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For 30 years, Scomis has successfully operated as a not-for-profit, wholly traded service, and is part of Devon County Council. As we don’t have shareholders, any small surpluses are reinvested in ongoing service improvement.

By September, more than 650 establishments will be utilising our services - from nurseries through to Multi-Academy Trusts, in a growing number of local authorities including Bath and North East Somerset, Bournemouth, Bracknell Forest, Bristol, Cambridge, Cornwall, Dorset, Devon, Kent, the London Boroughs of Barnet and Hounslow, Gloucestershire, North Somerset, Oxfordshire, Plymouth, Poole, Portsmouth, Somerset and Torbay.

We offer a breadth of services including MIS support and hosting, Academy conversion services, training, consultancy and more general ICT support services.

We are one of a small number of local authorities that is accredited by Capita to provide SIMS support, training and consultancy and achieved accreditation with the Customer Service Excellence programme in June 2012. This marked the beginning of our Customer Service Excellence journey and the start of a three year programme to ensure we continue to offer excellent service to all of our customers.

At the heart of our offering is a focus on service excellence. This is underpinned by a joined up approach to working with our customers to deliver effective and efficient use of ICT, best value and ultimately, school improvement.

Our Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are agreed with our customers and we review our overall performance against our targets at termly User Groups and with individual customers at Key Account meetings.

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION 3

FIND THE RIGHT COURSE 5

TRAINING AND CONSULTANCY SERVICES 8

WEBINAR TRAINING – WEBTRAIN SERVICE 8

REMOTE TRAINING 8

USER GROUP UPDATES, REQUESTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS 8

BESPOKE ON-SITE TRAINING 8

EXAMINATION OFFICERS NETWORK MEETINGS 8

HOW TO BOOK 9

PROVIDING FEEDBACK 11

CORE COURSES 12Designed to improve your SIMS skills and get the most from your data.

SIMS IN THE CLASSROOM 19SIMS can be a powerful tool in the hands of your teachers. Attendance, assessment, behaviour and achievements input directly by your staff.

FINANCE COURSES 21Learn how to use accounting systems to manage school finances in any type of school. Courses include day to day management, reporting, budgeting and much more.

STATUTORY RETURNS COURSES 30The government require schools to provide a number of statutory returns. Make the processes stress free by attending these sessions.

SCOMIS WEBTRAIN SERVICE 33Keep yourself up to date with key tasks in SIMS without having to leave your desk.

ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS COURSES 37SIMS can give your teaching staff instant assessment mark sheets with a range of analysis tools to ensure your pupils are making progress.

EXAMINATION COURSES 41Learn to manage the complete student examination process. Understand the report analysis and go through the planning and organising of an Examinations season.

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT COURSES 44Ensure that your SLT are up to date with the full picture of your school’s data. Assessment data analysed by key contextual group, Attendance triggers and Behaviour alerts help build the bigger picture.

ICT MANAGEMENT COURSES 46A range of courses to support your technical staff to make sure that your ICT is always available.

WEB AND SOCIAL MEDIA COURSES 50Find out how to use systems to provide communication and information to parents by sending messages about pupil / student attendance, achievement and behaviour.

PERSONNEL COURSES 51The staff in school are key to the smooth running of a school. These courses provide the skills to properly manage staff data and resources.

APPLE COURSES 53Do you have some iPads in School? If you want to know how to use them, then these courses will give the skills to transform teaching and learning.

TIMETABLE COURSES 55These courses will give you all the information and skills in order to understand and maintain the SIMS Academic Management Systems, learn to build a whole school timetable and manage all the day to day processes

MICROSOFT COURSES 60Get the most out of your Microsoft Office Applications.

SCOMIS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS SUPPORT SERVICE 64

OTHER SCOMIS SERVICES 66

VENUES 70

FIND THE RIGHT COURSE

SENIOR LEADERS

Extended Reporting 16Advanced Reporting with Excel Analysis 17Behaviour and Achievement Management Secondary 18Teacher App 19Top Ten reasons for giving your Teachers access to SIMS in the classroom 20 Financial Reporting Suite Workshop 26Financial Planning Suite 27Programmes of Study for the New Key Stage Curriculum 38Producing Individual Student Reports 38SIMS Discover Assessment User - Secondary 39SIMS Discover Overview - Secondary 39Online reporting - SIMS Learning Gateway 40Ofsted Proving you are Making a Difference 44Using SIMS to Support School Leadership 45Ofsted Inspection Consultancy 45Getting Started with Scomis SIMS Hosting 48Managing a School ICT Support Team 49Introduction to SIMS Partnership Xchange 49SIMS InTouch 50Apple in an Hour 53Apple Presentation by Trilby Multimedia Ltd 54SIMS Cover for New Users 57Introduction to Visio 2010 60Microsoft Office Excel 2010 Foundation 61Microsoft Office Excel 2010 Step 2 61Microsoft Office Excel 2010 Step 3 62Microsoft Office Word 2010 Foundation 62Microsoft Office Word 2010 Intermediate 63Microsoft Office Word 2010 Advanced 63

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Attendance 13Lesson Monitor 13SIMS Office User - Top Tips & Techniques 14SIMS Office User 14SIMS SEN User 15Standard Reporting 15End of Year Procedures - Presentation 16Extended Reporting 16

