We frequently need to switch one-off lessons between classrooms but this cannot be achieved through cover as the room needs to be closed to move the lesson out and the venue is then not available to receive the swapped lesson. It would be benefici...
In the gradebook --> workbook view; we are able to pull the gender, form, year, house details next to the learner’s name but unable to pull through any another information a teacher may require while grading a learner. Eg: EAL, Gifted and Talen...
Sending room cover notification to staff and students by default
When publishing cover, the teacher cover boxes are ticked for 'Send to covering teachers / Send to covered teachers' by default but with room cover you have to remember to tick the box for 'Send to coverering rooms / Send to covered rooms' every d...
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...
Every time the word "Maths" is used it gets flagged by the spell checker. We would like to be able to add it to a list of words that we don't want the spell checker to flag. Currently we have to raise a ticket for the iSAMS Technical Support team ...
Ability to change Parental Email address without needing approval from previous email
We often have a Parent whose email address is their work one. Once they change job they remember to update their email on ParentMail but not longer have access to their old email address to approve the change. We also have this where parents have ...
Often when searching for a free room in a specific period, we have an idea of which building we would prefer. It would be great if we could have the option to search in a specific building, or perhaps just to see the search results sorted by build...
Cover an absent teacher with a scheduled teacher and cover their lesson with a free teacher
When a teacher is absent we would like to be able to use a scheduled teacher to cover their lesson and then cover the scheduled teacher's lesson with another staff member
Whilst teachers can export a term's worth of their timetable to then import into the calendar in Outlook, it isn't kept up to date automatically, and something they'd have to do for every term. Having a live link to their calendar, something they ...