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...
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...
Publishing cover printouts automatically to Daily Bulletin Manager
I would like to be able to publish from Cover Manager directly to the Daily Bulletin rather than saving a PDF printout and manually creating a new bulletin post each day. Rather than staff just seeing their own cover, they can see the cover overvi...
multiple select period feature when assigning cover
Saves time to select multiple periods simultaneously in Cover Manager to assign cover for example double lessons, or multiple select periods where cover are not required
It is amazing to be able to suspend a year group who are out on a trip as it means their lessons don't need covering and staff who are teaching those lessons are freed for cover. However, it would be AMAZING if this could also be applied to parts ...
Exam invigilators (both Internal and External exams) linked with cover Manager, so teachers can be assigned and shows up on their timetable.
The ability to assign invigilators to the exams on both modules, and this linked to Cover Manager so it can be assigned there and shows up on teachers timetables on iSAMs.
ISAMS Form for staff to apply/inform for planned absence
Currently for planned absences (CPD etc) staff have to complete a paper form with all the necessary information which then gets manually entered into the Cover Manager module. It would be useful if there was functionality on ISAMS for staff to sub...
Consistency and Clarity Between Managing Absences and Unavailable Staff
The consistency of screens across iSAMS makes a huge difference to its useability. Likewise, providing on-screen cues as to default or currently-selected settings also makes a difference to useability. We were finding that staff marked unavailable...
Seating Plans links to Room cover in Cover Manager
When doing seating plans, the room that is being used should be linked with the cover manager. This was when doing cover that room can be re-roomed. Otherwise this is double work and if you forget to add it, chaos on the day of the exam.
We would like to use Cover Manager but we require a function, that is the ability to put more teachers down to one lesson a create a priority of who could cover right away and in they are absent who is the next one to be put in.