ATF & Admission Transfer Presentation 17Advanced Reporting with Excel Analysis 17Alternative Curriculum 18Behaviour and Achievement Management Secondary 18Top Ten reasons for giving your Teachers access to SIMS in the classroom 20 FMS Daily Tasks 21FMS Extra for Existing Users 22FMS End of Year 22FMS Financial Management 23FMS Reconciliation and Reporting for Maintained Schools 23FMS Daily Tasks for Academies 24FMS Financial Management for Academies 24Equipment Register & Asset Management 25Equipment Register 25Personnel Contracts and FMS Links 26Financial Reporting Suite Workshop 26Financial Planning Suite 27SIMS Agora 28SchoolComms 29PS Financials 29School Census Presentation / Workshop 31School Workforce Census Presentation / Workshop 31Key Stage Return 32Post 16 Learning Aims Presentation 32School Census Webinar 34School Workforce Census Webinar 34New Admissions Webinar 35End of Year Procedures Webinar 35Key Stage Wizards Webinar 36Post 16 Learning Aims Webinar 36Examination Results Analysis Workshop 41Examinations Organiser - New Users Course 42Examinations Organiser - New Users On-site 42Examinations Organiser - Top Tips and Techniques 43Mock Examinations 43Getting Started with Scomis SIMS Hosting 48Introduction to SIMS Partnership Xchange 49SIMS InTouch 50Personnel for New Users 51Reporting from Personnel 52SIMS Staff Performance Workshop 52SIMS Academic Management and Reporting 55An introduction to Timetabling 56Populating Classes and Printing Timetables 59Introduction to Visio 2010 60Microsoft Office Excel 2010 Foundation 61

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FIND THE RIGHT COURSEMicrosoft Office Excel 2010 Step 2 61Microsoft Office Excel 2010 Step 3 62Microsoft Office Word 2010 Foundation 62Microsoft Office Word 2010 Intermediate 63Microsoft Office Word 2010 Advanced 63

CURRICULUM MANAGERS

Alternative Curriculum 18Teacher App 19Top Ten reasons for giving your Teachers access to SIMS in the classroom 20 Post 16 Learning Aims Presentation 32Post 16 Learning Aims Webinar 36Programmes of Study for the New Key Stage Curriculum 38Producing Individual Student Reports 38SIMS Discover Assessment User - Secondary 39SIMS Discover Overview - Secondary 39SIMS Profiles for New Users - Reporting to ParentsOnline reporting - SIMS Learning Gateway 40Examination Results Analysis Workshop 41Examinations Organiser - New Users Course 42Examinations Organiser - New Users On-site 42Examinations Organiser - Top Tips and Techniques 43Mock Examinations 43SIMS Academic Management and Reporting 55An introduction to Timetabling 56Course Manager and Post 16 Learning Aims 56SIMS Cover for New Users 57Maintaining Course Manager in SIMS 57Maintaining the Timetable in Nova T6 58Nova T6 for New Users 58SIMS Options for New Users 59Populating Classes and Printing Timetables 59

ASSESSMENT CO-ORDINATORS

Behaviour and Achievement Management Secondary 18Teacher App 19Top Ten reasons for giving your Teachers access to SIMS in the classroom 20 Key Stage Return 32Key Stage Wizards Webinar 36

Programmes of Study for the New Key Stage Curriculum 38Producing Individual Student Reports 38SIMS Discover Assessment User - Secondary 39SIMS Discover Overview - Secondary 39SIMS Profiles for New Users 40Online reporting - SIMS Learning Gateway 40Getting Started with Scomis SIMS Hosting 48Introduction to Visio 2010 60Microsoft Office Excel 2010 Foundation 61Microsoft Office Excel 2010 Step 2 61Microsoft Office Excel 2010 Step 3 62Microsoft Office Word 2010 Foundation 62Microsoft Office Word 2010 Intermediate 63Microsoft Office Word 2010 Advanced 63

BURSARS AND BUSINESS MANAGERS

Lesson Monitor 13FMS Daily Tasks 21FMS Extra for Existing Users 22FMS End of Year 22FMS Financial Management 23FMS Reconciliation and Reporting for Maintained Schools 23FMS Daily Tasks for Academies 24FMS Financial Management for Academies 24Equipment Register & Asset Management 25Equipment Register 25Personnel Contracts and FMS Links 26Financial Reporting Suite Workshop 26Financial Planning Suite 27SIMS Agora 28SchoolComms 29PS Financials 29School Census Presentation / Workshop 31School Census Webinar 34Getting Started with Scomis SIMS Hosting 48SIMS InTouch 50Personnel for New Users 51Reporting from Personnel 52SIMS Staff Performance Workshop 52Introduction to Visio 2010 60Microsoft Office Excel 2010 Foundation 61Microsoft Office Excel 2010 Step 2 61Microsoft Office Excel 2010 Step 3 62

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Microsoft Office Word 2010 Foundation 62Microsoft Office Word 2010 Intermediate 63Microsoft Office Word 2010 Advanced 63

PASTORAL OFFICERS

Behaviour and Achievement Management Secondary 18Top Ten reasons for giving your Teachers access to SIMS in the classroom 20 Getting Started with Scomis SIMS Hosting 48Introduction to Visio 2010 60Microsoft Office Excel 2010 Foundation 61Microsoft Office Excel 2010 Step 2 61Microsoft Office Excel 2010 Step 3 62Microsoft Office Word 2010 Foundation 62Microsoft Office Word 2010 Intermediate 63Microsoft Office Word 2010 Advanced 63

SENCOS

SIMS SEN User 15Behaviour and Achievement Management Secondary 18Top Ten reasons for giving your Teachers access to SIMS in the classroom 20 School Census Presentation / Workshop 31Getting Started with Scomis SIMS Hosting 48Introduction to Visio 2010 60Microsoft Office Excel 2010 Foundation 61Microsoft Office Excel 2010 Step 2 61Microsoft Office Excel 2010 Step 3 62Microsoft Office Word 2010 Foundation 62Microsoft Office Word 2010 Intermediate 63Microsoft Office Word 2010 Advanced 63

TEACHERS

Attendance 13SIMS SEN User 15Behaviour and Achievement Management Secondary 18Teacher App 19Top Ten reasons for giving your Teachers access to SIMS in the classroom 20

