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An independent electronic school attendance register system offering flexible integration with most custom-built school databases. [for Windows-based PCs and Palm® handhelds] 1 Download the software 2 Register for a free Customer ID 3 Login to your account The tutorials can help you get the most out of STEARsoft. See the features supported by advanced Palm® handhelds such as the Palm® TX. Don't own a Palm® device? Find out more...

As a complete school attendance system, STEARsoft provides central easy deployment using web-based operation, automatic absence analysis and notification, and central summary data for legal returns. For ultimate mobility, STEARsoft can be deployed on Palm®-based handhelds (PDAs). STEARsoft can use your existing school database to dynamically import all teacher, student, class and timetable data using the standardised ODBC interface. Flexible, scaled pricing makes STEARsoft also accessible to smaller schools and even single teachers.

At the teacher level, STEARsoft provides an electronic version of a class attendance register. It also provides features for making notes and recording incidents as well as student attendance. Full functionality is obtained from the web-based component of this product, but the software is designed to work in conjunction with a handheld Palm® powered PDA for optimum performance.

PC Windows-based component features:

• Independent school attendance system that runs alongside your existing school database.
• Straight-forward network deployment using web-based interface.
• Import existing data using ODBC, or with the custom import wizard.
• Generate accurate attendance sheets using timetable and term date information.
• Mark the attendance register efficiently with single click and flood-fill features.
• Neatly amend, annotate or code attendance entries with speed.
• Synchronise data with a Palm® device for convenient portable access.
• Assign and keep track of incidents relating to individual students.
• View class based summaries of registration data.
• View day-to-day schoolwide summary data (listing absent students).
• Summarise school-wide student attendance data over any period for government returns.
• Automatically analyse student attendance, alerting relevant teachers to any inconsistencies.

The above PC features allow quick production of blank school attendance registers for normal use, but also gives you an electronic system that looks just like a traditional register to allow you to move to a paper-free system. Text file outputs are available for safe permanent records suitable for court-room use should that be required in the future.

By linking to a Palm® device, you can keep all of your data with you in a portable way. In addition to the classroom attendance and incident management features, the handheld component also:

• Has a threshold feature to automatically notify you of repeating 'offences' in a fair and consistent manner.
• Uses birthday information to highlight a pupil's name in the register on their birthday for your attention.
• Continues to work without network connection, allowing use on the school field, in assembly or dining halls and during evacuations. Once in range, a single tap will synchronises all data.
• Can synchronise with two different servers, allowing synchronisation of data at home and at school.

What it is not:

STEARsoft is not an electronic mark book. The aim of this product is to do what it does well (tracking school attendance), rather than to try and do everything.

By Teachers, for Teachers

This software has been inspired and driven by teacher request and need. It has been used on a day to day basis to prompt refinement, further development, and fixing of problems.

Pricing is on a per-year basis to better fit budgets and allow a pay-as-you-go style of approach. For limited use, a 200 attendance session free trial license may be all you need. For serious school use, the yearly cost is £5.00 (GBP) per teacher.

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Download the self extracting install file and run it to install the product.

To upgrade from a previous version:

1. Check no-one is currently using STEARsoft (it will be temporarily stopped during upgrade).
2. Install this version over the top of your old version (your data will be preserved)
3. The STEARsoft server is restarted for you automatically when setup finishes.

Register for free. This gives you a Customer ID and password. Use your Customer ID and password to login to the customer area where you can obtain a free trial license, access technical support and when ready, pay for a full license.

If you have already registered, but no longer have the email with your Customer ID and password, you can request a Customer ID reminder email.

To Obtain a full license you must:

1. Register for a Customer ID (as above).
2. Use your Customer ID and Password to Login to the customer area
3. From there you can make an online payment to purchase a Full license.

Where to buy

STEARsoft is only sold directly from this website. STEARsoft can be downloaded from other sites, but registration and purchase of licenses is done through this website (http://www.stearsoft.co.uk).

So what are you waiting for? Go to the download page, and see for yourself what it's all about.

This is the official website for STEARsoft. STEARsoft also owns the following websites which redirect to this official website: stearsoft.com , stear-soft.com , stear-soft.co.uk , steersoft.com , steersoft.co.uk