Our staff find the 'Locate Free Objects and Periods' function really useful but wonder whether the option for pupils could be enhanced to include Boarding status and date of joining - this is to enable more accurate placing of pupils for tours. Of...
Registration alert settings - select specific code
When I set up registration alerts emails or texts, I want to be able to select specific registration codes so that registration alerts are sent for specific codes or in the absence of a code (because the register is not done). This is because I on...
Ability to set default cycles for multiple exam centres
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...
Ability to Search for Blank/Null Date Fields in Query Builder
If you are searching for a date field in Query Builder, you are always prompted to enter a specific date (equals, less than, etc.). However, it would be great if it were also possible to search for blank/null fields, especially useful when trying ...
Access arrangements could be allocated by SUBJECT (not just paper code or date)
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...
It would help academic staff if the DOB on gradebooks included the current pupil age. This would save them from having to check back elsewhere for the current age.
In the "Search" tab it should be possible to select students narrowed down and an email sent to them or parents. The list should be exportable
This is a powerful tool to narrow down students, but there is little one can do after you have identified the students of interest. Currently, you can mail merge to create a letter. this would be more useful if it was possible to send an email to ...
When a pupil has a clash of exams in the morning, they need to have a supervised lunch. This should be on their candidate timetable, but there doesn't seem to be any way to achieve that in iSAMS.
We are trying to use the sports fixtures data help in SOCS to automatically assign a student out of school with the correct absence code for any periods they are scheduled to attend an away fixture. Although the field 'Out of School' is visible vi...