Programmes of Study for the New Primary Curriculum 33SIMS Discover Assessment User - Secondary 39SIMS Discover Overview - Secondary 39Producing Individual Student Reports 38SIMS Profiles for New Users 40Online reporting - SIMS Learning Gateway 40Ofsted Proving you are Making a Difference 44Using SIMS to Support School Leadership 45Ofsted Inspection Consultancy 45Getting the most out of your Smart Board 48Getting started with Scomis SIMS Hosting 48Apple in an Hour 53Apple Presentation by Trilby Multimedia Ltd 54Introduction to Visio 2010 60Microsoft Office Excel 2010 Foundation 61Microsoft Office Excel 2010 Step 2 61Microsoft Office Excel 2010 Step 3 62Microsoft Office Word 2010 Foundation 62Microsoft Office Word 2010 Intermediate 63Microsoft Office Word 2010 Advanced 63

TECHNICAL STAFF

SIMS - Technical Essentials 46CC4 Getting Started for ICT Coordinators 47CC4 FastTrack 47Getting the most out of your Smart Board 48Getting Started with Scomis SIMS Hosting 48Managing a School ICT Support Team 49Introduction to SIMS Partnership Xchange 49Introduction to Visio 2010 60Microsoft Office Excel 2010 Foundation 61Microsoft Office Excel 2010 Step 2 61Microsoft Office Excel 2010 Step 3 62Microsoft Office Word 2010 Foundation 62Microsoft Office Word 2010 Intermediate 63Microsoft Office Word 2010 Advanced 63

GOVERNORS

Opportunities for Governors 27

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QUALIFIED STAFFAll Scomis consultants and trainers have completed the QCA Level 3 Award in Education and Training Qualification.

TRAINING AND CONSULTANCY SERVICESScomis provide a variety of training and consultancy services to the professionals in supported schools. These services are delivered in the best way that suits the customer; by face to face on-site, by remote one to one, by joining a Webinar, by signing up for a formally delivered course in a venue near to the school or by attending one of our termly User Group meetings.

Scomis has been delivering the necessary training to professional staff in schools for over 30 years with a high level of satisfaction from customers. In the year 2014-2015 92.82% of attendees on courses (840 responses) and 97.95% of schools visited (144 responses) were satisfied overall with the service provided.

WEBINAR TRAINING – WEBTRAIN SERVICEScomis WebTrain is a webinar based training service for primary and secondary schools that provides a more flexible and convenient way of receiving updates and access to other training that has traditionally been delivered in the classroom.

WebTrain sits alongside our range of classroom based training programmes to offer a more cost-effective and timely solution for critical updates throughout the year. The service is designed to help your school with those important administrative procedures that it is critical to get

right but that can consume far too much time, cause a great deal of anxiety and, if errors occur, may even have implications for your funding.

REMOTE TRAININGScomis Remote Training is a one to one training session provided over the phone by the hour. Any school staff can book an hour with one of the team to have a bespoke training session on any of the supported applications.

USER GROUP UPDATES, REQUESTS AND DEMONSTRATIONSThese termly sessions organised by Scomis and attended by any members of your school staff have two main purposes. One is to provide our customers with information which is achieved via updates, demos and presentations. The other purpose is to inform customers about how Scomis is performing against KPIs set by the group.

BESPOKE ON-SITE TRAININGThese are training sessions delivered on-site for professional staff in schools on any supported applications with the content designed to satisfy the needs of the school.

EXAMINATION OFFICERS NETWORK MEETINGSThese sessions are provided at strategic points during the year to provide Exam Officers with information that will help them with the Examinations process.

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HOW TO BOOKScomis are committed to providing quality training for individuals who may be new to school’s ICT as well as Continuing Professional Development for more experienced users. Training is vital for staff to keep pace with the changing nature of ICT.

We provide a wide range of courses relating to administrative and curriculum ICT. In many cases the courses are sequential – starting with introductory days and progressing to more advanced level courses.

All Scomis Training Courses are available at a number of venues, depending on demand, in the following regions:

Exeter, Plymouth, Cornwall, North Devon, North Somerset, Oxfordshire, Portsmouth, London Boroughs and onsite in your school as a day visit. For more details about our training venues please see page 70.

When booking your place please state your preferred venue and we will endeavour to provide the training near to you. Courses are designed to suit the varying needs of the school’s Senior Leadership Team, finance, teaching, administration and technical support staff.

We will be pleased to discuss bespoke training and on-site consultancy services with you. INSET training and programmes for staff development days can be tailored to suit your school’s ICT training needs.

All course booking acknowledgements are sent via email to the school administration email address.

Please contact the Scomis Service Desk on

01392 385300 or

EMAIL [email protected] for further details.

PROVIDING FEEDBACK

Scomis recognises that customer feedback is an opportunity for us to learn and improve. We welcome and encourage customers to provide feedback about the Scomis customer experience and we continue to review and revise our Feedback Policy.

WE ARE COMMITTED TO FOCUSING ON THE NEEDS OF OUR CUSTOMERS AND USING CUSTOMER FEEDBACK TO IMPROVE OUR SERVICES

WE VALUE FEEDBACK ABOUT OUR SERVICES, RECOGNISE THE RIGHT OF OUR CUSTOMERS TO MAKE A COMPLAINT, COMPLIMENT OR SUGGESTION ABOUT OUR SERVICES AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO SO

Everyone at Scomis is customer focused and will treat all customers with dignity and respect.

WAYS TO GIVE FEEDBACKThere are a number of ways in which customers can give us feedback including:

BY COMPLETING OUR ONLINE FEEDBACK FORM FOUND ATWWW.DEVON.GOV.UK/SCOMIS

BY TELEPHONE TO 01392 385300

BY EMAIL [email protected]

BY COMPLETING A SCOMIS CUSTOMER SATISFACTION SURVEY

BY FAX TO 01392 385302

IN PERSON

BY LETTER TO: SCOMIS SERVICE PERFORMANCE, GREAT MOOR HOUSE, BITTERN ROAD, SOWTON, EXETER, DEVON. EX2 7NL

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CORECOURSES

For further information please contact us on 01392 385300 or em

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CONTENT

Planning a strategy for managing the statutory attendance process

Customising SIMS attendance to meet the particular needs of your school

Understanding the potential links to other functionality in SIMS

Identifying the most efficient way of collecting attendance data

Understanding how to maintain attendance data effectively

Reporting attendance data to help monitor attendance

ATTENDANCE

Learn how to use SIMS Attendance to fulfil day-to-day statutory attendance monitoring requirements. Strong attendance has a direct impact on achievement. Learn how to make the best use of SIMS attendance for effective attendance monitoring.

