Arranging Cover in SIMS – Quick Reference Sheet.
Arranging Cover in SIMS – Quick Reference Sheet. Arranging Cover Reviewed 27/7/20
Using Lesson Monitor in SIMS – Quick Reference Sheet.
Using Lesson Monitor in SIMS – Quick Reference Sheet. Lesson Monitor Reviewed 29/10/2015
How do I Record an Exclusion?
Here is a Sims Helpsheet on How to Record an Exclusion. How_to_Record_an_Exclusion_Updated_31-03-2009 Reviewed 17/08/2015
Absence and Closure in Cover 7
Reasons for Absence and Closure in Cover 7. Absence and Closure in Cover 7 Reviewed 29/10/2015
Examinations Organiser – Quick Reference Sheet.
Examinations Organiser – Quick Reference Sheet. Examinations Organiser Reviewed on 24/05/2019
Hints and Tips for Using Course Manager
Hints and Tips for Using Course Manager. Hints_and_Tips_for_Using_Course_Manager Reviewed on 26/08/2015
Recording Staff Absences in Cover 7
1. From the Cover Arrangements page, click the New Absence button to display the Record Classroom Staff Absence dialog. 2. Select the absent member of staff in the Staff panel (use the Ctrl key to select multiple staff members). 3. Select a reason for the absence in the Reasons panel. 4. In the Duration panel,…
How do I Transfer Applicants to a Different Intake/Admission Group?
Here is a Sims.net Helpsheet on How to Transfer Applicants to a Different Intake/Admission Group How_to_Transfer_Applicants_to_a_Different_Intake_Admission_Group Reviewed 17/08/2015
How do I add/Edit a Look up?
You will need to be a member of either the School Administrator or System Manager user groups in System Manager to run this function. Please see your System Administrator/Manager if you are not sure whether you have the required Permissions. Editing lookups. 1. Select Tools | Lookups | Maintain to display the Find Lookup Type…
How do I Import Look ups?
You will need to be a member of the School Administrator user group in System Manager to import lookups. Please see your System Administrator/Manager if you are not sure whether you have the required permissions. 1. Select Tools | Lookups | Import Lookups to display the Import Lookups page 2. Click the Select File button…
How do I Design a Report with Sub Reports?
Below is a Sims Helpsheet on How to Design a Report with Sub Reports How to Design a Report with Sub Reports Reviewed on: 15/02/18
How do I Bulk Update Information in SIMS?
The facility to Bulk Update pupil/student information enables you to simultaneously assign values to a group of pupil/students, and then edit any individual exceptions if required. Routines | Pupil (or Student) | Bulk Update. The Group Type indicates the type of group you wish to work with whilst the Group allows you to select the…
Activating and De-Activating Seats in Exams Organiser.
The room layout for an individual examination can be amended to suit your requirements. For example, you may wish to deactivate an extra block of seats to allow room for more invigilators. 1. Highlight the seat(s) you wish to deactivate by either clicking an individual seat or dragging across a group of seats. 2. Right-click…
How do I change the candidate status from External to Internal?
If a candidate was previously defined as an external candidate, but has since joined your establishment, you can transfer their status from external candidate to internal candidate. Using this routine means that you do not have to delete their entries, delete them as an external candidate, re-assign them as an internal candidate and recreate their…
How do I add an External Candidate into Exams Organiser?
You cannot add external candidates if the season is locked or closed. 1. Select Focus | Candidates | External to display the External Candidate browser. 2. Click the Add button to display the Add a new Candidate dialog. IMPORTANT NOTE: If you intend to enter a former student for examinations as an external candidate, ensure…
How do I add a Season in Exams Organiser?
In setting up your season patterns, you should bear in mind that you cannot import two instances of the same element or component into one season. Therefore, if you were to declare a long season, say March to June, that is supposed to contain two opportunities to take OCR GCSE Science or Maths modules, you…
How do I close a season in Exams Organiser?
