SMS3 3 0UserGuide
SMS3 3 0UserGuide
(SMS)
Version 3.3.0
User Guide
License Window
Once installation of SMS 3.1.0 is completed, when the application is launched for the first
time, license window will pop-up as shown below:
Call Techior Solutions along with the 4-digit Machine Code displayed above to obtain the
Application Key and the Unlock Key.
Now choose “Premium”, enter both the keys in the License window above and click on Ok
to open the Login Window as shown below:
Enter username as admin and password as admin1, select the academic year and click
“Login” to open the Home Page or Search Student Page.
By clicking on Previous or Next user can find the student birthday on the previous or next
day. Click on Send message in the pop up to go to the follow up page directly, from where
the message can be sent.
By clicking on Previous or Next user can find the due payments on the previous or next
day.
Here Delete student & delete payment facility is given. If you want to delete bulk student
entry, then Search student & then select student & click on Delete student, all students
will get deleted at a time.
If you want to delete bulk student Payments, then Search student & then select student &
click on Delete payment details, all student payment will get deleted at a time.
Here you can configure the School / Institute details like name, address, contact number
and logo. This information is used as a header on the reports presented by the system.
You must login as an admin user in order to set and modify this information.
The following settings can be configured. You must login as an admin user in order to
set and modify this information.
General settings include the financial year for which the system is being used and the
tax that is applicable for the payments. The tax rate configured here is used to
calculate the total fees payment.
If the checkbox for Student Birthday, Staff Birthday, Enquiry follow-up, Due Payment
are ticked, then the current user will be able to get the above mentioned reminder pop
up when logged in.
NOTE: Please take the following precautions before deleting any class / section:
Take a backup of the database before deleting any class / section.
Backup Reminder: User can set the number of days after which a reminder should
be given for taking backup. Tick the checkbox “Remind me about backup” and enter
the number of days after which you want the system to give you a reminder. When the
application is started, a popup appears reminding you to take backup of data – this
prevents you from losing data in case of a system crash, disk failure or virus attack.
Monthly Due payment reminder: User can set the number of days after which a
reminder should be given for outstanding monthly payment. Tick the checkbox
“Remind me about Monthly Due payment” and enter the number of days after which
you want the system to give you a reminder. When the application is started, a popup
appears reminding you to for monthly outstanding payments.
Other fees Due payment reminder: User can set the number of days after which a
reminder should be given for outstanding other fees (monthly) payment. Tick the
checkbox “Remind me about other fees (Monthly) due payment” and enter the
number of days after which you want the system to give you a reminder. When the
application is started, a popup appears reminding you to for other fees (monthly)
outstanding payments.
Term Type Settings: User can select the academic session start month and then can
select the working months for current session and can collect monthly payment fees
for those months only.
Date format setting: Here the Admin user can define the date format to be used in
the software. Whatever format is set by the admin, all the entries in the system will be
entered in that format.
Option Types:
SMS Configuration:
You can choose to send SMS using any one of the following 2 methods:
1. Bulk SMS Service
2. Using GSM
Bulk SMS Service: Choose the “Server String” Option. Here you can configure the
SMS server details along with user-id and password which will be used to send
SMS about fees reminders, test marks, attendance and make announcements to a
selected group of students.
Note: To find the COM Port and Baud Rate, Right Click on “My Computer” and select
“Manage”. Select “Device Manager”. In the device listing, double click on “Modems” to
open the list of modems installed. Now “Right-click” on your phone modem (E.g. Nokia /
Samsung) and click on “Properties”. Please make a note of the Com Port and Baud Rate
mentioned in the “Properties” window.
Now choose the GSM option from Configuration > Settings tab. Here you need to specify
the Com-Port and Baud Rate at which your phone is connected to the computer.
Here you can configure the eMail server details along with user id and password
which will be used to send eMails about fees reminders, test marks, attendance and
make announcements to a selected group of students.