This course is designed for staff with responsibility for attendance who have an understanding of attendance procedures and who are familiar with SIMS.

CONTENT

Introduction to Lesson Monitor

Initial considerations

Modes of use

Customising the module for your use

Earliest mark

Data entry

Lesson register using SIMS.net

Edit lesson marks

Deal with unexplained absences/missing marks

Entering a code over a date range

Setting up a weekly pattern

Reports

LESSON MONITOR

Lesson Monitor is designed to enable schools, colleges and academies to monitor individual lesson attendance and tackle post registration truancy. The software is simple to use but very powerful, particularly when using the Reports available for analysis of the data, and the links with Behaviour Management.

It is particularly important that Lesson Monitor is implemented with a properly prepared management plan to ensure the software is used to best effect and the school’s objectives in implementation are achieved.

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ATTENDANCE

Full day

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Full day

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CONTENT

Viewing pupil information

Editing pupil data

Adding new pupils

Managing leavers and re-admitting pupils

Additional maintenance tasks

Using standard reports and lists

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ATTENDANCE

Full day

SIMS OFFICE USER

The purpose of this course is to familiarise delegates with what pupil information is contained in SIMS.net and how to find it. In addition delegates will practice common pupil data editing routines encountered on a day to day basis in schools. It is aimed at delegates who are new to SIMS.net and possibly new to working in school software and who will need to find, add and edit pupil data.

CONTENT

Contact management

Customising correspondence

User-defined groups

User-defined fields

Alerts, notifications and communication

Merging agents and agencies

Quick reports

Changes to data – bulk update

SIMS OFFICE USER – TOP TIPS AND TECHNIQUES

Discover useful ways of managing school data, best practice housekeeping and understand core functionality in SIMS.

The course is aimed at admin staff in schools who are already working in SIMS.net. It is not suitable for new users – a separate course is offered entitled SIMS Office User.

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ATTENDANCE

Full day

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CONTENT

Navigate through SIMS

Manage and record details of reviews, events and provisions

Manage students transition from statemented to EHCP

Produce the SEN reports provided in SIMS

Edit look up tables

Add linked Adults, Agents and Agencies

Send, receive and view messages relating to SEN students

Configure their SIMS home page to help monitor SEN processes

SIMS SEN USER

The Special Educational Needs facility in SIMS.net is used to support schools in following the SEN Code of Practice. This course provides a detailed overview of the SIMS software for managing the SEN process in school and is designed for SENCOs, senior staff with responsibility for overseeing special needs provision and administrative staff who may be involved in maintaining SEN information.

An understanding of the SEN Code of Practice and how it is managed in school would be useful.

CONTENT

Running pre-defined reports

Modifying and creating reports to produce lists

Creating reports to produce mailmerge documents and labels

The use of different output formats of Word and Excel

Using analysis output

Exporting, importing and using the My Favourite Reports panel on the Homepage

AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

Half day

AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

Full day

STANDARD REPORTING

An introduction to the report designing process:

Schools need to be able to respond to requests for information efficiently, including reports, making your school processes more streamlined. This course is intended for SIMS users responsible for responding to requests for information. You should have attended a SIMS Office User course or have a good understanding of SIMS.

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The production of more complicated lists and mail merged documents

Modifying templates to adjust the appearance of reports including incorporating headed paper

Developing the use of RTF output exploring cross-modular links in the data

Using different focuses as the starting point for reports

Exploring the use of Excel for reports

Extending the use of the Analysis tool

EXTENDED REPORTING

This course provides a follow up to the Standard Reporting course. It is designed for users of SIMS responsible for responding to requests for detailed information. You should have either attended the Standard Reporting course or be familiar with the techniques covered on that course.

AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

Full day

AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

Half day Followed by coffee, informal chat / questions with the trainer and networking with colleagues

CONTENT

Creating a new academic year and setting up the school diary

Managing pre-admission groups and processing new intake pupil applicants

How to use CTF to import new pupil data

Preparing the pastoral structure for the academic year including year and registration group memberships

Processing leavers

Producing class lists

END OF YEAR PROCEDURES – PRESENTATION

Learn how to configure SIMS for the new school year, including setting up the new pastoral structure and dealing with admissions. Before the new school year commences, the pastoral process must be completed in SIMS.

Dealing with the new school year can be a complex process. Gain an overview of the requirements of the new school year, including dealing with admissions and leavers.

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CONTENT

How to import the ATF file

What pupil information is included in the file

How to deal with pupils already in school (e.g. nursery pupils) or pupils already in the pre-admission area

Working in the pre-admissions area

How to process applicants; accept/admit the pupils once they arrive in school and what to do about the ones that fail to arrive

ATF AND ADMISSION TRANSFER PRESENTATION

Some schools receive an ATF file (Admission Transfer File) from their local authority, containing the details of pupils that have been assigned a place in the school in September 2016.

The first part of this presentation shows how to import the file and what data is contained within it. The second part covers the Applications (Pre-Admissions) area of SIMS and the processes available for dealing with new arrivals to the school.

Time will be given for questions and answers.

CONTENT

Automating data analysis in SIMS reports using Excel

Excel formulas

Analysing data using Excel

Designing more complex SIMS reports

Excel pivot tables

ADVANCED REPORTING WITH EXCEL ANALYSIS

SIMS is capable of extracting a wide range of data using its reporting functionality, including student details, attendance, assessment and behaviour data. The export of data into Excel is the default option for many of the pre-defined reports in SIMS.

Excel is a powerful programme capable of assisting in analysis and display of data. Formulas process data in an accurate and repeatable way and pivot tables provide an interactive method of interrogating data.

Incorporating the Excel analysis directly within the SIMS report means that both the extraction of the data from SIMS and the analysis of the data in Excel can be achieved, automatically, in one step.

