WS-Chimera (software)
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| Chimera | |
|---|---|
| Developed by | Wyckoff Software |
| OS | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X |
| Genre | Education |
Chimera is the code name for a suite of applications by Wyckoff Software designed for educators. It is expected to have the real name announced in 2008 and for the software itself to be released in 2011.
Chimera is expected to include over 10 different programs that work together out-of-the-box.
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Attendance Master | Allows staff to send a main school server a list of absent students, and for other teachers to add to and view the list. |
| Informer | Keeps medical information about each student, for a school nurse's reference. |
| LockerMan | Assigns a locker to each student and keeps the information in each student's Informer file. |
| MapquestConnect | Using information about where the students live, generates bus routes that find students living near others and puts them on the same bus using MapQuest technology. |
| Mapster | Makes a classroom seating chart so that students that cause trouble together are farther away. |
| Report Card Master | Uses information from teachers' Virtual Grade Book files to generate Report Cards for all students, and then prints them. |
| ScheduleMan Pro | Generates schedules for all students, and includes features such as "Buddy Builder" which makes each student have one more student with the same or a very similar schedule, in case one breaks a bone and can not carry their books. |
| TimeMachine | Calculates how long a period should be, and allows a user to make certain periods longer or shorter. |
| Virtual Grade Book | Stores grades and allows the teacher make certain assignments affect the report card more than others. |
It will have a new version released in the spring of each year, so that schools can purchase it and install it before September. It is also expected to cost more than $200 per license, meaning that it will be installed on every teacher's computer, and have a unique license that allows the software to start.
