1. STUDENT MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM OPUS-College

2. Overview What is OPUS-College? What functionalities does it offer? What is the history of OPUS-College? What are the technical characteristics? How can it be customized and extended?

3. What is OPUS-College? „OPUS-College“ is a web-based management information system to store and analyze data concerning: Students (Personal data, study plans, marks,...) Curriculum (Study programs, courses, examinations,...) Lecturers (Personal data, contracts,...) Organisational units (Schools, departments,...) OPUS: „Open University Systems“

4. What functionalities does it offer? Example setup of role responsibilities: Central registry: Admission, certificates, organizational unit information Decentral (schools/departments): Curriculum (structure of study programs, subjects), (academic) staff information Lecturers: Course descriptions, marks entry, personal data Studierende: Query own study progress (marks) Opus‘ flexible authorization system controls access to data Opus‘ reporting engine makes data available: e.g. Student lists, statistics

5. What is the history of OPUS-College? Point of departure: Development cooperation project 2006-10; with universities in Mozambique and the Netherlands Enhancements for Zambia 2011-13 Supporting two different educational systems: Portuguese and English based Interest is shown from universities in a variety of countries Homepage: www.opuscollege.netwww.opuscollege.net

6. What are the technical characteristics? OPUS-College is published under Mozilla triple license (MPL/LGPL/GPL) Based on open source components JAVA und Spring Development Framework PostgreSQL (database) iBatis for the persistence (mapping application – database) JasperReports for the generation of automized reports Apache Tomcat as the web server A web browser for the user interface (no further software needs to be installed on user PCs)

7. How can it be customized and extended? OPUS consists of modules  Kernel/college,  report  fee  scholarship  accommodation  admission  Country-specific modules (e.g. zambia)  Uni-specific modules (e.g. cbu) to customize for example the student number format  Additional modules are possible „Extension point“ concept  Extension points allow to customize or extend existing functionality, for example adding own reports  Additional extension points can be made available at any time