For best results when operating the Maplewood Administration
system, please ensure your computer meets our suggested requirements before
operating the Maplewood Administration system.
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Workstation
Windows XP SP2 or Newer
RAM
2 GB or more is preferred but 1 GB will work (only having 1 GB could result in some performance degradation)
Hard Drive: Minimum 40 GB
Network Card: Required
Monitor: Minimum 800 X 600 with 16 bit or better colour
Maplewood Enterprise
Hardware requirements are based on the number of
users. Please contact us for more information. Maplewood supports Windows 2003
server or newer and SQL Server 2005 or newer.
Maplewood connectEd Web Server
Hardware requirements are based on the number of
users. Please contact us for more information.
Windows 2003 Server Web Edition or higher.
Internet Information Services 6.0 with .Net Framework
3.5 SP1 or better.
Maplewood connectEd Workstation or Client Machine
The following browsers are supported
Google Chrome version 5 or higher
Internet Explorer version 7 or higher
Firefox version 3 or higher
Netscape version 6 or higher
Safari version 4 or higher
Adobe Acrobat Reader must be installed on each client
machine to print reports on Maplewood connectEd. Please read the Technical
Article covering this topic.
Maplewood connectEd and Handheld Devices
For handheld devices, any standard HTML browser that supports W3C standards is supported.
Maplewood connectEd Library System
To be able to install the Library OPAC site through
Maplewood connectEd, the library data must be converted to SQL. Please contact Maplewood for details.
Furthermore, to be able to use the Library circulation
and catalogue features through Maplewood connectEd, the library data must be
converted to SQL, and the individual users must be granted the appropriate
rights to library through the Maplewood connectEd Security Administration program.
Once Library has been converted to SQL (and users have
been given access to Library), no additional installation is required to access
the circulation and catalogue features. A separate installation is required for
the OPAC site, since it is a separate site.
Maplewood Student and Staff Pictures
Schools can generate files containing whatever
information the school photographer requires (e.g. name, grade, homeroom,
student letters). Maplewood support staff can assist schools in creating this
file.
Notes: To ensure the best possible performance we
recommend using JPG or GIF.
The system's image display area for student and
staff records is 126x126 pixels. The system will automatically resize your image
to fit; however, we strongly recommended that your images be 126x126 pixels.
This will eliminate any risk of potential distortion caused by the system
shrinking the image to fit. Larger photographs could also adversely affect
system performance wherever they are displayed - this affects both Windows and
Web applications.
Student Pictures
Student pictures will display in students records in
the admin system if they are BMP, GIF or JPG. BMP images should be 16 bit colour
or higher.
Student pictures will display in students records and
in the attendance/seating plan screen in Classroom Manager if they are BMP, GIF
or JPG.
Student pictures will display and print in Report
Builder reports if they are BMP, JPG or GIF.
Student pictures will display and print in Print Lists if they are BMP.
Student pictures will display in the library system if they are BMP.
Each student's photo must be named using the 3-letter
code (e.g. AJK. GIF). The photographer will need to know the 3-letter code of
each student.
Staff Pictures
Staff pictures will display in students records in the
admin system if they are BMP, JPG or GIF. BMP images should be 16 bit colour or
higher.
Staff pictures will display and print in Report
Builder reports if they are BMP or GIF.
Staff records can also include pictures. Each staff
member has a 2-letter code in the staff record. If you take pictures of your
staff members, then the photo file must be named using the 2-letter code (e.g.
AB.GIF).
Parent/Guardian Pictures
Parent/Guardian pictures will display in students
records in the admin system if they are BMP, JPG or GIF. BMP images should be 16
bit colour or higher.
Parent/Guardian pictures will display and print in Report Builder reports if they are BMP, JPG or GIF.
Each parent/guardian uses the student's 3-letter code
plus M for mother, F for father or G for guardian. (e.g. ABCG.GIF). If the
parent/guardian has more than one child in the school, then there will need to
be an equal number of parent/guardian pictures to match (e.g. A set of parents
has 2 children named Bobby and Jane, there will need to be 2 pictures for the
mother and two pictures for the father - BBBF.gif for Bobby's father and
JJBF.gif for Jane's father; then BBBM.gif for Bobby's mother and JJBM.gif for
Jane's mother).
Administration System Requirements and Filename Conventions for all Maplewood Products
The maximum total length for the Maplewood data path
is 60 characters. This means that the UNC path to get to the data for each
school must be 60 characters or less. It may be necessary to create a share that
is closer to the actual data location (i.e. E:\Data\Administration\Maplewood\Schools\School1 could be shared at Maplewood
instead of Data).
Data paths defined in the Maplewood system must use UNC paths, not drive letters.
Regional Settings
You must set your regional settings (found under the control panel) to the following:
Your date settings must be as follows NOTE the short date; it MUST be a four digit display.
sShortDate = MM/dd/yyyy (Short Date)
sLongDate = dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy (Long Date)
sDecimal = . (Number)
sLanguage = enu (Language English American (preferred by MS Windows) )
Note: If you are a French user, have your settings FRCDN - please change the "," to a "." |