Types of files: 7B is a results request file – Schools can request this from Pearson in order for EDI results to be made in the August Results period. Schools should submit this by 31 May. 9B – Registration entry file. 6B – BTEC Basedata June 2023 6B – Entry deadline 23 March – amendment…
SIMS Examinations Organiser is used to administer public exams, such as GCSEs. The training booklet below explores how Examinations Organiser can also be used to administer domestic (internal/mock/PPE) examinations. This includes; create a domestic exams season identify candidates and issue exam numbers create appropriate basedata record ‘entries’ manage seating including clashes run reports clone a…
Exam Marksheets do not default to the Exams Officer as the owner, as it depends on the group that the marksheet has been created for. Exam Marksheets setup for different groups will have default owners as below: Classes – Main Class Teacher will be owner Registration Group – Registration Tutor Year Group – Head of…
There are two ways that you can link courses to QANs: 1.Adding an Award to the Examination panel in Maintain Course, clicking new here will pull through any Award that has been imported into Exams Organiser. If the award is new and basedata has not yet been imported that contains the specific award, it will…
Any “Out of Memory” or “Exception” type errors that are received in Examinations organiser typically occur in place of an actual error that should be received. These error messages can happen due to the ‘mscomctl.ocx’ file being missing or incorrectly registered on the effected machine. To resolve these errors when they occur please do the…
Hosted Schools: Schools have recently received contact from JCQ to update the A2C Migration App to the new A2C Transport App: The latest A2C Transport app has been installed as recommended by JCQ. Users will continue to use the “A2C Exams Transfer” shortcut within SIMS. A prompt will now be presented when opening the shortcut….
Key Dates: Summer 2021 SIMS and FMS Upgrade provisional release date: 16th July 2021 Download days (9th & 11th August): The Scomis Service Desk will be open from 07:00 to 17:00 Results days (10th & 12th August): The Scomis Service Desk will be open from 08:00 to 17:00 01/07/2021 Are you prepared for downloading the…
Course Award links can be seen in Exam Organiser in Tools | School Setups | Exam Awards but can no longer be changed here. To link exam awards to courses, use SIMS .net – Tools | Academic Management | Course Manager | Maintain Course. Once the information is saved, the elements will also appear. To link the…
This may be due to the Performance Points not being updated To resolve this issue please navigate to Tools | Examinations | Manage Performance Indicators and update the QN’s you require are using this year. Run CKD in Tools | Examinations | Edit PI Data.
In the first instance, please check through route: Reports | Results |This will show all the ‘certification’ results for the pupil regardless of QCA subject codes or Award to Course Links. ANY RESULTS NOT VISIBLE IN THIS ROUTE INDICATE THAT RESULTS HAVE NOT BEEN IMPORTED. YOU MUST CHECK THIS ROUTE EVEN IF YOU BELIEVE THAT…
This error message when importing a Results file is symptomatic of a change made to the Candidate’s UCI. 1.Exams Officers are advised to investigate the original entry file in the Submission Log to ensure that the correct UCI has been sent to the Boards. (This will need to be done for all entry files for…
To import a result file, please follow this route; 1. Select Tools | Import Results & Enrolments from the Menu Bar to open the Import Results & Enrolments dialog. 2. Select the Results radio button to import results. 3. Click the Navigator button adjacent to the Filename field to open the Import Result Files dialog….
When attempting electronic import of information through Examinations Organiser the required files may not appear for selection. This probably means that the EDI software through which the files were downloaded has not placed them in the \EXAMIN directory defined in the Exams Module. Defining the EDI Directories Use route : Tools | School Setup |…
1. Check that current Season is correct for the Basedata selected. Check the user is ‘IN’ the correct Season. (At the bottom of Exams Organiser) 2. Check that the correct Basedata files for that Season are unzipped and in the EXAMIN directory. For example, if user is trying to import Basedata for June 2020, the…
Key Dates: Summer 2019 SIMS and FMS Upgrade release date: 26th July 2019 Download days: The Scomis Service desk will be open from 07:00 to 17:00 on results download days – 14th, 15th, 21st & 22nd August 2019. 21/08/2019 UPDATED @ 11:30 OCR Drama J3169A and J316B When importing a result file for students who…
This issue has proved extremely difficult for Scomis or Capita to replicate Therefore, If you are experiencing this issue, Please remove the seating plan and re-create it. This should resolve your issue. Apologies for any inconvenience. Reviewed 24/5/19
The default format of the Name of Candidate on the Statement of Entry is Surname: Forename, Middle name. Please note that this is only applicable when the name format is set to default in Focus | Candidate | Internal and the middle name is set to Include Full in Tools | School Details | School…
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The Summer Release (2018) introduced a new Discounting Family field for 16-18 Qualifications in compliance with DfE specifications announced in January this year. The field must be populated for all 16-18 qualifications in order to be included in KS5 PI reporting. Tools / Exams / Manage Qualifications the field will show in red for all…
This can be found within the Examinations module under Tools>Component Sitting Integrity Check kb21643 Reviewed 24/5/19 Reviewed 24/5/19
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The UCI consists of 13 characters: Centre number (5) Board Identifier (1) The academic year of registration (2) Candidate serial number (4) Check character (1) Centre Number The number of the centre where the Candidate took their first unit. Candidates moving to different centres part way through their course will retain their original UCI. Board…
After creating your Domestic Season you will need to open the Basedata window via Focus > Basedata. Right-click the DOM board, and then select “Clone a Previous Series” from the menu displayed Highlight the series that you want to clone and then enter a code & title. The code will need to start with the month…
For students without UCI numbers:- 1. Select Tools>Allocate UCI & Exam Numbers. 2. Select the Group required. 3. Highlight the student required 4. Click on the Allocate UCI button. 5. Click Save. This only applies if no exam number is present – the allocate UCI action will populate any student with an existing exam number…
There are 3 reasons why a clash would not show on a Component Clash Analysis Report 1 The Award has not been attached to a Course. You can check this by right clicking on the Award and select Properties, is the correct course showing in the Course field? If not go into Course Manager, select…
Click below for the sample report output. This is only a guide and will likely not be representative of a school’s true data. KS4 Cohort Information Number of Students at end of KS4 Candidates are identified as being at the end of Key Stage 4 if they were on roll at the school and…
Students at End of KS5 Measure Detail All % Male % Female % KS5 Cohort Information A levels Students at end of KS5 66 100.00 32 48.48 34 51.52 Number of A Level students at end of KS5 66 100.00 32 100.00 34 100.00 Number of A Level full time equivalent students…
Running the PI reports Select Tools | Examinations | PI Reports – the default selections are for a Key Stage 4 summary report for the default season. Click the Group Filter browser and expand the Exam Performance Cohort option by clicking on the + Select PI Cohort 2022 KS4 and click Apply. When you run…
On completion of the exam results file import any logged errors will be displayed in the Errors dialogue box. Use the information below to help resolve any issues before re-importing the results file. FATAL ERRORS Element xxxx: Record Contains Invalid Candidate No. Most likely to be encountered if a UCI for a student does not match…