You can take other fees from students on monthly basis and also can check “Required
Other Fees” checkbox if that is fee is mandatory to pay by all students. Also you can
select the months for which you want student to pay that other fee.
You can take other fees from students one time and also can check “Required Other
Fees” checkbox if that is fee is mandatory to pay by all students.
You can also define specific fees which is then assigned to a particular student.
(Registration>specific fees). You can set frequency for specific fees as monthly and
can select only those months for which students need to pay that specific fee.
Here you can specify the slabs for Professional Tax as per different salary slabs.
You can also specify P.F Rate, E.S.I.C Rate and any other deduction amount here. All the
above will be taken into account when Staff Payment is made.
To add a Professional Tax slab, specify “Start Amount”, “End Amount” and “PT/Month”
and click on “Add”.
Fee Category:
Click “Configure” > “Settings” > Fee category
Here you can define Fee Category, which will be seen on Class Fees & Student Registration form.
Here you can define class group & then can define classes for particular class group.
Here late fees can be defined .You need to add Due day of month & grace period if any.
Add bank details like bank name , account number & opening balance .
Here you can define cash opening amount for academic year, it will be reflected in account ledger.
Here you can define auto SMS, which will be sent to student after registration & payment .
Here you can define school working days for different classes
Backup Window
Note: It is recommended that you take backups of the database on a regular basis.
You can setup School Management Software to give you automatic reminder after a
certain number of days (Configure – Settings – General tab). e.g. if you set number of
days to 1, you will get a reminder daily. If you set number of days to 2, you will get a
reminder on alternate days and so on.
User Management:
NOTE: When the reminder related permissions are assigned to the user the related
module permission must be assigned to the user. (If the accountant has assigned a
Payment Due reminder, admin has to assign the register student module permission to
the accountant)
The Expenses tab in the Utilities module is used to keep track of the expenses which are
being incurred in the institute on a day to day basis. This can be used to keep a record of
all the bills (like electricity, telephone, etc.) and also other recurring expenses (like
stationary, equipment, refreshments, etc.)
The expense type is defined in the Configuration section. While making an entry for an
expense, you can just select the expense type from the list, enter the date of expense, the
amount and any remarks that you may want to add. Click on “Save” button to save the
expense entry.
The “Issue Items” tab is used to keep track of the items that have been issued to the
registered students( Individual or to entire section). User can select the name of the
student to whom the item is being issued, the date of issue, the item name and add the
appropriate remarks. The items that can be issued are configured in Utilities > Issue
Items tab.
The student data should be available in the specified format in excel. Before importing
the data, user needs to set the system date to dd/mm/yyyy format. In order to set the
specified date format, select Control Panel - Regional and Language Options. In
“Regional Options” tab, click “Customize” button. Then select the “Date” tab, and enter
dd/mm/yyyy in Short date format. Click “Apply” to save the format.
Click on “Download” to choose the download path to download the import file format.
The student data should be available in the specified format in excel. Before importing
the data, user needs to set the system date to dd/mm/yyyy format. In order to set the
specified date format, select Control Panel - Regional and Language Options. In
“Regional Options” tab, click “Customize” button. Then select the “Date” tab, and enter
dd/mm/yyyy in Short date format. Click “Apply” to save the format.
Once the system date format has been set, click “Browse” button to select the excel
sheet from which data has to be imported. Make sure that the excel sheet is in the
specified format (see sample excel sheet in the directory in which SMS has been
installed). Then click “Import” to import the data from the excel sheet to the SMS
database.
Import Class:
Import is used to import class/class fees data from an excel spreadsheet into the SMS
database. This is useful for the first time users of the software – Previous Class data
with fees details available in excel can be directly imported into SMS, thus saving the
effort and time required for data entry.
The Class data should be available in the specified format in excel. Before importing
the data, user needs to set the system date to dd/mm/yyyy format. In order to set the
specified date format, select Control Panel - Regional and Language Options. In
“Regional Options” tab, click “Customize” button. Then select the “Date” tab, and enter
dd/mm/yyyy in Short date format. Click “Apply” to save the format.
