Top 10 Reasons for giving teachers access to SIMS in the classroom https://faq.scomis.org/kb5259/ All teachers will need to be set up with a SIMS login in System Manager and given the permission of Class Teacher. (This will also enable them to have access to basic information about their pupils i.e. contact and address information, attendance etc….
Homepage Groups enable schools to set a standard Homepage Configuration for staff groups. Only those with a role of Employee in SIMS can be added to a home page group. Go to Routines | Homepage | Homepage Group Configuration Clicking Search will display the embedded groups : Use the embedded groups by clicking on them…
SIMS Documentation is a site created by Capita for information and instructional documents on SIMS. The documentation site can be accessed via the SIMS Homepage through the following button . Once in SIMS Documentation you will be able to search for documents based on your role in school.
Discover is a free tool created by Capita, for more information on the benefits of using Discover please visit https://faq.scomis.org/kb13363/. If you are Hosted and would like to start using Discover please contact the Scomis Service Desk at scomis@devon.gov.uk and we will setup Discover for you. If you aren’t Hosted and would like to start using…
Missing Register Notifications can be set up as one of the Homepage widgets. On the Homepage go to Configure, this will open the Configure Homepage screen. On this screen you can increase the number of panels available on the Homepage if necessary by increasing the number and selecting the tick, you must have a blank…
Within Discover it is possible to view the Pupil/Student SEN information in a graphical format. To access the SEN graphs you will need to click on the SEN option at the top of the screen. This will then show you the SEN graphs that are available within Discover. To display the information within the graphs…
Within Discover it is possible to view the Pupil/Student percentage attendance in a graphical format. To access the Percentage Attendance graph you will need to click on the Attendance option and drag the Percentage Attendance Year To Date report onto the blank canvas. Once dragged onto the canvas the information will be displayed as a…
Within Discover it is possible to create something called a Dynamic Group. A Dynamic Group will look at a specific piece of information and will update the group with real time information. For example this would be particularly useful to monitor pupils within less than 95% attendance. To create a Dynamic Group you will need…
What is the SIMS School Report and how can you access it? The School Report provides an instant overview of your school based on the latest data held in SIMS, giving school leadership and governors insight into areas of strength and weakness to inform their decisions. The report can be exported in a number of…
Scomis provides termly Newsletters informing you of up coming events and training and of the latest changes in SIMS and new services we provide. You can subscribe to the Newsletter from this link https://www.scomis.org/contact-us/ then scroll down the page and complete this form …
Our release dates: NB We will not be upgrading the hosted platform or releasing the upgrade via Solus on 5th April as planned. This is because Capita are investigating a potential CTF issue with the Spring release. We are awaiting more details and will update this post with the new release date as soon as we…
On February 28th there will be an update to SIMS Services Manager and Teacher App. There have been several technical changes made to the SSM package, Teacher App and the Teacher App Administrator websites due to Microsoft retiring their support for the “Access Control Service” (ACS). If the appropriate action outlined below is not taken, Teacher App…
There are two ways that this information can be viewed. The first is through Focus/In Touch/Show Messages. This displays an Inbox and Sent box. However, an easier and more beneficial way to see this information is by running an InTouch report. Please go to Reports/InTouch/Messaging Audit. This report provides details of all messages sent to,…
I can’t remember my password. What should I do? Visit the website of your account provider (i.e. Microsoft, Google, Facebook or Twitter) and follow their instructions for resetting your password. Do I need to register separately for each of my children attending this school? No. When you sign in to SIMS Parent, events and…
Which parent records are pulled into SIMS Parent? SIMS Parent pulls through all individuals with parental responsibility, regardless of the contact priority recorded in SIMS. If a person with parental responsibility has a current court order recorded in SIMS against their relationship with all of their children, the parent will not be recognised by SIMS…
Select route:- Tools | Performance | Assessment | System Utilities | Results Select – Delete a Selection of Results Next Browse to the Group required Select ALL (or tick the students required) Click Apply Click Next Browse to the Aspects the results are associated with Tick required aspects and Click Apply Select either Result Set…
When configuring an email application to use the Scomis/SWGfL Smart hosts, it is essential that you check that your Domain SPF Record allows Scomis to send email on behalf of your email domain. SPF, or Sender Protection Framework, as a system that prevents unauthorised computers from sending email from your internet domain name. This significantly…
Remote Desktop Web Client is a Microsoft Solution that empowers any modern HTML 5 Standards Compliant web browser to access a Remote Desktop application without the need to install any additional software on the end users device. Scomis have successfully piloted the Web Client to a select number of schools during the period February to…
To improve the performance of SIMS when viewing and editing attendance marks, session marks can be archived. All marks, with the exception of those recorded in the current academic year and the preceding academic year, can be archived. When the data has been archived, it is no longer available for editing. However, reports can still…
Capita have published a letter to send to parents to notify them you will be using ParentLite. You can download the report definition below and follow the instructions to run it as a mailmerge for your school. SIMS Parent Lite notification (report definition) Download and save this file somewhere you can get to through SIMS….
To access Service Terms in SIMS go to Tools > Staff > Pay Related Press ‘Search’ Locate the required Service Term in the list and press ‘Open’ In Tab 2: Pay Awards click on ‘New’ to add a new Pay Scale You will then need to add a unique code, description, minimum and maximum…
In order for Course Manager to be correct the levels for classes in Nova T6 need to be correct. To update the levels in Nova T6 go to Tools / Assign Levels Levels can be updated for year, the block, or the individual class by clicking into the appropriate row on the table. You may need…
It is possible to create a User Defined Group in Sims and use this group to report in Discover. For Example, it may be that you wish to report on Whole School attendance in Discover but that you want to exclude Nursery children. For help on creating a User Defined Group please see FAQ: Creating…
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…
Tools | Statutory Return Tools | Update Post Looked After Arrangements Any pupils currently recorded as having post looked after arrangements are displayed in the Post Looked After Arrangements list Use the Students On-Roll on Census Day search criteria to locate the pupils you want to record as having PLAA (Post Looked After Arrangement) Highlight…
All parents who have a child registered as on-roll at the school are eligible to stand for election when there is a vacancy for a parent governor. The term ‘parents’ includes natural parents and anyone else with parental responsibility. The Parental Ballot check box can be selected via Focus > Pupil (Or Student) – Family/Home…
The Mailing Point check box can be used to show which sibling should receive any correspondance from the school. To identify the child considered to be the mailing point for the family, select the Mailing Point check box via Focus > Pupil (or Student) on the Family/Home panel. Only one child should be designated as…
Create your report as normal, including any fields that you want to include and any filters that are necessary. Go through the report wizard until you get to ‘Report Output’ and select Word Mailmerge. Click ‘New’ to create a new template. When word opens, you can then begin typing in a letter template. If…
Certain attendance Discover graphs displays totals by percentages, for example: 100% 99% 98% 97% etc. These can be changed. It is possible to specify the ranges used on the x-axis of attendance interval and late interval graphs (such as the Percentage Session Attendance Year to Date and Percentage Lates graphs). Open the Discover Administration Utility…
15-1-2020 NOTE – Due to a change in the installer for 4Matrix the customer can no longer Update 4Matrix. A request will have to be sent to the Service Desk and updated on a school by school basis. This will be looked into further. A new launcher process has been developed that will put…