Meta Office Student Management Software

NIPPER | TAKE2

Student management system's designed for the smaller New Zealand tertiary educator

Meta Office supplied and supported Suite of Student Management Software for New Zealand Tertiary Education Providers have been designed from the outset to be as simple and straightforward to install and use as possible, and uses standard Microsoft Office™ products to ensure it will work on the maximum number of PCs with the minimum of fuss.


Comparison Between Meta Office Student Management System Products


Nipper, Take2 and other Meta Office products are written in Microsoft Access. They will run on a standard PC and across a network with multiple users. The products are easily installed and integrate comprehensively with other Microsoft products such as Word, Excel, and Outlook to increase your productivity.

Feature Nipper Access Backend Edition SQL Backend Edition
Customer Relationship Management
Manage enquiries and prospective students   Yes Yes
Manage relationships with recruiting agencies/organisations     Yes
Manage organisations and relationships with organisations     Yes
Contact Management and Follow-Ups
SMS text messaging   Yes as option Yes as option
NZ Post postcode lookup   Batch option Yes as real-time option
Mail merge to Microsoft Word   Yes Yes – additional templates
Send out emails     Yes
Create bring-ups/alerts Yes Yes Yes
Student Management
Manage students Yes Yes Yes
User defined fields   Yes Yes
National Student Index XML interface Yes as option Yes Yes
National Student Index batch interface     Yes
Manage curriculum (including import from NZQA) Yes Yes Yes
Manage pre-requisites     Yes
TEC Electronic Receipting System interface for TOPS/Youth Training)   Yes Yes
Manage and track applications     Yes
Provisional enrolments     Yes
Manage enrolments   Yes Yes
Manage enrolment tracking     Yes
Manage attendance Yes as option Yes as option Yes as option
Set fees   Yes Yes
Public Trust FeeProtect interface   Yes as option Yes as option
Record Unit/Achievement Standard outcomes Yes Yes Yes
Record NZ Diploma of Business outcomes   Yes Yes
Manage alternate awards   Yes Yes
Qualification and course completion recording   Yes Yes
Internal Reporting
Standard reports Yes Yes Yes
External Reporting
Verification of study interface to StudyLink     Yes
Single Data Return   Yes Yes
RS20 Return Yes    
NZQA electronic returns Yes Yes Yes
Progress monitoring reporting   Yes Yes
NZIS Students Online interface   Yes Yes
FITEC Reporting Yes Yes Yes
Agriculture ITO Reporting   Yes Yes
Export Education Levy Yes    
Control Features
User specific access control     Yes
Multi-provider processing     Yes
Local mandatory fields     Yes
Audit log     Yes
Computing Environment
Run over a LAN/WAN Yes but with performance constraints Yes but with performance constraints Yes
Multi-user access & Number of records Typically up to 5 or 6 simultaneous users with up to 4,000/5,000 students Typically up to 5 or 6 simultaneous users with up to 4,000/5,000 students Entirely dependent on hardware/network. Several hundred concurrent users and several hundred thousand students are well within specification
Hardware Standard PC Standard PC Standard PC
Dedicated server needed for larger installations