Click on “Download” to choose the download path to download the import file format.
Once the system date format has been set, click “Browse” button to select the excel
sheet from which data has to be imported. Make sure that the excel sheet is in the
specified format (see sample excel sheet in the directory in which SMS has been
installed). Then click on import button.
The Staff data should be available in the specified format in excel. Before importing
the data, user needs to set the system date to dd/mm/yyyy format. In order to set the
specified date format, select Control Panel - Regional and Language Options. In
“Regional Options” tab, click “Customize” button. Then select the “Date” tab, and enter
dd/mm/yyyy in Short date format. Click “Apply” to save the format.
Click on “Download” to choose the download path to download the import file format.
Once the system date format has been set, click “Browse” button to select the excel
sheet from which data has to be imported. Make sure that the excel sheet is in the
Certificates:
Here the student certificates can get printed.
1. General certificates
• Bonafide Certificate
• Transfer Certificate
• Migration Certificate
• Character Certificate
• Birth Certificate
• Fees Certificate
• Teacher’s Experience certificate
This module is used to keep record of different types of books details, issued book &
returned book.
Book category:
To add a book category, go to Utilities -> Library & select category tab.
Add a category & description if any & then click on Save.
To enter the details of a book in the system, go to Utilities->Library. Select Book tab.
Enter the details of the book and click on Save.
To issue book to the student or Staff, go to Utilities->Library & select “Issue Book” tab,
select either staff or student & select the book to be issued to the student. Then click on
add & click on Save.
To take book return from the student or Staff, go to Utilities->Library & select “Return
Book” tab, select the required fields for search & click on go, it will show the list of staff or
students to whom book is already issued.
Double click on student or staff name. It will take you to return book form as shown below.
Bus Details:
When clicked on transportation, by default bus details form will open. Enter the information.
Fields marked with Asterisk (*) are mandatory.
If you want to edit the Bus information, double click on Bus name make the required changes &
click on update.
To edit stop name, double click on stop name & make the required changes & then click on
update.
Here define the bus route from where the bus will pass. All the defined stop(s) will come under
available bus stops, Select the Bus number & select the bus route & with the help of forward arrow
move it under selected stops.
Here the bus can be assigned to the student(s), select the bus number, select the bus route, enter the
charge per month or charge per session per session if any, from the list of the students select the
student(s) & click on save. Now the particular bus for the particular stop has been assigned to the
student(s) successfully.
If you want to edit the student bus details, double click on student name & update the details &
then click on update.
Add Events:
Firstly you have to add an event & then assign the students for the event.
Assign students :
Once the club is added, click on Assign students tab ,select the club from the dropdown for which
you have to assign the students, then from the next dropdown select the criteria for assigning the
students.
Settings for timetable: Here you have to define Number of periods per day. Also you
can define number of recess.
This list will help you to see the staff members which are specifically allotted for particular
staff.
This list will help you to find free staff for particular day/period. In case if you want to send
message for engaging class you can directly send message to that staff.
Here you can allocate rooms to student as well as staff, select the student/staff name &
then click on Save.
a) Search: Find student(s) in the database which meet the search criteria
specified. The search criteria can be any of the following:
Name
Address
School/College
Stream (of education)
Class /Subjects in which student is interested / registered
Section
Registration number
Date of Pre-admission / date of registration
Active
Inactive
Archive
When a new session is about to start, the Search screen can be used to get the details of
all the students who took pre-admission in particular class. This data can then be used to
inform the students about the session start date, any discount offers, etc.
When you click on “Add Photo” on the Student pre-admission Details form, you
will find two ways in which you can take the student photo:
1. Browse on the computer to select an existing digital image.
2. Take a picture using Webcam. Just connect your webcam to the computer
using USB and take a picture of the student on the spot.