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ATTENDANCE

Full day

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Half day Followed by coffee, informal chat / questions with the trainer and networking with colleagues

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CONTENT

Setting up and configuration

Using routines for individual or groups of pupils

Adding behaviour incidents and achievements from class attendance register

Setting up and administering detentions including letters to parents

Creation of report cards

Adding behaviour review meetings and follow up to behaviour incidents

Adding further interventions if required

Reporting

BEHAVIOUR AND ACHIEVEMENT MANAGEMENT SECONDARY

Improving behaviour in schools is one of the government’s key aims as behaviour has a direct impact on a pupil’s attainment. Schools put enormous effort and resources themselves into promoting positive behaviour and recognising achievement.

SIMS has functionality that enables a school to record behaviour and achievement events of individuals or groups of pupils in order to manage detentions, record exclusions and report on all of these aspects. Information can be viewed instantly and easily by members of staff using SIMS.

AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

Full day

CONTENT

Adding alternative curriculum groups in Nova T6

Impact on other areas of Nova T6

Reports in T6

Transferring to SQL

Adding students to alternative activities

Effect on Lesson Monitor, Course Manager and Assessment

Reports in SIMS

Scheduling extra activities in Nova T6

Registration periods

Twilight periods

Sending cycle changes to SIMS

ALTERNATIVE CURRICULUM

Alternative Curriculum and scheduling extra periods in T6. This course covers the adding of alternative curriculum through both the model screen and through the Alternative Curriculum facility in the Data Menu of T6 outlining the advantages and disadvantages of both routes. In addition we will be exploring adding extra periods in T6 such as registration periods, twilight periods a

nd the effect of sending these changes to the cycle to SIMS.

AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

Full day

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SIMSIN THE

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TEACHER APP

Imagine stepping into the classroom and your tablet knows which lesson you’re taking and shows the name and picture of all pupils in that class. Mark a pupil late and it shows by how many minutes.

The new SIMS Teacher app makes everyday classroom tasks, like taking the register, simple. So you can focus on inspiring your pupils.

CONTENT

Easy class registration

Record achievement & behaviour

View pupil details

Pupil & teacher search

Includes cover and emergency cover

Integrated assessment marksheets (iOS version)

Secure online and offline access (iOS version)

Coming soon…

Programme of Study (AWoL) marksheets

SIMS Dinner Money registers integration

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AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

Half day consultancy onsite

“ Throughout the process the level of support, advice and training has clearly demonstrated that Scomis is indeed our ICT Partner.” MR TIM BAINES, ASSISTANT

HEADTEACHER, ST BONIFACE’S

CATHOLIC COLLEGE, PLYMOUTH

TOP TEN REASONS FOR GIVING YOUR TEACHERS ACCESS TO SIMS IN THE CLASSROOM

For SIMS to make a real difference to your school or academy, you need all the staff to understand everything it can do for them and ensure that they are using the wealth of information stored in the system. Scomis can provide a half day consultancy session to look at how you could make better use of SIMS in the classroom to improve the schools business processes and provide better value for money from you Management Information System.

CONTENT

SIMS home page

Registration

Recording achievement and behaviour

Assessment tracking

Pupil information at your finger tips

Special education needs (SEN) details

Analysing and reporting data

Writing reports for parents

Parental engagement

School diary

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FMS DAILY TASKS

Learn about the day to day aspects of FMS, including orders, invoices, payments, recording income and dealing with petty cash. Central processes will be covered as appropriate. This course is intended for staff responsible for the day to day tasks within FMS.

CONTENT

Understanding the accounts payable process

How to raise orders

Invoicing

How to process payments

How to record income

How to deal with petty cash

AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

Full day

FINANCECOURSES

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FMS EXTRA FOR EXISTING USERS

In response to demand, this course is aimed at experienced users of FMS 6. The course covers the changes that have occurred over the past few years and will bring existing users up to date with some of the new functionality.

The course focuses on best practice and new developments.

FMS END OF YEAR

This course will cover the areas of FMS that are needed for the smooth closure of accounts. It is essential before undertaking any year end processes in FMS that you have read and understood all necessary guidance from the local authority.

Each school/local authority may have different account policies so no specific advice will be given on accounting practices and any accounting assumptions made in the guide are for training purposes only. If you are in doubt of any of the school/local authority policies then it will be necessary to seek advice from the local authority.

CONTENT

Internal charges

Cancelling commitments

Creating your own catalogues

Maintaining the links to Personnel 7

Getting the best from Claims Module

Journal transfers and templates

Recent developments

Group discussion regarding any areas of concern

AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

Full day

CONTENT

Creating the new financial year

Modifying the chart of accounts

Transaction processing

New year budget

Year end reports

Preliminary close downs

Producing the consistent financial report (CFR), if required

AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

Half day

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CONTENT

Downloading the reconciliation file from the LA

Importing this file in to your FMS database

How to process those items that fail automatic reconciliation

Comparing FMS ledger Codes with centrally held records

Reports from HCSS Financial reporting suite workshop

Producing reports for Governors and the LA

CONTENT

Understanding the FMS setup

How to maintain the chart of accounts structure

How to enter budgets

How to deal with central processes/reconciliation

How to process journals and payroll entries

How to produce management reports

AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

Half day visit to the school

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ATTENDANCE

Full day


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FMS RECONCILIATION AND REPORTING FOR MAINTAINED SCHOOLS

This visit is designed for school Bursars and Business Managers who wish to learn how to deal with the reconciliation process and the production of financial reports. The Local Authority will have paid staff; invoices; petty cash claims etc. that the school has authorised centrally. This visit will cover how those payments and receipts are reconciled with your FMS database.

FMS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

Explore the management side of FMS. You will learn how FMS is set up and how to amend the chart of accounts structure. Management based reports and month end processes will be covered. This course is intended for staff responsible for the management of finances within FMS.

