Adding a User Defined Group to Discover

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…

Doubling up teachers for classes running at the same time

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….

Adding a Machine to Solus 3 on an Active Directory Network

If you have got Solus 3 installed on your Windows Server based Active Directory network and wish to add a new SIMS/FMS/Discover workstation then please do the following: On the server where Solus 3 is installed (usually the SIMS server), open the Solus 3 Deployment Server UI.           Once opened, click…

Adding a Machine to Solus 3 on a Peer to Peer Network

If you have got Solus 3 installed on your Windows 7 based Admin network and wish to add a new SIMS/FMS/Discover workstation then please do the following: On the new machine which is to be added, browse to G:\SOLUS3\Workstation Setup Files . In this folder you will see the installer files for the Solus 3…

How to change a room name within Examinations Organiser

To change a room name within Examinations Organiser you actually need to make the change within SIMS first. To make the changes you will need to follow this path within SIMS: Focus | School | Rooms. Once you are in the rooms section you will be able to edit previously created rooms by browsing for…

How do I add an External or Historic Exam Result?

To add a historic result or a result for an Exam taken externally to Student Details Exams link, you will need to enter the result by doing the following: In SIMS Tools | Examinations  | External Results | Manual Entry |Double click on the student | Add result Enter all of the information for the student’s result….

How do I add a new course with existing classes?

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

Nova T6 Shortcuts

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…