SPARKY is a development of the Vanguard College  Department of Information Technology.  Any question about this software or the SPARKY Project should be directed to lchenard@vanguardcollege.com.  Phone call inquiries can be directed to 1.780.452.0808 ext 226.

SUMMARY
Here is a brief list of the major components that have been developed in SPARKY.

• Registrar's Module
• Recruitment Module
• Admissions Module
• Faculty Module
• Library Module
• Finance Module
• Students Module
• Donations Module
• Calendar & Facility Bookings
• Maintenance & Cleaning Requests
• Employee Timesheet Submissions
• Classified Ads Module
• Private Messaging
• ABE Reporting
• Student Fund Raising
• MY SPARKY Space

• Create new course's)
• Create new program's)
• Assign Courses to Programs
• Create New Student & Assign  a Program to a Student
• In House and On-Line Registration
• Graduation Requirement Tracking for each Student
• Automated generation of class lists (text, email, and photo directory)
• Generation of Statement of Marks / Transcripts
• Dozens of ABHE reports
• Generation of printed and on-line tuition PDF tax receipts (T2202a)
• Access to Public FTP for file uploads and downloads

• Create a 'Calendar of Events' for automated email and print events
• Detailed tracking and follow up tools
• Department Head interaction and recruitment tools
• Detailed database searches with cvs downloads
• Mail merge functionality to email and PDF documents
• Fully dynamic publication of PDF documents by Department and Program

• Create and Track Application Requirements (ie. forms, referrals etc)
• Department Head interaction and admission tools

• Automated generation of class lists (text and photo directory)
• On-line posting marks for assignments
• The ability to email entire class, program or department
• Various Student Assessment tools for student tracking
• As Department Head ... tracking of new, incoming and inquiries students
• Access to Public FTP for file uploads and downloads

• Fully Searchable on-line MARC compliant database
• All records Cross Referenced searches by Author and  Subject
• Bibliography, References and other APA tools
• Circulation Tools / Tracking / Management (sign in - sign out)
• Overdue tracking tools with email options
• Full Interaction to student financial records for Overdue Fees
• Book Store Sales & Inventory Management
• Book Store Tracking/ Reporting
• Conduct Live Inventory
• Various ABHE Reporting tools

• Design your own Chart of Accounts
• Design your own  course & semester based fees
• Multiple forms of Currency including payment plans and student loans
• Full tracking of student financial records (fully searchable)
• Invoice and Transaction Logs (debits and credits)
• Dozens of financial reports
• Fully integrated with Library System

• access to all marks
• access to all financial records
• access to the library (search, reserve & personal history)
• Private Messaging
• Graduation Status Report (degree audit)
• Access to Public FTP for file uploads and downloads

• Donor Tracking
• Automated Emails
• Generation of  Donation Receipts for Income Tax
• Project Creation and Donation Tracking

• Create your own 'Day in the Life of ...' calendar for public viewing
• Post private calendar appointments with reminders
• Track facility bookings for rooms etc.

• Assign the ability to create requests to various user groups
• Report and comment on maintenance requests
• Report and comment on cleaning requests

• Allow users to report hours worked online for the finance department

• Allow users to post items to a classified ads page on the website

• Send and receive private messages

• create projects and fundraising tracking by project and by user

• just that ... a simple version of what MYSPACE is.