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The school-wide lesson planning solution.
 
Why use Classmaker?

Because Classmaker keeps all your lesson plans and supporting files in one database file for easy backup, easy printing and fast retrieval for future reuse. Classmaker only does one thing - lesson planning. Using just four, fast rendering, resizable and uncluttered screens, you can plan and print your lessons and quickly retrieve earlier material for reuse. Classmaker is not a Web app. It runs on Windows PC's, both stand-alone and networked. If you want a lean software package that enables you, your syndicate or your entire school to quickly plan, print and share lesson plans, consider Classmaker. Isn't it time to relegate retrospective planning for the school inspector to the "round" file? Whether you are an elementary teacher or a high school teacher, Classmaker can make your life a lot easier. Take a look at the tutorials on this site to see Classmaker in action.

 
What does the Classmaker lesson planning software do?

1. Classmaker lets you avoid writing a hand written Weekly calendar for your plans, which often change out of recognition by week's end. You can easily modify your plans as you go along.

2. Classmaker keeps all your planning in a single database file as plain text. The Firebird database used is open for you to connect to from other applications eg. Open Office using a Firebird ODBC driver, so you are in no danger of your data becoming unreachable.

3. Effective teachers use detailed plans before they teach, created using a standardised methodology, which can be an onerous process to follow. Classmaker keeps this as simple as possible with the final output being an easy to follow printed plan of the day's lessons that you can take to class as a hard copy for your day's teaching.

4. Classmaker has three levels of planning, arranged hierarchically. Long Term plans display your units of work by subject over a whole term. Unit plans aggregate your lessons and supporting files into a "folder" that can be copied between databases and/or Long Term plans. Lesson plans display the individual detail on the Weekly calendar.

5. Classmaker can have different subjects for different users. If you are a specialist teacher you can share your school's database with other teachers who teach different subjects.

6. Classmaker can synchronise between databases without needing to be connected to the Internet. If you prefer to plan at home, you take your laptop home and plan on it. As you plan you check the Unit plans you are working on. Before finishing your planning that evening, you export all your Unit plans to disk in one go. When you return to school and log into the school server instance of Classmaker from your laptop, you can see the plans you exported to disk previously. Just one click uploads each exported plan onto the school's server. Conversely, you can synchronise your laptop's database with the server database using the same process in reverse.

 
What does Classmaker cost?

LicenceAnnual Licence Fee (US$)Commission (US$)RestrictionsMoney Back Guarantee
Unlicenced00Single user with no printing abilityIf Classmaker doesn't meet your needs within 60 days after we receive your payment, you can have your money back - no questions asked!
Single user600
Five user25050
Ten user42085
More than ten usersTalk to usTalk to us
Notes: Commission figures are for a verified sale to a new user from an existing user. The commission payment is based on the first annual licence fee only and will be made only after payment is received from the new user and the 60 day money back guarantee period has passed.
 

For Classmaker support email Rob Kellock:sales@creditscore.co.nz
Last modified: 2010-03-22

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