The way to double up teachers in SIMS is to go to the class timetable. This can be done via Timetable > New > Group and selecting the year, block and group. This will show you the classes under the group. When you right click the class you can select the option to Add Staff….
Unfortunately, this feature is currently not available within Discover (a change request has been logged with Capita). However ‘Termly graphs’ have been included in the Autumn 2013 release of Discover. These will include reports to show termly Behaviour points, Achievement points and Percentage Session Attendance.
The Individual Session Summary Report (Reports/Attendance/Individual Pupil Reports/Individual Session Summary Report) will only display one student’s attendance details per page. Unfortunately it is not possible to change this. As a workaround, please follow the instructions below: Open File Manager Choose a destination (Eg: F:/Public/Updates) Right click on the white background and select New/Microsoft Word Document. …
In order for the EYFS results to appear in the CTF for submission to your LA, you will need to make sure that you “Calculate” the marksheet and save.
Importing data from a “Formatted” spreadsheet will import back into the original aspects and result sets that were contained when the data was previously exported. Importing data from an “Un-formatted” spreadsheet will require user input to map the columns of the spreadsheet to the aspects and result sets in SIMS. If the spreadsheets are exported…
Yes, select the paragraph you wish to be copied in Word, press CTRL + C to copy the comments from Word, then press CTRL + V to paste the Word comments into the marksheet. Please note, Assessment Manager 7 will allow exactly 1000 characters to be entered into a Comment Aspect.
When adding colours within a cell in a marksheet, (right clicking on the cell “Select colour to a cell”) the colour will NOT pull into individual reports. If you want the colour to pull into an individual report along with the result, it will need to be coloured using a Nested If Then Else formula…
*Updated 05/07/2019* Which contacts associated on a student record has the ability to access SIMS Parent App? SIMS Parent App/Parent App Lite The current functionality is that any contact or guardian that has Parental Responsibility and no Court Order will be able to access SIMS Parent App, and have the ability to see the…
If your School uses Assessment Manager, Discover is included in the license for that product. If you do not have Assessment Manager you will need to purchase licenses either via your local authority or from ESS if you have a Direct SIMS License.
Focus | Groups | Discover Groups Discover Groups in SIMS no longer exist in Discover. How can these be deleted from SIMS? Please call the Scomis Service Desk on 01392 385300 as a patch will need to be applied to delete the groups.
Discover | Percentage Session Attendance Year to Date or Percentage Lesson Attendance Year to Date graphs. Calculations for the Attendance Year to Date graphs in Discover are made as of the last data transfer, with the default transfer time set to after midnight unless it is manually run or the transfer schedule changed. This means that…
In Discover there is a ‘Behaviour Points by Registration Groups’ graph but not one for Achievements. How do I create one? To see this information in Discover: 1. Please open Discover and click the Pupil button. Drag the graph ‘Student Totals by Year Group’ onto the canvas. Click the Achievement button and drag the appropriate…
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…
Within Nova T-6 click on Sessions This will show the groups and clusters on the left-hand side of the screen and the sessions on the right- hand side of the screen. Under the Sessions column (on the right hand side) right click on D (for double). This will then automatically change the D to two…
Submitting KS2 Results to NCA Tools Website (Hosted Schools) Currently Schools are unable to access the NCA Tools website via Internet Explorer in Scomis Hosted Applications. https://ncatools.education.gov.uk/Teacher-Assessment/Home.aspx They receive either of the following two errors that are shown below Testing performed by Scomis has revealed that the website actively blocks connection requests from the…
The nested If Then Else formula needs to be followed as below to ensure that expected results are shown. To create a nested If Then Else formula, you first need to include in the Template the column(s) you wish to compare. Example: Template name: English Targets – Year 6 Aspect: English Achieved | Result Set:…
*Please back up your templates before you make any changes as tags can break very easily* With your Word template open, you need to click on reveal codes by clicking on the pilcrow symbol – ¶ which is under the “home” Screen. This reveals punctuation, paragraph markers / hidden formatting. If that doesn’t work try…
There can be no fine level or points scores calculators after 2020 because students who will be taking KS4 exams after that date did not take tests where the results were calculated in levels and points. The only information we have on how the new scaled score figures will be used in Progress 8 (and…
To avoid tabled report comments splitting across the page. Within the Word template; Select the paragraph or section of text you want to keep together. On the Home tab in Word 2010 or Word 2007, click the Paragraph group’s dialog launcher (the small arrow at the bottom-right. In Word 2003 (and earlier), choose Paragraph from…
A grade 4 will be classed as a pass and would be the equivalent to a C grade, anything below a 4 would not be classed as a pass. Please see below; Under the new system, a grade 4 and above will be equivalent to a C and above. This is – and will remain…
This issue can arise because there are illegal characters ( \ / : * ? ” < > | ) in the session name for which you are generating. The issue can also occur if there is a problem with the template. Rename the session removing any illegal characters. Also run the ‘Verify Template’ routine…
The aspect used may have a grade set attached to it. This means…
In Sims.net go to: Focus Groups User Defined Groups Search for the Group that you want to remove the student from Go to Panel 2 – Membership Find the student in the Member list Right click on the orange bar to the right of the Member’s name Click on Remove Membership Save Reviewed: 22/02/18…
To ensure a registration teacher can see marksheets for their registration group you need to make sure they are linked as…
Individual reports that previously worked in Office 2003 will not run correctly in Office 2010. There is a work around for this: File Options Trust Centre Trust Centre Settings Macro Settings Check to make sure “Enable all Macros” is selected File Options Trust Centre Trust Centre Settings Privacy Options Under Document specific settings make sure…
The following steps will need to be carried out/checked In System Manager (Focus|System Manager) check that the Head of Department does not have two accounts. Please note, there are no System Manager defined permissions for Heads of Departments. These are all defined within the Courses. Add the Head of Department to the list of supervisors…
A marksheet will not display any class details because a student can be a member of more than one class – so the system is unsure which class to display. You will need to create a Course Class link in the template and this can be done by: Opening the template by following this path…
Yes, you can view the previous year 6 by altering the membership date…
The maximum number of characters that can be used in a description of a Grade Set is 100.
Assessment Manager 7 will allow exactly 1000 characters to be entered into a Comment Aspect. Reviewed 19/03/2018