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ccessing the OSMIS Services
Accessing the OSMIS Services
The OSMIS Service Desk
• By telephone to 0161 883 1290
• By email to [email protected]
• On line at
http://www.osmisschools.com/report-an-incident/
The OSMIS Service Desk
• Prior to accessing support services, please register as a user in school by completing the form at
http://www.osmisschools.com/create-a-new-user/
• Name• Email• Direct dial• Availability
The OSMIS Service Desk
• Everyone who booked on to this session has already been added to our systems
The OSMIS Service Desk
• First Tier• Annie Burns • Matthew Watson
The OSMIS Service Desk
• Product Specialists• Dave Cattlin
• Performance and Core• John Howarth
• Technical and Attendance• David Pott
• Performance• Gordon Allison
• School Improvement• Neil Gregory
• Curriculum and Exams
The OSMIS Service Desk
• Product Specialists• Carl Gaskell
• Performance and Exams• Richard Metcalfe
• Performance and Exams• Rob Lloyd
• Performance and Reporting• Jacqueline Redmond
• Personnel and Finance• Jamie Forder
• Technical and Infrastructure
Health Check Visits
Health Check Visits
• Each school is entitled to a half day on site with a SIMS expert
• The visiting consultant will have a minimum of 5 years appropriate experience in the use and support of SIMS and be able to answer any questions you may have about the system
Health Check Visits
• The purpose of the visit is to
• baseline the use of the MIS in each school
• provide school leaders with a view of ways in which better use of the system can improve and streamline processes in school.
Health Check Visits
• One half day is not a lot to cover all that SIMS can do and the school will have priorities for discussion
• In order to focus discussion, schools are asked to complete a form prior to arranging the visit
http://www.osmisschools.com/audit/
Health Check Visits
• Once the form has been received, the service desk will be in touch to arrange a suitable date for the visit
Accessing On Site Works
Accessing On Site Works
• We are pleased to offer schools a complete range of support in meeting their identified needs
• Advice and Information• On Site Training for individuals and groups of staff• Configuration of systems for use• Attendance• Behaviour• Assessment• Discover
• Technical and Infrastructure advice, support and services
Accessing On Site Works
1. Please call the service desk in the first instance and ask to speak to the appropriate product specialist
Accessing On Site Works
1. Please call the service desk in the first instance and ask to speak to the appropriate product specialist
2. Complete the request for service form at
www.blackburntradedservices.co.uk
Accessing On Site Works
• Please call the service desk in the first instance and ask to speak to the appropriate product specialist
• Complete the request for service form at
• www.blackburntradedservices.co.uk
Accessing On Site Works
1. Please call the service desk in the first instance and ask to speak to the appropriate product specialist
2. Complete the request for service form at
www.blackburntradedservices.co.uk
3. Complete the request for service form at
http://www.osmisschools.com/service-request/
Accessing On Site Works
The appropriate consultant will then be in touch to complete arrangements and to deliver the service
Scheduled Training Sessions – Summer 2014
All sessions will take place at Witton Park CLC
Scheduled Training Sessions – Summer 2014
To reserve a place on any session, please follow the links on the BwD traded services web site
www.blackburntradedservices.co.uk
Scheduled Training Sessions – Summer 2014
Although we have provided a full calendar, we are keen to hear the views of schools and will happily schedule any session for which there is a demand
Please see the full course catalogue at
http://www.osmisschools.com/training-catalogue/
Course Manager and Post 16 Learning Aims
24th April – full day
At the end of this course delegates will be able to:
Manage course definitions with regard to the relationship between course manager and other areas of SIMSWork with an understanding of examination awards and courses of study linking examination awards to courses of study managing the Post 16 Learning Aims processes
SIMS Technical Essentials
28th April – full day
By the end of the course you will be understand the range of approaches to the maintenance and management of the SIMS system including:identifying the components of SIMS\FMSusing SOLUS to upgrade SIMS\FMSusing DBAttach to upgrade SIMS\FMSusing SOLUS to apply a patch
using DBAttach to apply a patchhow to backup and restore SIMS and FMSan understanding of what SQL is and how it worksHow to create users and reset passwords in System Manager.
