TeachersCompanion does not have that sort of capability set up though yet – That sort of capability would possibly end up in the Reports module. I have my own FileMaker database setup so that after creating a course with all the students in it I can run reports in all sorts of different ways – sorted by last name, sorted by what instrument they play, sorted by graduation year or maybe sorted by graduation year AND separated by boys vs girls. The advantage to having your students all in a database like this is that their information can then be used in the other areas of the database – like pulling their names into your courses or automatically inserting the name/address/phone info onto an invoice. There is also a Calendar and a Reports module that do not currently work.Īs for the contacts, you may wonder why not just simply use your Contacts app from Apple. A Purchases module to track what you have spent so far and who you have bought it from.Invoices to keep track of who owes you money and along with that a spot to keep track of products you are putting into those invoice.

Templates that you can develop and reuse.A place to keep track of all your contacts.Here is what you get inside of the database that is currently working, the database is still being worked on so some features are not quite there yet. If you are using an iPad it is very easy to download the free FileMaker Go app from the app store and then load up this database. This is a database called Teachers Companion and it is currently free. Let’s take a look at one free resource that I was introduced to the other day. It is so easy inside of a database to take a look at that data in so many different ways.

I have been using databases for years – I see so many people using spreadsheets for the wrong reasons and I feel bad for them! They really should not be tracking things like instruments, uniforms, music library and so many other projects inside of a spreadsheet! Spreadsheets are a great first step but after getting all that data into the spreadsheet there is no flexibility.

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