A2C Software
Never come across this software before but we need to put A2C software on our exams officers machine after we have rebuilt the network in the summer. I spoke with our Local Authority to see if they...
View ArticleImportant: Groupcall Security Notice
One of our SLT has recieved this from Groupcall, neither I (Data Manager) nor our Network Manager have. Has anyone else seen this? Is this really happening that people are calling saying they are...
View ArticleGetting Sims Discover on the go
Hello - As the title says, I have 3 schools that wanted sims discover deployed. one install went straight on, and 2 other sites fail when using the transfer utility ("an error has occurred. please...
View Article[SIMS] N code automatic notification
Hello Does SIMS Lesson Monitor have the facility to question a teacher if they are sure they want to enter a N code if they select Yes, it will then notify the Attendance Manager to chase/investigate...
View Article[SIMS] Is there a way I can see all users currently logged into sims?
I am trying to find a way to see a live list of who is logged into sims currently. Does anyone know if this is possible in SIMS or within SOLUS 3? I found Focus > System Manager > User Access...
View ArticleRDP deployment of SIMS. Local or remote Office and Browser for report outputs ?
For situations where we can't install SIMS locally we are setting up an RDP version of the SIMS client. I have an installation of SIMS that we have made available as an RDP application. It is kinda...
View Article[SIMS] .NET 4.7 Framework breaks the SOLUS 3 Agent UI
We've noticed that the Microsoft .NET 4.7 Framework appears to be causing the SOLUS 3 Agent UI to crash on load. Removing .NET 4.7 and rolling back to an earlier version of the .NET framework seems to...
View ArticleConditional fomatting in SIMS Individual Reports
Hi We are adding a column to our Progress Checks that shows average attitude to learning and want to colour code red if the average is between 1 and 3.99, yellow if between 4 and 5 and green if over 5....
View Article[SIMS] SIMS Scheduled Reports - Arrrrghhhh!!!
I have spent countless hours reading through various guides, handouts, snippets and forum threads, but I am still getting nowhere with this! I cannot get any scheduled reports to run. I believe that...
View ArticleSIMS/NT6: 'Activities Week' as an interim timetable?
A couple of timetable questions please: I've been asked to sort out an exceptional timetable for the school for the second week of July, which I'm thinking of doing using T6 and making it a 'proper'...
View ArticleSims.net - All information held on a pupil?
Hi With responsibility for all things Data in school, I keep being asked for all the information we hold on a pupil - particularly in Sims. I wondered how anyone else approached this - or if Sims had...
View Article[SIMS] Cover: Sports Day
Currently we put out the FIELD and attach staff to it, in order to supply staff to help with sports day. This however automatically turns the staff into invigilators for an exam, which cannot be...
View Article[SIMS] Nova T4
Morning all, Please don't shoot a messenger but could anyone send me the satellite installation files for NovaT4? Our Timetabler works in NovaT4 whilst I work alongside him in NovaT6 (I'm taking over...
View Article[SIMS] Restored SIMS database - intermittent Reason 0
An odd one. Recently, I upgraded a school's server which just worked, everything went as expected other than a few issues with de-duplication (which is now resolved and that is disabled - possibly not...
View Article[SIMS] import a timetable
Is it possible to import a timetable and what sort of format does it need to be in? We create ours in an external program and I'd like to put it into SIMS without having to recreate it class by class.
View ArticleJunior Librarian - print new barcode labels error
Hi, I have just transferred junior librarian from an old XP machine to a new windows 7 desktop. I was trying to print new barcode labels for the library books but when I try to open the programme it...
View Article[SIMS] Doing away with House system
So, when I try to delete the current houses it says I have to move students to a new house - at present the school isn't planning on using a house system next year, so if I manually remove everyone...
View ArticleMy Sims Server
Hi , At the moment our 'Sims Server' has a box all to too himself.. Has anyone thought about or have visualised it? Thoughts? Advantages\Disadvantages? Thanks Si
View ArticleGoing paperfree
I am looking for a better way to 1. Produce a daily digital bulletin for staff - At the mo, we are using the SIMS one on the home page but, quite frankly, it's a bit of a faff remembering to update it...
View Article[SIMS] No courses in Course Manager for next Academic Year
We must be missing something obvious here... Having sent over the new timetable from T6 - we can generate timetables for staff next year, all look OK - however we can't make timetables for year groups...
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