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CONTENT

Cheque books/layout and processing

BACS payments

Cash book journals

Bank reconciliation

VAT processing

Accounts receivable:

Creating your debtors/products

Raising your own invoices

CONTENT

User defined reports

Creating new reports

Amending/cloning row sets/column sets

Importing/exporting reports

Importing GAG/I&E reports from Capita

Mapping GAG/I&E reports

Fund v retained earnings

Creating a VAT submittal report

AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

Full day

AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

Full day

FMS DAILY TASKS FOR ACADEMIES

This course has been designed specifically for those schools that have previously been Central Payment Schools and have just, or are about to, become an Academy. This course will provide delegates with the skills that they need in order to operate independently.

FMS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FOR ACADEMIES

This course has been designed specifically for those schools that have previously been Central Payment Schools and have just, or are about to, become an Academy. This course will provide delegates with the skills that they need in order to operate independently.

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CONTENT

Assigning a financial value to an asset

Journals, entries and cash-flow associated with Asset Management

Defining asset types and depreciation modes

Undertaking annual depreciation and reverse if necessary

Retiring an asset

CONTENT

Setting up the structures

Importing from FMS

Adding new resources

Editing equipment data

Stock taking and inspections

Reporting

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Learn about the setup and day-to-day running of Equipment Register with additional course content focusing on Asset Management and depreciation functionality.

Who is it for?

Staff responsible for recording equipment details (fixed assets) such as serial numbers; you do not need to have a basic understanding of FMS functionality.

Why attend this course:

To become familiar with the day-to-day running of SIMS Equipment Register, including the Asset Management functionality.

EQUIPMENT REGISTER

Equipment Register can be found in FMS and provides the means for schools to maintain a comprehensive record of equipment in an electronic inventory. This includes records of equipment details, inspections, stock takes and disposals. It enables items to be allocated to rooms and staff. Insurance policy details can also be recorded.

Once the module is populated, equipment needed for stock taking and inspection purposes can easily be identified and located from the information recorded. Reports can be produced and printed or exported if necessary.

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How to create and maintain service terms

Maintain NI and superannuation terms

Attach contracts to staff

Create a link between SIMS and FMS

Monitor salary information

Post salary journals within FMS

Perform salary calculations within FMS

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Full day

CONTENT

Forecast Entry, Notes & Budget Changes (Virement)

Summary Reporting

Detailed Reporting

Customised Templates

Conditional Formatting

Creating Graphs

Exporting Formats

AUDIENCE

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Half day

FINANCIAL REPORTING SUITE WORKSHOP

Financial Reporting Suite software works within FMS and allows a greater degree of interrogation and presentation of financial data than the standard FMS reporting tool. Custom reports and graphs can be generated by Cost Centre, Ledger Code or Fund quickly and efficiently. Schools can also create or download templates in order to extract and send information to their LA as required. All information can be saved as PDF or XLS for ease of transfer.

This is a ‘Hands On’ training workshop for Devon schools using your own schools data*

A SIRO form must be completed before attending this course. Please ask for this when making your booking. If this is not completed you will only be able to use Scomis Training data on this course.

*Hosted Application Service schools only when attending courses at Scomis Training Suite in Exeter. If you are not a Hosted School (Terminal Server) you will not be able to access your schools data and you will use Scomis Training Data.

PERSONNEL CONTRACTS AND FMS LINKS

This course takes the delegates through the whole of the Personnel Setup areas to view, amend and/or create Service Terms, Pay Scales and Allowances. You will also see how these settings work when adding contracts in SIMS and how those fields are then dynamically linked within FMS. In FMS salary commitments by fund/cost centre/etc, can be apportioned so that the figures show in the correct financial areas and use the Salary Calculator function to test out the effect of different budget option.

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Plan numerous financial scenarios for periods of up to 5 years

Highly accurate staffing calculator and fully customisable pay scales

Comprehensive reporting suite, assisting in the communication to stakeholders

FPS Web dashboard showing key detail

SDP/SIP Action Planner

Ability to ‘lock’ budgets

Links available to SIMS FMS6 and Personnel 7

Budget vs Actuals

Pay Adjustments Calculator

AUDIENCE

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Full day

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OPPORTUNITIES FOR GOVERNORS

Stress free financial planning for schools - budget forecasting software for schools. FPS Web for Schools is an easy-to-use web-based financial planning tool. It has been exclusively designed and developed by education finance specialists and enables schools to strategically plan their budget.

Scomis, working in partnership with other suppliers, can provide workshops in order to help school governors understand how Finance and Information Management Systems are used in schools. These sessions will be designed to assist governors in fulfilling their key role as a critical friend to the school leadership and management.

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Getting started

Adding products, services, events

Stock control, alerts

Interaction with parents

Reporting

Payments

SIMS Dinner Money integration

AUDIENCE

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One day on site

SIMS AGORA

SIMS Agora provides a cost-efficient, secure and easy way for schools to collect payments from parents and sell school items online such as school meals, trips, uniforms and much more. It provides a range of dashboard, on-screen and interactive reports to support payment administration and reconciliation.

With a focus on security, safety, and ease-of-use, SIMS Agora provides a flexible way for parents and guardians to make payments and purchase items. It also supports schools with their drive to improve efficiency, reduce costs and streamline payment collection administration.

“ The service provided by Scomis is second to none. For most requests we usually get feedback straight away and within 24 hours if not sooner. If a resolution is going to take longer, or in the very rare event that Scomis has to escalate an issue to Capita, they are really good about keeping us updated. We’ve been delighted.”

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Installation process

Initial synchronisation

Messaging

Attendance

Online payments

Online reporting

Implementation plan

AUDIENCE

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One day on site

SCHOOLCOMMS

Integrated with the SIMS user interface, the SchoolComms system provides an easy and effective solution for schools and parents. Enabling email and texting communications to parents; collecting online payments; managing attendance, breakfast and afterschool clubs; publishing achievement, behaviour, assessment data and more.


