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Suspensions By Year Group

When we suspend lessons by year group (not by set), it also effects other year groups if we have a student out of their year in that class/set. Example: I have suspended Upper 6 lessons for study leave. A Lower 6 lesson showing as suspended in cov...
Guest about 3 years ago in IRIS Ed:gen & iSAMS / Cover Manager 0 In Discovery

Suspending a timetable also marks rooms as free for room changes

When a timetable is suspended e.g. Y11 go on leave on exams, it marks the room allocated to their lessons as avaliable so that these show up when allocating room changes.
Guest over 3 years ago in IRIS Ed:gen & iSAMS / Cover Manager 1 In Discovery

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...
Sarah Kattau about 1 year ago in IRIS Ed:gen & iSAMS / Cover Manager 0 Awaiting Review

Allow email address to be added to cover notifications

We would like to be able to add administrator(s) email addresses to the cover notifications so that staff can reply if they can't do the cover. At the moment, the notifications come from a noreply email address and some staff have tried to reply w...
Guest over 1 year ago in IRIS Ed:gen & iSAMS / Cover Manager 0 In Discovery

Period Weighting in Cover Manager

Currently all covers are weighted the same, whether a 5 minute registration or a 55 minute lesson. It would help to create a fairer picture of 'load' if some periods could be scored with a different (sometimes zero) wieghting. This is how other so...
Guest over 2 years ago in IRIS Ed:gen & iSAMS / Cover Manager 0 In Discovery

Ability to enter a weekly absence for a number of weeks

I need the ability to enter a member of staff absent for the same period for a number of weeks rahter than having to enter the absence infividually. Ie Monday p3 for 6 weeks.
Guest over 2 years ago in IRIS Ed:gen & iSAMS / Cover Manager 0 In Discovery

Rota cover is missing in the master timetable spreadsheet export

Rota cover does not currently appear in the Master Timetable spreadsheet exported in the Timetable Manager. So these need to be added manually to provide a true picture of staff availability and frees.
Guest over 3 years ago in IRIS Ed:gen & iSAMS / Cover Manager 0 In Discovery

Specific parameters for specific teachers in Cover Manager

I was trying to adjust parameters for specific teachers in cover manager. I want some teachers to cover multiple subjects or lessons in the same period and some to cover only one class in one period and then not be available for cover elsewhere to...
Guest 5 months ago in IRIS Ed:gen & iSAMS / Cover Manager 0 Awaiting Review

Make cover manager display the staff member timetable

Some of the sections in cover manager like department of teacher or role aren't needed. Instead could we get the teachers timetable loaded so we don't need to click to open it. It would be faster so see at a glance.
Guest 5 months ago in IRIS Ed:gen & iSAMS / Cover Manager 0 Awaiting Review

Remove top 5 absent teachers or give the module granular permissions

Granular permissions for Cover manager widgets. Currently all staff who have access get to see the "Top 5 absent teachers" this goes against the ICO guidance that "An employer must not publish ‘league tables’ of sickness absences of individual wor...
Guest over 2 years ago in IRIS Ed:gen & iSAMS / Cover Manager 0 In Discovery