guidance on remote access for an external person
Hi, A quick plea for any guidance BECTA NAACE etc... I have been asked to allow someone from another school remote access to our MIS system to...
View Article[SIMS] Exchange distribution lists generation from sims data
We are finally, after years of waiting, having an Exchange server and a single domain migration. As we use sims.net it would be very beneficial if...
View Article[SIMS] Performance Management
Some of our staff saw a demo of a performance management system called Bluesky (http://www.blueskyeducation.co.uk) today. I've been asked to find...
View ArticleAnyone seen SchoolPod?
from Teachers2Parents aka BehaviourWatch. Looks like a new one - wondered if anyone had seen it in action or had experience of the vendor? ...
View Article[SIMS] GCSE Results for Local Newspaper
Hi all, Each year our local newspapers ask us to send them our GCSE Results in certain formats. This year is our first time using SIMS and I...
View ArticleOnline reporting to parents - legalities
Does anyone have information on the legalities of online reporting to parents? Since Becta has gone and the all the who rah entailed with it, can...
View Article[SIMS] So I saw InTouch Today...
I have to confess, I was quite impressed with what it can do. The ability to send automatic messages to staff members and the possibility of using it...
View Article[SIMS] SOLUS3: Another depolyment is currently in progress. Current status: idle
Hello, I have a computer which is stuck installing SIMS.net - I was installing it using SOLUS earlier and I suspect someone turned it off. The...
View Article[SIMS] Pupil Premium Indicator
Does anyone know why this empty on Assessment Manager or how to populate it? I found it in Additional Columns but even kids with current FSM are...
View Article[SIMS] SQL 2012 Migration Tools Now Avaiable!
Who's feeling brave then?! ;) ---Quote--- *SIMS SQL 2012 Migration* I’m pleased to inform you that the SIMS SQL Migration 2012 Migration...
View Article[TASC] Students with the same name
Recently we have been having problems where students with identical or similar names, for example Fred Smith and Fredrick Smithe are being confused...
View Article[SIMS] Discover ISO
I'm going around in circles trying to find the Sims Discover ISO on here and support net. Can anyone be kind enough to share the link & pass? It...
View Article[SIMS] Server 2012?
Hi Does anyone know what the current SIMS supported Windows and SQL versions are? I'm planning a new SQL Server (not docstorage or SOLUS thats...
View Article[SIMS] Specific Assessment Results In Report
When designing a report, is it possible to select which results/aspects you have when selecting the 'Assessment Results' field?
View Article[SIMS] Best way to calculate 3 or 4 levels of progress KS2-4 ?
I'm looking at the best way of calculating our KS2-4 levels of progress for targets, I have done a template in the past but it didn't get used and...
View Article[SIMS] SOLUS 3 Deployment issues on some clients
Morning All, I did log a call at 8 this morning with Capita regarding this issue but am still awaiting a phone call, I guess they are busy. I...
View ArticleSolus3 - Critical target version error
Hi, We have a new install of Solus3 (3.5.20) (on a new server) which is throwing an error when deploying a SIMS update. Critical Target Version...
View Article[SIMS] T6 Duplicate Curriculum Names
This has me and the boss stumped. Scenario as follows: - Two year groups, Year 10 and Year 11. - Both have band x and band y. - Both have Option...
View ArticleProblems with Veeam backup and restoring of data
Dear All, Has anyone that uses Veeam for their backup been experiencing problems in the last few days? Every time i try to do a restore job I...
View Article[SIMS] One off Non-trusted authentication
Hi, I have a central connect.ini file that's used here which has TrustedAuto specified so that login is seemless. Although not the most secure, I...
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