Here you can search for particular student lists for which the follow-ups are to be done.
You can search for students using First name, Last name or search for all students who
have either enquired about or registered in a particular Class. You can also specify a
range of dates within which the pre-admission has been done in order to do the follow-
ups. After specifying the search criteria, click on “Show” button. This will list all the
students who match the search criteria. Then select the students from the list one by one
to do the follow-ups.
In the follow-up details, you can select a status of the call made. Some of the pre-defined
call status are “Busy”, “Switched off”, “No response”, etc. You can define your own call
status depending upon your need. There is a checkbox provided to indicate whether the
student is interested in joining the courses or not. Also, there is a remarks field where any
Admission/Register
This form is used to enroll a student for a particular class. You can either enter all the
required details or choose a student from the pre-admission drop-down list. Registration
Number is auto-generated by default. Select the class in which the student wants to
register & then select the fee category from drop down (by default Regular is selected)
and click on “Register” to save the information.
You can add students SSSM (samagra samajik suraksha mission)id under other
information tab.
If student is joining the school in mid-session like from January month then you can select
the Tuition fee start month for student then admin will be able to add monthly fee of
student for remaining months in the current session only. (Student will pay only for
months for which he has joined school)
When you click on father name on student registration form, it will take you to this form, you can
separately add Parent Details form. You can add parent details (Father and Mother).
Here you can upload parents photos, these photos can be then printed on backside of the I-card.
Horizontal View:
Vertical View:
(1) In standard size: This type of I-card contains the basic information of the student.
In horizontal manner:
In horizontal manner:
To print I card with back side also, tick the option Print back of I-card & then select the
option of back side image or parents Photos. Select the names of the students & then
click on Print.
Note: 1.To print back side of I card, you need to upload back side image in
Configuration>>> settings>> I-Card Setting.
2. To print parent’s photos on back side of I card, you need to upload parents photos in
Registration>>parent photos.
Here the student can submit the scanned copies of different documents. Go to Register-
>document, select student name of whom documents to be saved ,Select the document
type, date of submission & then browse the image & then click on add & then click on
save.
Click on TC details tab, where you can enter details of the student.
Here you can assign specific fees to selected student. Select student from dropdown & then select
the specific fees (which is defined in configure> settings>other fees) & then click on save. Once
the specific fees is assigned to a student, only these specific fees & all general fees will be shown
on payment form for that student.
Monthly Payments:
Subject fees can be taken in monthly amount from the student. Click on “Monthly
Payment” tab. Then choose the student from student drop-down, Select the month for
which payment is to be done. Enter “Discount” (optional) either in amount or in
percentage, Enter “Tax” (optional) either in amount or in percentage, choose the “Pay
Date”, Enter “Provisional Receipt” Number if required, choose “By Cheque” if payment
is being received in cheque and click on “Save”.
Partial monthly fees can also be paid & the remaining amount can be shown as
outstanding & can be taken in next month’s payment.
Late fees that is set in setting can also be added in monthly payment.
Along with Monthly payment other fees can also be paid. When user select the month for
monthly payment then if other fee is required to pay by student for that month then it will
automatically get added in the monthly fee amount.
Also you can select the months for which student can pay other fees along with monthly
fees, check the checkbox of fee it will pop up months then select the months for which
student is paying other fee and then click “OK” other fee amount will get added in monthly
payment amount.
No Carry Forward: Here you can restrict the installment not to be forwarded in next
installment, check the check box in front of the installment number, you want to restrict for
carry forward. & then save it.
To modify installment schedule select student name from dropdown ,installment schedule
for selected student will appear, now make the necessary changes in installments or
installment date and click “Update” schedule will get modified and update.
Payment Receipt
If other fees frequency is set as monthly then user can select the month(s) for which
student is paying other fees. Select month then you can also enter discount amount in the
discount field in any then click OK to pay the fees.