Assessment Essential Skills - Secondary ~ 2 day course
1st and 2nd May – 2 days
By the end of the course you will be understand the key components and capabilities of SIMS Assessment including:
marksheet features; aspects: grade sets; result sets; categories; system utilities;templates; groups; formulae; individual reports; basic analysis of data
Extended Reporting
6th May – full dayAt the end of this course delegates will be able to:produce more complicated lists and mail merged documentsmodify templates to adjust the appearance of reports including incorporating headed paperdevelop the use of RTF output exploring cross-modular links in the datause different focuses as the starting point for reportsexplore the use of macros in Excel related reportsextending the use of the Analysis tool
Attendance Reporting – Primary
7th May – full dayBy the end of the course you will be understand the SIMS approach to the reporting, evaluation and use of attendance data including:
reporting attendance data to help monitor attendance functionality provided by the pre-defined SIMS Attendance reportsfunctionality provided by the SIMS Attendance lettershow to analyse attendance and real-time data on the SIMS Homepage
Behaviour Management - Primary
8th May – full dayAt the end of this course delegates will be able to:
set up and configure the Behaviour Management areaedit relevant lookup tables to meet the needs of and terminology used in an individual schooluse the behaviour and achievement recording routines for both individuals and groups of pupilsset up and administer individual and scheduled detentions including letters to parentscreate report cards to enable the monitoring of session behaviourproduce information on the data held in this area using the reports supplied in SIMS
Behaviour Management – Secondary
9th May – full dayAt the end of this course delegates will be able to:
set up and configure the Behaviour Management areaedit relevant lookup tables to meet the needs of and terminology used in an individual schooluse the behaviour and achievement recording routines for both individuals and groups of pupilsset up and administer individual and scheduled detentions including letters to parentscreate report cards to enable the monitoring of session behaviourproduce information on the data held in this area using the reports supplied in SIMS
Analysing Assessment Data - Primary
15th May – full dayBy the end of the course you will be able to configure SIMS Assessment to:
create and maintain user-defined groupscreate tracking gridscreate and use analysis grids; group, aspect, chance and result setuse assessment marksheets to analyse outcomes,employing a range of filters as appropriateuse SIMS Discover to create dynamic groups for the purposes of analysis in SIMS Assessment
Analysing Assessment Data -Secondary
16th May – full dayBy the end of the course you will be able to configure SIMS Assessment to:
create and maintain user-defined groupscreate tracking gridscreate and use analysis grids; group, aspect, chance and result setuse assessment marksheets to analyse outcomes,employing a range of filters as appropriateuse SIMS Discover to create dynamic groups for the purposes of analysis in SIMS Assessment
Using the MIS to support OFSTED Inspections - Secondary
21st May – full dayAt the end of the session you will have an improved understanding of:
how to interpret RAISEonline analysishow assessment analyses from SIMS can support the schools self-evaluationhow to use SIMS in the classroom to show progress
Discover Assessment User - Secondary
22nd May – full dayBy the end of the course you will be understand the key components and capabilities of SIMS Discover with Assessment including:
The creation and management of a range of Discover Graphs including Grade and Marks tracking progress graphs, Average Marks bar graphs, Venn Diagrams and more
Early Years Tracking and reporting progress using SIMS
3rd June – full dayBy the end of the course you will be understand the key components and capabilities of the trackers and be able to manage the resources for use in school
Behaviour Management Reporting - Secondary
5th June – half dayBy the end of the course you will be able to make efficient use of SIMS to:
run pre-defined achievement and behaviour reportscreate analysis reports based on behaviour and achievement dataproduce personalised letters based on a behaviour or achievement eventdesign reports relevant to behaviour or achievementmodify your SIMS Home page to receive information about behaviour and achievement events
Behaviour Management Reporting - Primary
5th June – half dayBy the end of the course you will be able to make efficient use of SIMS to:
run pre-defined achievement and behaviour reportscreate analysis reports based on behaviour and achievement dataproduce personalised letters based on a behaviour or achievement eventdesign reports relevant to behaviour or achievementmodify your SIMS Home page to receive information about behaviour and achievement events
End of Academic Year - Secondary
10th June – half dayAt the end of this course delegates will be able to:
manage all elements of end of year processes including data management and tidy routines which will best place the school to begin the new year set up a new Academic Year, manage student curriculum assignments and preadmission processes and achieve a successful transfer of Timetable information
Equipment Register – Asset Management
13th June – full dayThis course begins with the content as per the Equipment Register course plus:assigning a financial value to an assetthe journals, entries and cash-flow associated with Asset Managementdefining asset types and depreciation modesundertaking annual depreciation and reverse if necessaryretiring an asset
SIMS Office User - Further Techniques – Primary
16th June – full dayThe course looks at the following:
managing the school diaryadding a bulletin to the homepagemanaging extended pupil datamanaging agents and agenciesmanaging exclusionsmanaging user defined groupsmanaging user defined fieldsmanaging lookupsmaking use of bulk routines and housekeeping routinesextended use of CTF’s
SIMS Reporting - Top Tips and Techniques
26th June – full dayAt the end of this course delegates will be able to:
understand and make fuller use of the SIMS reporting dictionaryunderstand and make fuller use of reporting techniques such as MailMerge, RTF output, sub-reports and filteringautomate the production of reports using CommandReportermanipulate report outputs using Microsoft Office
End of Academic Year - Primary Schools
8th July – half dayAt the end of this course delegates will be able to:
manage all elements of end of year processes including the management of pre-admissions, pastoral promotion and data management and tidy routines which will best place the school to begin the new year
Examinations Organiser - Results Analysis - Secondary
15th July – half dayAt the end of this course delegates will be able to:
import and snag results filescalculate PI informationrun reports and analysesexport results to Excel for further analysiscreate and distribute results marksheets
Agenda
• Spring Update Content• SIMS Core• Statutory Returns• SIMS Learning Gateway• Performance Suite• Personnel• FMS• Technical• Exams and Post 16 Changes
Agenda
• SIMS Spring Update Content• Arrangements for Accessing OSMIS Support• Arrangements for Health Check Visits• Arrangements for Accessing Consultancy• Training Schedule Summer 2014
