External Exams Manager

When setting up seating plans you can either simply number each seat or use a combination of row and column orderings. However, it is only with the simple numbering of seats that you get the snaked layout. The snaked layout is a JCQ requirement, b...

We are unable to upload component results into iSAMS. Our results are received from the SQA in an Excel spreadsheet and we have to send a screenshot to pupils with their component results, which is not ideal and time consuming. It would be helpful...

To save iSAMs development, why not have just one exams module that serves for external & internal exams, especially as you can already customise basedata in the external module. That would save set up, time, money etc for schools too. You coul...

SQA results cannot be view on Pupil Profile module, or through Pupil or Parent Portals. This is really important for staff to access in terms of tracking, and for our parents and students to have access to for applications. More work needs to be d...

It would be great if the system could check to the exam entries, and if the exam has students eligible for extra time, that this be added on to the total time requirements for the exam. It is great just being able to drag the exam times around on ...

Access arrangements for many pupils are different on a subject by subject basis. For example, a student may be allocated extra time for Maths exams only. Currently, we need to identify each exam code that would be a Maths exam and add them as addi...

We had a case where students were allocated to a subject and then the subject got archived. The students did not appear on ANY built in iSAMS report in Exams Manager, but they did appear on EDI file that has been sent to exam boards. Very costly m...

You have separate invigilation in Pupil Registers/Student Registers but there in no check box for smaller exam room. The is particularly useful to comply with the SEN arrangement Read Aloud as they can be located within a similar smaller room. As ...

Helpful for the exam invigilators to have everything on one sheet. We currently add this my hand, which is time consuming.

We are two schools using the same iSAMS. Each school has their own exam centre. Currently the module allows only one Exam Centre and one Exam cycle within it to be set as default. The Exam officers for each school have to select their cycle from t...