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…

What is a good pass when using the new reformed 9-1 grades?

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…

Adding a new user to Windows

This FAQ demonstrates how to add a new user onto an admin workstation. On the Windows start menu type lusrmgr.msc in the search box and hit enter. You will then be presented with the Local Users & Groups panel. Click on ‘users‘ You should then see a list of existing users, right click in the centre panel…

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…

Can I add new Attendance codes to SIMS?

You can add new Attendance Codes and any new code would need to be linked to a Statutory DfE code. To do this go to Tools | Attendance Setup |  Codes | Maintain Codes. Click NEW. You will see you can set up a new code and then ‘Link to Reg Mark’ You can report…

I imported a CTF and now I have a duplicate student

This can happen if the information you have entered into SIMS .net does not match exactly what is on the CTF.  SIMS .net matches 5 pieces of information: forename, surname, date of birth, UPN and gender.  If any of this information differs, SIMS .net will think that the student on the CTF is a new student. …