http://www.scoca-k12.org/stad SCOCA Tech and Development Sun, 05 Apr 2009 12:36:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you or your teachers need a full-featured screen copy application, Gadwin Print Screen is hard to beat. I've been using it for years, and find it to be an invaluable tool. Here are some feature highlights: Define your own Hot Key Combination for ... http://www.scoca-k12.org/stad/?p=142 As promised, here are some screenshots from my new staff directory apps, with some commentary. Click a screenshot to view full size. Administrative Backend Though this may look a bit complicated, the administrative backend was the easiest to setup of the three apps I built for the staff directory. Using the Adobe ... http://www.scoca-k12.org/stad/?p=129 This week I'm starting on one of my big projects for the new SCOCA web, our Training Management System (TMS). TMS is arguably the most complex app I have on our web, especially on the backend for staff and administration management. I have a list of my own changes and ... http://www.scoca-k12.org/stad/?p=117 When I started on the first version of SCOCA's District File Repository (DFR) a few years ago I needed a way to have an updated list of our school districts and IRN identifiers. Ryan suggested that I use a file titled disbld.seq, a fixed length text file that is updated ... http://www.scoca-k12.org/stad/?p=96 One of my main reasons for posting on this blog is to show some of the processes I use and the problems that can occur when coding web applications. A good case in point is when I recoded our staff directory a couple of weeks ago. When I code something ... http://www.scoca-k12.org/stad/?p=74 The SCOCA Wiki, http://wiki.scoca.org, is a tool that has been deployed at SCOCA as a resource for all SCOCA districts to use.  You didn''t know we had a wiki?  Well, it hasn't been the most publicized of all SCOCA resources but it  has definitely turned out to be a useful ... http://www.scoca-k12.org/stad/?p=66 Windows Task Manager is a decent tool but it can be confusing to manage if you have a lot of CRON jobs. It is also a headache to use if you want to run HTML scripts like I do with PHP. I found VisualCron a few years ago, and ... http://www.scoca-k12.org/stad/?p=52