New Exam Officer not showing on marksheets

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…

Course Manager – Linking Exam Awards to course in Course Manager

There are two ways that you can link courses to QANs: 1.Adding an Award to the Examination panel in Maintain Course, clicking new here will pull through any Award that has been imported into Exams Organiser. If the award is new and basedata has not yet been imported that contains the specific award, it will…

My Head of Department cannot see Course and Class Marksheets

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…

How do I create a new course in Course Manager?

Tools | Academic Management | Course Manager | Maintain Course | New and is made up of seven panels, you will need to complete Panels. 1. Duration and Tolerance -This panel is a new addition to the SIMS summer 2012 release and displays the course duration, continuity tolerance and completion tolerance. The default settings from…

Editing the Planned End Date and Status

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 If the student has left the course because they have left the school, the status should be set to Withdrawn, by selecting from the…

Course Manager – Missing Courses

I have created a new course, saved it but can’t find it when searching for it. Try removing the dates from the search criteria – just drag your mouse over the from and to dates and delete so that the date fields are empty and search again. This is usually caused by no members being…

Planned End date different in School Census

The planned end date is showing different in the Update Learning Aims panel in the School Census to that in Course Manager and is bright yellow. The Update Learning Aims panel will show the original planned end date for YPLA matching purposes.  The advice from the Dfe is not to change it – it is…

Two year courses support enhanced from the 2015-2016 year

Support for 2-year courses has been enhanced from the 2015-2016 year.  Setting the duration for 2 years will automatically set the membership for each student with an end date which reflects the 2 year duration, e.g. start date  …/09/2015 -end date will automatically default to …./07/2017. If the level (e.g. GCE2Y) is always a 2…

Adding a new QAN/Discount Code to an existing course

Care needs to be taken when doing this to avoid backdating the change to previous years, or creating duplicate learning aims.  Please follow the steps below: Check that you are working in the correct academic year in Tools / Academic Management / Set Academic Year Tools / Academic Management / Course Manager / Maintain Courses…

The course I want to go on is not running in my area.

If there is a training course you wish to go on but its not running in your area please contact the Scomis Service Desk via telephone on 01392 385300 or email scomis@devon.gov.uk. We will compile a list of interest and if the demand is sufficient we will set up a training course at a suitable venue.   Reviewed…

How can I book onto a classroom training course?

To book on a training course you can either, contact the Scomis Service Desk via telephone on 01392 385300 or email scomis@devon.gov.uk. All course booking acknowledgements are sent via email to the school administration email address.   Reviewed: 28/07/2020 – AT