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Adding a User Defined Group to Discover

BySarah Hart

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…

New Exam Officer not showing on marksheets

BySarah Hart

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…

What is the difference between a Discover and Dynamic group?

BySarah Hart

When saving a new Group in Discover, there is an option to save as ‘Discover’ or ‘Dynamic’. A Discover Group is only available in Discover, whereas a Dynamic Group is also available in SIMS. A Dynamic Group will allow any Supervisors of the Group to see any changes, such as when a Student has left the…

Recommended Settings for McAfee Anti-Virus

ByLiam Motevali

McAfee Virus Scan is due for end of life 31/12/2021. Please ensure you have updated your antivirus before then. Depending on how it was installed, the settings for McAfee Anti-Virus software may not be optimally configured for the best protection. For this reason, you can check the settings as per the instructions below. Accessing the…

InTouch-Behaviour text not retaining bullet points

BySarah Hart

ESS have confirmed that this is expected functionality, Whilst Intouch is capable of sending messages not every template is suitable for SMS messaging. Unfortunately, SMS messaging does not support the same level of formatting that emails do. We often see examples of formatting and hyperlinks that do not carry over to an SMS message from…