7 Media Web Solutions Launches Crowdfund Campaign to Fund New Open Source Student Information System

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Aug. 15, 2013 - PRLog -- 7 Media Web Solutions, LLC has started their revolution by creating a crowdfund campaign for their first open source project called eduTrac. eduTrac is an open source SIS/ERP that helps educational institutions manage faculty, staff, students, courses, course sections, as well as other functions that are found in your typical educational student system. However, 7 Media is branding eduTrac as being unique among its proprietary predecessors.

Unlike other proprietary systems, 7 Media states that eduTrac is different for four reasons:

One, majority of the big name SIS/ERP’s out there are closed source and are under a strict commercial license. Not so with eduTrac. It is open source, so that the community can get involve and make it even better.

Two, most of these proprietary systems need to be customized to fit an institution’s way of doing things. Which means that if core code is modified, upgrading can be a pain and even a nightmare. eduTrac will have an extension system which will allow programmers to write code that can hook into eduTrac’s functions without having to modify or hack core functionality. Now, there may be some small customizations needed here and there, but it’s the hope that these customizations will eventually go into the next version, making it easier to upgrade to new versions without fear of breakage.

Three, with eduTrac, institutions can install it on their servers and use their own database, or they have the option of using eduTrac’s secure database data warehouse that is hosted in the cloud for scalability.

And four, eduTrac comes with an SQL Terminal. It is a secure interface to the data stored in the database that will allow users (with proper permissions) to create ad-hoc reports on the fly. This is unique because they won’t be using some sort of query builder but instead, the user will retrieve exactly what he or she needs because of the relational data, and the user will become proficient with SQL syntax (training is available).

This is what 7 Media is coining, “The eduTrac Difference.” 7 Media is pushing for eduTrac to stand out and become the most sought after student information system in the world. The fact that it is open source gives it a chance to become just that with the hopes of a strong community contributing to its core. Furthermore, the internationalization feature opens the door for eduTrac to be translated into other languages.

For more information, you can check out the eduTrac campaign at Bountysource’s website: https://www.bountysource.com/fundraisers/455-edutrac. Come be a part of the difference!

About 7 Media Web Solutions, LLC
7 Media is a PHP development and consulting company specializing in open source PHP web based applications for educational institutions.