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Analysis and reporting structures are easily changed

Period end work is greatly reduced

Reporting is simplified

Integration is easier

User Defined Input

Rules Engine-automating complex tasks

Recording non-financial data

Analysis & Reporting

Enquiries

AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

Two full days

PS FINANCIALS

From the spring of 2016 Scomis will be providing training and support for PS Financials. This software application provides a complete financial management solution (accounting, purchasing, budgeting and reporting) for academies and multi academy trusts. It is a leading multi-currency, multi-dimension, Unified Ledger system with the following key features:

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Overview of the return

New/changed requirements since last year’s return

Reminders on complex areas

Advice on completing manual areas of entry

Demonstration of process within SIMS

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Presentation: Half day Workshop: Half day

The purpose of this workshop is to enable schools to produce their School Census return for the DFE using SIMS.net. It will give you the background to the return with practice of creating it and dealing with any validation failures and queries.

Each presentation will include time for questions and/or group discussion on any unusual or unique staffing considerations.

SCHOOL WORKFORCE CENSUS PRESENTATION /WORKSHOP

CONTENT

Overview of school census return in SIMS.net

School census defaults

Setting up the returns manager

Data required for the return

Known issues (if any)

Questions and queries on pupil reconciliation etc.

Method of return and deadlines

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ATTENDANCE

Presentation: Half day Workshop: Half day

The purpose of this workshop is to enable schools to produce their School Census Return for the DFE using SIMS.net. It will give you the background to the Return with practice of creating it and dealing with any validation failures and queries.

SCHOOL CENSUS PRESENTATION/WORKSHOP

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Analysis and reporting structures are easily changed

Period end work is greatly reduced

Reporting is simplified

Integration is easier

User defined input

Rules engine-automating complex tasks

Recording non-financial data

Analysis & reporting

Enquiries

CONTENT

Understanding Learning Aims collection

Preparing for the school census

What’s new for the autumn post 16 census

Reporting on QAN data for courses

Running the school census

AUDIENCE

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Half day

AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

Half day

You will be guided through the steps for Key Stage Entry returns, including the processes for data checks, data entry and producing reports.

Who is it for?

Staff who have responsibility for producing the Key Stage Return and who have a working knowledge of SIMS.

Why attend this course:

To learn how to produce accurate Key Stage Entry returns.

This Presentation aims to give a clearer understanding on how learning aims are generated within SIMS for the census collection, what reports are available and what preparation and checking can be done to prepare for the accurate collection of Post 16 Learning Aims.

KEY STAGE RETURN

POST 16 LEARNING AIMS PRESENTATION

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Join this webinar to find out the latest updates for the school workforce census in November. We will cover any changes to the data that is collected, any new requirements made by the DfE and any known issues. We will also show you how to run a dummy census to check that your data is correct in advance of the census collection.

WEBTRAIN EVENT - SCHOOL WORKFORCE CENSUS WEBINAR

Join this webinar to find out the latest updates for the school census. We will cover any changes to the data that is collected, any new requirements made by the DfE and any known issues. We will also show you how to run a dummy census to check that your data is correct in advance of the census collection. This session will run for three times a year to cover each term’s census.

WEBTRAIN EVENT - SCHOOL CENSUS WEBINAR

WebTrain sits alongside our range of classroom based training programmes to offer a more cost-effective and timely solution for critical updates throughout the year. The service is designed to help your school with those important administrative procedures that it is critical to get right but that can consume far too much time, cause a great deal of anxiety and, if errors occur, may even have implications for your funding.

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Everything you need to know to get ready for the next School Year. This webinar will cover the creating the New Year, setting up the pastoral structure, recording leavers and running the promotion routine. It will also include the Academic Promotion for secondary schools.

WEBTRAIN EVENT - END OF YEAR PROCEDURES WEBINAR

Get ready for your new intake. This webinar will take you through the Admissions area of SIMS. It will include setting up Admission Groups, adding pupils to the admissions area and where appropriate importing pupils via an Admissions Transfer File (ATF) or from a Common Transfer File (CTF).

WEBTRAIN EVENT - NEW ADMISSIONS WEBINAR

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ATTENDANCESigning up for this service will give you access to all 5 sessions. Each webinar is a 1 hour live session via the internet using headphones with a microphone.

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Understanding Learning Aims collection

Preparing for the school census

What’s new for the autumn post 16 census

Reporting on QAN data for courses

Running the school census

The Key Stage Wizard is a tool to simplify the process of entering the statutory end of Key Stage Assessments into SIMS. This webinar will cover everything you need to know to enter this information, create reports and export results to either your LA and/or the National Assessment Agency.

This Webinar aims to give a clearer understanding on how learning aims are generated within SIMS for the census collection, what reports are available and what preparation and checking can be done to prepare for the accurate collection of Post 16 Learning Aims.

WEBTRAIN EVENT - KEY STAGE WIZARDS WEBINAR

WEBTRAIN EVENT - POST 16 LEARNING AIMS WEBINAR

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How to use the latest assessment functionality to record data against the new National Curriculum Programmes of Study

Use of the resources available to monitor and evaluate progress and analyse data effectively from one screen

Evaluating progress based on expectations

Generating reports for parents/carers based on pupil attainment and progress, linked to the Programmes of Study

AUDIENCE

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Full day

CONTENT

Running End of Key Stage reports

Creating a master report template for cloning

Creating a KS3 Interim Report using tables of data for assessment, photographs and attendance and cloning this report for other year groups

Creating a KS4 end of year report using report sections for each subject adding other functions

Creating reports for internal purposes

Running, printing, exporting and uploading reports to an individual record; sending reports via InTouch

AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

Full day

PRODUCING INDIVIDUAL STUDENT REPORTS

This course covers how to create a range of student reports for parents from a basic table of results to an end of year style report including graphs and comparison data.

Benefits of attending

Producing reports directly from SIMS will improve the efficiency and accuracy of reports to parents. Attending this course will enable you to choose the best method of reporting and help you to create the best report design.

PROGRAMMES OF STUDY FOR THE NEW KEY STAGE CURRICULUM

This course will help delegates to understand and use the resources that are available in relation to the new Curriculum.


