Cover Manager

Last academic year, once a cover sheet had been sent out, the blue ticks next to the name became unticked automatically. If you publish cover and then move on to something else, the screen remains with all names ticked, therefore suggesting this h...

Problem Overview A recent interface update in Cover Manager changed how multiple lessons per period are displayed for teachers. Previously, lessons were stacked vertically with full details visible for each class. In the current layout, lessons ar...

Now that cover manager retains all previous cover data when switching timetables a user would expect iSAMS to be able to continue to show the correct cover per day, cover per week, cover per month and cover per cycle statistics. Having switched ou...

I need to credit staff with a cover period when supervising a room cover. We use classrooms for school activities where pupils need to be supervised by staff. Staff who are free of lessons are used to supervise these activities, but there is no fu...

It would be really useful if the cover reports allowed you to select the current cycles as a filter. We have two junior schools also using cover and each will only want their staff.

Can staff unavailabilities be entered for less than a full day in Cover Manager (i.e. Sessions 4–6 only), and can those sessions automatically flow through to the Cover Timetable as requiring cover? Additionally, could you please confirm whether t...

It'd be useful if Cover Manager retained the ability to view a teacher’s timetable with a "View Timetable" button after they've been selected as the cover teacher. Currently, once a teacher is selected for a cover lesson, the option to view their ...

Please could the drop down in the top right corner of the Manage Cover view be set to match the appearance and order of the Cycle drop down in the Reports section of Cover Manager. This would mean the current cover cycles would be at the top and s...

It would be useful if staff that know they are absent on a day due to leave or a trip can request this in cover manager and then if it gets approved it automatically updates cover manager to cover that member of staff on that day or days. This wou...

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...