Allow Teaching Assistance to use for cover in Cover Manager
In HR Manager > School tab, we entered the TA settings as follows: Teaching staff = No Teaching Assistant = Yes In doing so, we realized it has a major impact on Cover Manager i.e. they no longer on the free list to do cover! Even when we grant...
We often have events which need the Timetable to be suspended for part of a day, e.g. One year group for the afternoon. We can then use 'spare' teachers to cover lessons.
Invigilation, adhoc duties etc - Make it a quick add
We would benefit from a quick add option in the cover module. I would have the opportunity to create an "absence" add a name and the time required. It would be great for invigilation and random duties we need to cover. It would generate a cover sl...
Frequently when cover is required due to part of a year group being out on a trip, we may combine classes. We couldn’t find an obvious way of combining classes and notifying teachers that this has happened. We found that we could get the same memb...
Change the wording used in the email generated when a form is sent so it does not read Dear (surname)
Currently when a form is sent the parents are sent an email which begins: Dear (surname). This looks quite unprofessional and we would like to either change it to include the salutation first or change it to parent/carer.
Period Selection in Cover Manager (Cover and Room Closures) Should Be Consistent for Date
When entering absences for staff or entering room closures, you can enter the absence/closure by period or time range. Selecting by period is currently only available when selecting a single date of closure. Week allocations are defined within the...
We have various divisions on our iSAMS instance which generally run their own cover. One of our schools wants to add a message along the lines of "If you are unable to do this cover lesson please email <email address>. We've had to say no as...