The columns are SIMS User specific e.g. different columns can display for different SIMS Users. Each user must set their own Student Identification Columns. It is not possible for the columns to be set globally. There are to ways to views these extra columns. You can add the following columns Admission Number SEN Quick Note Year…
A Training course can be added via Tools | Staff | Training. Click ‘new’ to add a new training course. Enter the details in Panel 1 & 2 Staff attending the course can be added in panel 3. The absence recorded in Panel 2 3, will be reflected for any member of staff linked to…
Click Ok the Error, in some instances it will let you continue with importing results file. Try re-importing the file 2 to 3 times as the file could be large and it will start the import from where the last imported finished. If the file still will not import try Re- Import the file on…
To take your Guest Pupils off of the Performance tables. You will need to go to. 1. Tools > Groups Manager > PI Cohort 2. Right Click over the PI Cohort you wish to edit and select members 3. Remove the student you do not want included by clicking the – icon. 4. Focus >…
The most common reason why Subjects are missed out from the Broadsheet Report is because they do not have a QCA code attached in the element. Method for attaching QCA codes: a) Use Focus | Basedata to open the Basedata window showing the Basedata for the current season. b) Expand e.g. EDEXL/GCE to show the…
Important: Before any patch is run you MUST have full backup of both SIMS & FMS. Make sure all users are not using and are logged out of Sims or FMS. 1. Download and Save the Patch to your Desktop or C Drive – Do not save the patch to a Network Drive. 2. Unzip…
To ensure you get a breakdown of each subject in class or course analysis mode, it is important to have the correct course linked to the award. Please refer to the flowchart below illustrating the above example: Reviewed on 08/04/2016
Add Items: Add a year: Click the + button at the top of the Year list. You can now enter the name for the year and the projected number of students. Add a block: Drag the Subject code over from the list on the right-hand side and drop it over the required band. Add a…
1. Select Data | Alternative Curriculum 2. Click the New button 3. Enter the Prefix, Description and Subject as shown in the following graphic, and deselect the Always Active check box. If the intention was to schedule the unit at all periods of the cycle, then the Always Active check box would be left selected….
The problem is caused because: 1. The dates the students are eligible for the selected scheme are different from the ones chosen in Curriculum Assignment 2. The students status is not set to accepted. This can be resolved by clicking on the Relax button on the top right hand corner of the screen. This will…
A course should not be linked to more than one QAN running concurrently. If a school is changing from one syllabus to another, then a course can be linked to the old QAN with an end date and a new QAN with a start date which follows this end date. If more than one QN…
This FAQ is no longer relevant. Reviewed 29/10/2015
Dealing with Exceptions It is possible to effectively remove a student from a course but still allow them to attend the associated classes by adding an Exception record. When the Exception record is created, the student’s course membership is ended as of yesterday’s date. 1. Click the Members hyperlink to display the Members panel. 2….
The planned end date column (P End Date) is filled with the dates from the End Date column. If a planned end date is recorded, a Status must also be recorded. If the student has left the course because they have left the school, the status should be set to Withdrawn, by selecting from the…
This function allows you to suspend a contract, either to replace the contract with another one for a period of time or simply lapse the contract. NOTE: FMS will not calculate commitment for the period of the suspension unless another contract has been put in place. 1. Click the New button adjacent to the Suspensions…
There is no need to create academic classes to match registration groups for Lesson Registration purposes because Lesson Monitor will offer Registration groups for selection in Take Register is is it set up to do so. The only reason for creating academic classes to match registration groups for a registration period is so that they…
On the Model screen in Nova-T6, use CTRL and UP or DOWN arrow to change the order of the years. This will correct the order on the Transfer Curriculum screen too. It also changes the order in which the schemes appear in the browse on Curriculum Assignment by Scheme in SIMS .net (though not for…
The Nova-T6 handbook is only available from the documentation tab on the home page in SIMS .net. Reviewed 17/08/2015
For ‘extra classes’ in Nova-T6, all you need to do is: On the Model screen: add a block for them in the correct year. Add the class(es) to the block, with 0 periods. On the Classes screen: Assign the correct staff to the classes Assign Levels to the classes in Tools | Assign Levels There…
Teachers Codes: In SIMS .net, check Focus | Person | Staff. Change the status to All and search for the teacher in question by inputting part of the surname and/or forename. If the person does not exist here, then they will need to be added, using the New button. Once the person has been entered…
The combing chart checks how well groups of staffed classes will fit into the timetable. It is useful to do this process before scheduling. Classes must be staffed and blocks must be built before using the combing chart. Blocks are staffed by teams of teachers. Where at least one teacher is allocated to two blocks,…
Message appears in the right hand side of the Bands screen when a session is dragged over a particular period on the grid. This message also appears in the Clash information when trying to drag a row from the build onto the timetable Nova-T6 The message means that there is a Period Type on the…
The problem is caused by the sessions screen not updating with changes to the classes screen. This can be checked on the report – Reports | Cluster/Session mismatches. If such changes are made on the classes screen, the system does not necessarily know what corresponding changes need to be made on the Sessions screen. e.g….
Teacher timetables cannot be bulk printed from Nova-T6. Bulk printing of teacher timetables can be done from SIMS .net using route Reports | Timetables | Staff Timetables. Indvidual staff timetables can be printed from Nova-T6 and an all staff timetable can be printed. Timetables for different groups of teachers can be printed using Timetable |…
You will need to be a member of any of the following User Groups in System Manager to add behaviour incidents: Administration Assistant, Admissions Officer, Attendance Manager, Class Teacher, Pastoral Manager, Registration Tutor, School Administrator, SEN Coordinator, Senior Management Team. Please see your System Administrator/Manager if you are not sure whether you have the required…
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