You can select the pay mode to pay other fees as Cash, cheque, DD, card, online, NEFT
or e-Transfer.
Double click on student name in order to deposit individual student fees. Then click on
update.
Tests:
This tab is used to enter the marks obtained by the students of a particular class/section
in a test. Select the class/section. It comes up with the list of students in the class/section.
Then select the test name and enter the marks obtained by each student in that particular
test using this form. If a student was absent on the day of the test, then tick the “Absent”
checkbox next to the marks column for that student. This data is used for analyzing the
progress of the students and the class/section as a whole.
Data available in the Test Results grid can also be sorted as per “Roll No” or “First Name”
or “Last Name”.
Here you can define exam time table --- from drop own select subject name & select the date of
exam & click on save.
You can also send SMS or eMail to the students and/or parents informing them about
their absenteeism from this form itself. Just select SMS or eMail option, and type in the
message to be sent. By default, a message has been provided which is just an
informative message about the missed class. You can choose to send the message to
the student, the mother and/or the father of the student.
Note: The messages sent from this form are sent only to the parents or the
students who are absent. No message is sent for the students who are present.
Note: The registration number of the students entered while registering the
students in SMS must match the id number given on the device.
You can choose to send SMS or an E-Mail. In the “Send To” box you can choose the
group of students to which the message has to be sent. You can also choose to send
messages to the students alone and/or to the mother/father of the students.
Once you have selected the list of students to whom you want to send the message,
select the option SMS or E-Mail, type in the message and click on “Send” to send the
message.
1. Attendance:
Select the section name, student name & enter the number of working dates for which the
student has attended the school. Total working days of the school for first term & second
term are defined in Configure-> Settings. To update the particular student record, double
click on the student name & update the record.
To update the particular student record, double click on the student name & update the
record.
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Fees can be defined at class level (combined fee for all subjects in that class)
Search Subjects
There is a “Search” form using which you can search for subjects based on any of the
specified criteria.
E.g. In the following form, select “Class teacher” Anup Rathi and click on “Go” to see all
the subjects that Anup Rathi teaches.
When you click on “Add Photo” on the Staff Registration form, you will find two ways in
which you can take the Staff photo:
1. Browse on the computer to select an existing image.
2. Take a picture using Webcam. Just connect your webcam to the computer using
USB and take a picture on the spot.
Vertical View:
• Fixed salary
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By default, all the values given in the “Fixed Salary setup”, along with the values of
Deduction (Professional Tax, P.F, E.S.I.C Rates and Mobile Expenses Limit specified in
Payroll Setup) will be displayed. Enter values for “Deduction against advance salary”
and “Deduction for being absent” if any and click “Calculate”. Click “Save” to save the
Fixed Salary Calculation and revert back to “Trainer Payment (Pay Trainer Salary)”
window.
You can also add remark if any while making staff payment.
Enter T.D.S here, either in “Amount” or in “Percent”, to be deducted from “Net Salary”.
Once T.D.S is entered, click “Calculate” to calculate the “Payable Amount”.
To view and edit the details of the salary paid to a trainer, double click on the payment
entry above to open the salary payment window as shown below:
If the trainer is having fixed salary, the salary can be updated by clicking on Edit Details in
the form as shown below:
Make the necessary changes and click on “Update”. A confirmation window pops-up:
Click “Yes” to update the attendance. Click “No” if you don’t want to change attendance.
Click on any one of the sections to show the list of students registered in the section.
This report is useful to see how the attendance of a particular Section has been for a
period of time. Select the Section and the “From” and “To” dates for which you want to
monitor the attendance and press “View” to see the report.
This is used to create a single page printout which can be used to take the attendance of
a Section for a month. Select the Section and the month and press “View” to create the
attendance sheet. Then print the sheet and use it to mark the attendance of the students
in class. The data from this sheet can be fed into the system later.
Here the blank attendance sheet is generated, in which Time in, Time out & Signature
can be entered along with the Administrator initials.
