Ability to split the cover period into two and assign different teachers
We have hourly timetable periods but sometimes we need to split the period into two half hourly cover periods and assign different staff. This facility ensures that the relevant people are aware that they need to cover a class. Some of our staff a...
Room cover - Allow two lessons to be added to one free room
We have many classes where we have to create two seperate sets but for all intents and purposes are one class taught at the same time by the same teacher. The best example of this are High Level and Standard Level IB Diploma classes. When re-roomi...
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...
We use Cover Manager in iSAMS to allocate teachers for cover lessons. All our teachers use Google Calendars. They export the timetable from iSAMS to create their Google Calendar. They then add any meetings, or events in to Google Calendar as and w...
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
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.
Cover Manager - ability to select range of periods/times within a day (e.g. p1, 3 and 5) rather than having to enter them all as separate absences
If a teacher is busy period 1, 3 and 5, for example, I have to enter three 'absences' separately, with start and end times all manually input. This is a waste of time. The manage cover sheet shows all parts of the day to allow you to set cover: if...
Changes can come in last minute, post publication. Should a cover be deleted then it would be really useful to have the covering teacher emailed about it.
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...
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...
