Moving Sims to Virtual next week - using VMware and Veeam
Hi, as the title says, were migrating our 2008 R2 Physical Sims to Virtual next week, just wondering if anyone using Vmware and Veeam can share there backup schedules and any gotchas I have the VM...
View Article[SIMS] Alternative curriculum
Hello, I've set up lessons for alternative curriculum for some of my students, exported it back into SIMS from Nova. None of the students have been assigned to the curriculum yet, however some students...
View ArticleIntervention registers?
We have a number of interventions running throughout the school before and after registration, and would like teachers to complete a register for these - similar to how the detention registers on SIMS...
View Article[SIMS] Marksheets taking ages to load
Hi Recently SIM's Marksheets are taking an age to load particularly whole year Marksheets. Seem particularly bad for some subjects. Just wondering if anyone had any ideas.
View ArticleSims Options Online
How do we get Sims Options Online? We have done the onboarding process and have the sims parent app. So as far as I know we are ready for it I have sent emails to distribution@capita.co.uk and...
View Article[SIMS] Adding Students into Options Module
Afternoon All, We are currently using the old Options Module, (NOT the online one), does anybody know if it is possible to add students to the list, without putting them into SIMS first? I only ask as...
View ArticleSetting up groups in O365 from SIMS
Hello, My school currently uses SIMS and O365; however, the two are not joined together and teachers have to create their own groups which, although we are a small school, seems terribly inefficient. I...
View Article[SIMS] Restricted access to SIMS
Hello, a student in Year 12 has said that they would like to keep check on their attendance marks and information and that they would like to have access to SIMS. Is there anyway that we can create the...
View Article[SIMS] Sims batch printing of class check sheets failing
Can anyone explain why the batch printing of class check sheets has missed printing a whole selection of subjects? I selected all to print. How can I be missing them if I printed all also why so s the...
View ArticleSIMS Parent / Student Apps
Just keen to hear of anyone's experience in using these - how easy to manage and what kind of response from parents/students Thanks very much Great community by the way!!!:)
View Article[BROMCOM] Collecting UCAS subject references and predicated grades...?
I'm not sure in which section of Bromcom I should even be starting with this to be honest. I've been asked to see if there is a way of creating a method in Bromcom of collecting UCAS subject references...
View Article[SIMS] Accept All (bypass filter condition) using SIMS.net CommandReporter
I have a SIMS report that I use to extract data for a year, the whole school or an individual student. This report is run using commandreporter and a suitable XML file depending on what criteria I want...
View Article[SIMS] CommandReporter Timeout
I have a fairly big behaviour log report that always runs OK manually, but when run using CommandReporter it almost always times out. I assume CommandReporter is ignoring the CommandTimeOut in the...
View ArticleBest approach to decluttering marksheets
Hi there, New to job of Data Officer at my school; was wondering the best approach to decluttering Teacher's marksheets that have been completed (exam, homework grades, etc.)? My gut is saying just to...
View ArticleNew Student Not Showing up in new academic year
Hi, I have set up the new academic year and the majority of students have shown up. However, we have had two new students since and they have not shown up in the promoted year group. If I add the...
View ArticlePupils in on a training day?
Hi everyone, if a school had students in during a training day (music lessons, revision classes, isolation) would we be able to mark them present? If so, how?!
View ArticleLatest Version of Nova T6
Hi all, can anyone tell me what the current latest version of Nova-T6 is? Not sure if the update I just attempted went through correctly (forgot to check the version before attempting, whoops).
View Article[SIMS] GENERAL HELP NEEDED
Hi, I'm pretty new to this community so hello everyone! I've recently installed SIMS onto a system however the setup files had disappeared. I was going to attempt a reinstall of SIMS as I couldn't...
View Article[SIMS] Connect.ini issue with multiple databases
For some strange reason, I appear to now have an issue with my connect.ini file since moving the server from one virtual server to another, and I'm at a loss as to what the issue is. I have the...
View Article[ISAMS] Understanding UK Terminology & Schedule Uploading
Hi all, This is a very generic question but one I have not been able to get answered. I am in a slow process of building an IMS system from basically scratch as all my school has is...
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