A season may be closed when you have finished administering the examinations for that season and all the results have been received. It is only possible to close a season after the user has confirmed that all results have been finalised. IMPORTANT NOTE: Once a season has been closed, it will not be possible to…
How do I unlock a season in Exams Organiser?
A season can be unlocked after a submission has been made, for example. Unlocking a season enables the data to be amended, i.e. candidates can be entered for examinations, forecast grades can be entered and basedata can be imported or refreshed, etc. Click the Seasons button on the Application Bar or select Tools | School…
Post 16 LA panel of the School Census – Results Missing that were added in Edit PI
If results are added in Edit PI in Exams Organiser they will not show in Course Manager or in the Post 16 Learning Aims Panel of the School Census. The school will have to manually put them in the school census. Reviewed on 24/05/2019
Course Manager – Missing Courses
I have created a new course, saved it but can’t find it when searching for it. Try removing the dates from the search criteria – just drag your mouse over the from and to dates and delete so that the date fields are empty and search again. This is usually caused by no members being…
Free staff not showing as available for Cover or Cover Rota.
If the Timetable has contains blanking codes for the staff members not showing they will not be available for cover, the blanking codes will need to be removed from the Timetable in Nova and the Timetable sent across to SIMS. 1) Check that staff have the correct working pattern in SIMS .net | Focus…
Student showing ‘-‘ instead of ‘#’ marks in Attendance.
New pupils have arrived at beginning of term that were not in an admission group but they show a ‘-‘ instead of # marks at the start of the week. 1. Run through Update Academic Year for the relevant academic year through Routines | School | Edit Academic year. No edits need to be made…
Advice on starting the Timetable early.
Starting Next Year’s – Starting Next Year’s Curriculum Early Guide Applicable to 2015 onwards Some schools start next year’s curriculum early. – using the same timetable – using a new timetable Some schools see this as an introduction to next year’s courses and therefore do not record the students as actually starting these courses during the summer…
Basedata imported into wrong season
As long as no entries have been made against the basedata then the basedata can be deleted and re-imported into the correct season. To delete the basedata start at the lowest level i.e. components, then element, award and finally series. Reviewed on 28/07/2020 – AT Reviewed – 26/05/2015
How to stop the following pop up message in Internet Explorer – The current web page is trying to open a site in your Trusted sites list. Do you want to allow this?
You may encounter the following error relating to various websites you try and open – Since the site is trusted, you may not want to bother with having to click YES every time you visit it? You can disable this message by doing the following – 1. In Internet Explorer, click Tools > Internet Options….
How to format dates in Excel reports.
When report is run the date of birth will show i.e 21st January 2001 would like the format to be 21/01/01. To format the date in the report as required after export to excel, please follow the below mentioned steps: 1. Select the ‘DOB’ column in the Excel report output. 2. Go to Menu Data…
The edit options are greyed out on my report
When saving reports from Sims .net the edit options such as Data sort are greyed out – this is in Excel 2010. If the header bar, besides giving the file name, also says Group:- 1. Right click on the ‘Sheet 1’ tab at the bottom 2. Choose Ungroup KB6568 Reviewed 29/04/2015
How do I get access to Torbay Council Intranet?
Torbay Council Intranet is called Insight. Also the telephone directory is called corp-toad2.
To access these sites (if you do not have access already) you will have to do the following:
Go to My Computer or Computer if it is Windows 7
Click C: drive
Open Windows folder
Asset Management for Academies
Asset Management is a new addition to theFMSsuite of software specifically for use in academies and independent schools. These types of school have a requirement to record and account for their fixed assets. They will need to identify:- the type of asset, for example land and buildings, computer equipment. the depreciation policy, for example straight…
Can I run a report which shows who has been on Free School Meals from a certain date?
A report has been created which will show all students who have had Free school Meals from a selected date. Free School Meal History This Report can be imported into Sims .net by saving this report to your PC, you will then need to unzip the file this can be done by right clicking on…