This report is used to see the attendance of a particular staff for a selected period of time.
Select the Staff Name and the “From” and “To” dates for which you want to monitor the
attendance and press “View” to see the report.
Payment Received/Outstanding:
This report gives a list of fees payments which have been received within the specified
dates. Select Class, section, student name. Select the “From date” and the “To date” and
press “View” to see the payments received.
This report gives a list of payments that are outstanding from particular section within the
specified dates. Select the “From date” and the “To date” and press “View” to see the
payments outstanding.
You can also send SMS or eMail to the students informing them about the amount that is
due from this form itself. Just select SMS or eMail option, and type in the message to be
sent. By default, a message has been provided which informs the student about the
outstanding amount and the due date.
This report gives the total amount received with and without tax and also the amount that
has been received in the form of tax within the specified dates. Select “From date” and
“To date” and press “View” to see the tax liability for the specified period.
This report shows all the credited & debited amount as well as Opening & Closing
balance within the given date range.
This report allows user to select sections & shows the outstanding payments of the
students belonging to that particular section.
This report will show payment summary of the student for monthly payment along with the
Receivable fees, Received fees and balance fees.
This report will show payment summary of the student for monthly payment along with the
received fees, months, outstanding fees with months.
This report will show other fees outstanding report of the student..
This report will show class group wise other fees collection report of the student..
This report gives a list of payments which have been done to staff within the specified
dates. Select the “From date” and the “To date” and press “View” to see the payments
done.
This report gives a list of staff payments up to the current date. Select the staff name for
which the payment report is required and press “View” to the see the report.
Test Result: This report gives the marks scored by the students of a specified Section in
a particular test. Select the exam, Class, Subject, Section and Student name and press
“View” to see the report.
Date wise follow-up report: This is a report of all the follow-up calls which have been
made in a given range of dates. Select the “From date” and the “To date” and click on
“View” to see the report.
User can choose to see all the calls, or only the productive or only the unproductive calls.
Each call is categorized into productive or unproductive based on the status of the call.
This report gives a list of all the follow-up calls which have been made for a particular
class in a given range of dates. Select the Class, “From date” and the “To date” and click
“View” to see the report.
User can choose to see all the calls, or only the productive or only the unproductive calls.
Each call is categorized into productive or unproductive based on the status of the call.
This report gives a list of all the follow-up calls which have been made by a particular
caller in a given range of dates. Select the Caller name, “From date” and the “To date”
and click “View” to see the report.
User can choose to see all the calls, or only the productive or only the unproductive calls.
Each call is categorized into productive or unproductive based on the status of the call.
This report gives a list of all the follow-up calls which have been made to a particular
student in a given range of dates. Select the Student name, the “From date” and the “To
date” and click “View” to see the report.
User can choose to see all the calls, or only the productive or only the unproductive calls.
Each call is categorized into productive or unproductive based on the status of the call.
This report gives a list of all the follow-up calls which are due on a selected date. Select
the Due Date for which we want to see the calls due and click “View” to see the report.
This report gives a list of all the follow-up calls in a given range of dates in which the
students have shown a positive response and the “Interested” checkbox was ticked.
Select the “From date” and the “To date” and click “View” to see the list of the interested
students.
An SMS or an email can be sent to the interested student from here. Type the message
to be sent and click “Send” to send the message.
Date wise expense report: This report gives a list of all the expenses that have occurred
within a given range of dates. Select the “From date” and the “To date” and click on
“View” to see the report.
Book details:
This report is used to keep the record of the books available along with the details of the
different types of books.
If the vendor details are added while adding the bus details, the names of the
vendor will be shown in dropdown list. Select the vendor name & then click on Go.
Select the bus number from dropdown & click on go. It will generate a report
showing bus route for the selected bus number.
Select the bus number from drop down list & click on go.
Select the stop name from drop down & then click on go, will show s the report
related with the list of student for that particular stop.