iSAMS contains information on teachers, subjects, levels, and their respective schedule assignments. With this foundational information, along with the construction of a master gradebook, the creation of these could be automated in a quick and orderly manner. This would aid in the administration and rapid start-up of new schools.
Thanks for the update Shawn ����
My name is Shawn, and I am the Product Owner working on the Curriculum Manager release, designed to create and manage master gradebooks.
First, I want to sincerely apologise for any delays and take full responsibility for not delivering a testable version as originally promised in September and October.
To reiterate, our plan has always been—and remains—to release this module during this school year. This timeline allows users to test the module, become familiar with it, and address any critical bugs ahead of the next school year. It’s important to note that this module was never intended to go live this school year.
We have largely addressed the challenges experienced in integrating a new module into an existing ISAM system with a diverse user base and are now in the final phases of testing. This release has been particularly complex due to the many integrations involved. We’ve had to account for various processes, such as how schools onboard and import timetables and how they create and manage gradebooks year-over-year. Additionally, we’ve prioritized ensuring compatibility with your existing rollover processes, which, like timetable imports, are managed differently across schools. Our goal is to deliver a universally usable solution which is as plug and play as possible.
As shared during the Roadmap webinar two weeks ago, we’ve pushed back the release timeline to February. My current focus is on ensuring our teams are fully prepared to support you during the release and on creating documentation and resources to assist with testing the module successfully.
I aim to provide another update to all schools in January to confirm we remain on track for the February release. In the meantime, I wanted to provide this update and, once again, extend my apologies for any inconvenience caused by these delays.
Thank you for your understanding, and please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or concerns.
All the subjects' gradebooks have the same structures and deadlines etc. info for one term. If iSAMS could have the control over the master gradebook to apply the modification to all the related gradebooks in one go. It will save much time.
Hello,
The Curriculum Manager will facilitate the creation, management, and allocation of Gradebook Templates. These can then be assigned to "Courses" (Year Groups and Subject Sets), creating a master Gradebook for each Course, distributed by Set. Additionally, we are focusing on enhancing the referencing of these Gradebooks and developing options for HODs to build their Custom Trackable Gradebooks. Currently, this functionality is available through the Gradebooks Report, which filters data by Year Group, Subject, Gradebook(s), and column(s).
With the rollover feature, Gradebook Templates will automatically update annually. This means you will only need to import pupils into sets, which will then be allocated to pre-templated courses.
Changes to the Gradebook for all classes can be centrally managed and modified within the Curriculum Manager.
We plan to announce the release of Curriculum Manager in September/October, with additional details on how to access these new features.
This is very important for all schools currently using gradebooks and will be very helpful for new schools as well.