of the features of the application and in later sections of this documentation, we will try and show how to make use of them.
The application is for managing institutions of higher learning such as universities and colleges. As it is based on Drupal it can be used to run different kinds of educational sites but it's primarily aimed at tertiary centres of learning. As such, we will be referring to "university" or "college". Different users are expected: students, members of the academic or teaching staff - called teachers or lecturers, non-academic staff - referred to as staff, alumni or graduates and other visitors to the site or people who have no direct relationship to the university e.g. book authors
Students
- Prospective students apply for admission online and their applicactions are processed by some university officials. When their application becomes successful their status changes from applicant to student
- The registration process takes place at the beginning of each academic year
- They take a number of courses and check timetable for classes
- They do assignments in different formats
- They do practice exercises and in the near future take exams
- Check results
- Maintain a student profile
Academic staff
- Advice students on courses they can take
- Deliver course materials in different formats
- Set and grade assigments.
- Set and grade exams
- Maintain course attendance records
- Publish reviews, research and academic papers
- Maintain a staff profile
Admin staff
- Allocate courses to lecturers
- Allocate students to groups
- Allocate groups to teachers
- Allocate hostel accommodation to students
- Manage students admission
- Manage clearance and registration process
- Manage promotion of students to next academic year
- Maintain a gallery of special occassions
Alumni
- Maintain a profile
- Network with other graduates
- Check academic records
Others
- Get information about academic programmes
- Apply for admission
- Track admission application process