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There is no one size fits all solution--Not Joomla, not Moodle, not Centre, not SchoolTool. I agree. I stated one-size-fits-all potential I also appreciate your perspective as a passionate educator. And you are certainly correct about having an ironclad lockdown on personal information. I think a t...

Visit the FAQ forum to learn.  It helped me when I started.
http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/board,49.0.html

edit: i actually did trial/error on a local test server....

Thanks for the link. Somehow I missed the depth of the FAQ's. I must of been distracted after my first visit there.

I investigated Centre, Focus, Moodle, Schooltool and a few others in my quest for the right solution. To me, the only one with a one-size-fits-all potential, is Joomla! There seems to be billions of components available for Joomla, and if one can assemble the perfect storm - one would really have so...

I understand now. Thx.

mcsmom - The staff menu is a module. You go to the module manager and find the menu link that goes to the profiles and tell the menu to display there. I HATE to whine  I have searched over and over and over for a menu link in module manager that goes to profiles, cb profiles ANY Profiles. This ...

Really? You blew me away with that one!   Your skills are light-years ahead of mine (obviously). I understand that CB will display their profile and they can see the Class pages (articles) I have created for that teacher. What I don't understand is how these 120 classes will magically appear an...

mcsmom - If the school actually has 120 classes, 30 teachers and 320 students, do you think this is still the way to go?? Okay, one model is to have the teachers log in  and go to their profiles. From their they can see the tabs with all of their content, their galleries and so on. Have a secti...

I'm having issues with the calendar I've selected (ExtCal). Can you recommend one that allows the public to expand and view events per date but not submit events? It also needs to have a mini-calendar for all pages. Thanks!

mscmom - Thank-you for your guidance and exceptional commitment to the Joomla! community forums here. I really appreciate your response. I've spent the greater part of today (and tonight) working on this puppy, and I have made decent progress I guess. fyi.. The CB g2bridge plug-in provides a tab but...

mcsmom - Thanks for your many informative posts, and for sharing your extensive experience with us.  Could you enlighten me a little more? If this is asking too much, I certainly understand. I would like to incorporate your described scenario: First I have the public joomla! site with all the o...

Steve - I did a minor test installation with Moodle a couple of weeks back. It seems to be quite impressive with some nice tools built-in, and allot of learning materials have apparently been produced. The deal-breaker for me was (what appeared to be) the inability of Moodle's gradebook to handle th...

Steve - Thanks for the reply. You are correct, it IS unclear how extensively I want to manage data such as grades I smile because it's an unknown at this point. I think the client actually has a 'gradebook product' that has limited participation and apparently, it's not part of required procedures. ...

I'm a web designer (Joomla! & CMS newbie) trying to help a small, non-profit school. I've been researching for weeks and decided I like Joomla! the best. I think based on the wonderful posts here and the documentation I've found, that Joomla! will be a fantastic solution for the school. They only ha...