To gain a practical insight into the functionality of the new SIMS Assessment software and to understand the available resources relating to the curriculum.

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The relationship between SIMS Discover and SIMS Assessment

The SIMS Discover interface

The SIMS Discover configuration utility

Defining, calculating and using SIMS Discover aspects

How to customise the pre-defined SIMS Discover assessment graphs

How to create new SIMS Discover assessment graphs

CONTENT

The relationship between SIMS Discover and SIMS

The SIMS Discover interface

The range and scope of the predefined SIMS Discover graphs

How to manipulate the predefined SIMS Discover graphs

How to generate a Venn analysis

Configuring dynamic groups and automatic membership alerts

AUDIENCE

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Full day

AUDIENCE

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Half day

SIMS DISCOVER ASSESSMENT USER – SECONDARY

SIMS DISCOVER OVERVIEW – SECONDARY

This course teaches delegates how to adapt the SIMS Discover user-definable components to analyse assessment data effectively.


To understand how you can enhance your analysis of assessment data using the innovative analytic tool, SIMS Discover.

Learn how to use the analysis tool, SIMS Discover, to analyse your school’s data effectively. This hands-on course provides a useful overview of the software.


SIMS Discover helps you drill down into your data so you can monitor at risk groups, assess intervention strategies and see the whole picture of your school. Learn how you can use it to its full potential.

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How to create and import comment banks and link comments to grades in assessment

How to set up a profiling session and design a school report template

How to select and amend comments, enter free text, check and preview Profiles

How to review and approve pupils’ Profile reports

Generation and printing of the final profile report

Linking Profiles to the individual pupil record in linked documents

AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

Full day

SIMS PROFILES FOR NEW USERS -REPORTING TO PARENTS

Learn how to produce high quality, fully customisable reports for parents based on the Profiles software, using editable pre-defined comments, free text or a mixture of both.


Parents want to be kept in the loop – learn how to produce high quality customisable reports with SIMS Profiles.

CONTENT

Setup and administration

Implementation plan

Data control

Publishing reports

Homework

Customisation

AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

Full day

ONLINE REPORTING – SIMS LEARNING GATEWAY

SIMS Learning Gateway provides secure online access to real-time data in SIMS. Accessible anytime, anywhere, information is available to all those who need it.

With SIMS Learning Gateway, your staff can work more flexibly, parents are better engaged and pupils are encouraged to drive their own achievement.

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Importing results files

Non EDI results

Collation and calculation of PI data

Create results marksheets

Editing results

Producing reports and analyses

Good housekeeping practice

AUDIENCE

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Full day

EXAMINATION RESULTS ANALYSIS WORKSHOP

This workshop is designed to explore all aspects of the examination results process, including importing results into the software and analysing them to produce headline analyses on results day. Delegates will also explore analyses of subject area and individual class performance.

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Setting up Examinations Organiser (School details, exam boards, rooms, season patterns and series)

Importing basedata and restructuring, refreshing basedata

Assign internal candidates, exam numbers and UCI’s, external candidates

Creation of entry marksheets, amendments

Submitting data to examination boards

Dealing with clashes

Using seating organiser

Reports

Import of results

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ATTENDANCE

Two days

EXAMINATIONS ORGANISER – NEW USERS

This course will cover all of the facilities within SIMS the Examinations Organiser module as well as the import/export of electronic communication files with the examination boards in the nationally agreed format.

Please Note: Examination Analysis will not be covered on this visit. An Examinations Results Analysis Workshop will be held each year in July prior to the results in August.

CONTENT

Setting up Examinations Organiser (School details, exam boards, rooms, season patterns and series)

Importing basedata and restructuring, refreshing basedata

Assign internal candidates, exam numbers and UCI’s, external candidates

Creation of entry marksheets, amendments

Submitting data to examination boards

Dealing with clashes

Using seating organiser

Reports

Import of results

AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

Full Day (additional time may be required dependent on knowledge)

EXAMINATIONS ORGANISER – NEW USERS ON-SITE VISIT

This visit will cover all of the facilities within SIMS the Examinations Organiser module as well as the import/export of electronic communication files with the examination boards in the nationally agreed format.

Please Note: Examination Analysis will not be covered on this visit. An Examinations Results Analysis Workshop will be held each year in July prior to the results in August.

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Basedata structure

Linking awards to courses for examinations in Course Manager

Marksheet creation by series or award

Clash reports

Different roles within a school that impact on the Examinations Officer’s work

Running reports

Understanding SIMS assessment links

AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

Half Day

EXAMINATIONS ORGANISER – TOP TIPS AND TECHNIQUES

Revisit some of the key features within Examinations Organiser and explore techniques to improve efficiency, saving both time and resources and helping to streamline the examination process effectively.

CONTENT

Creating a domestic season and series

Creating basedata

Assigning candidates and issue examination numbers

Making entries

Managing clashes and seating

Running reports

Cloning basedata series

Understanding SIMS assessment links

AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

Half Day

MOCK EXAMINATIONS

Investigate how Examinations Organiser can be used to manage mock examinations and explore the links to SIMS Assessment.

CONTENT

How information can be obtained about different aspects of school performance

How current attainment and progress data can be analysed

How the effectiveness of teaching can be analysed

How behaviour and attendance can be monitored using SIMS

How teaching and learning can be monitored to raise standards and for performance management

How information provided for governors can better inform them in fulfilling their role of critical friend

AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

Full day site visit

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

COURSES

You want to show that your school is well-managed and that you enable pupils to overcome specific learning barriers. Learn how SIMS can help you provide a continuous flow of information to Ofsted about your school’s performance.


To ensure that you are getting the most from SIMS in preparing for an Ofsted inspection and to support your self-evaluation.

OFSTED PROVING YOU ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE


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How best to access and apply key data in SIMS, including attendance, assessment and behaviour data to inform decision making

How to use available tools, including the Discover analysis tool, to analyse the school’s data and find trends and patterns

How to use available tools, including the Discover analysis tool, to identify underperformance and monitor intervention

How to use this analysis to make connections, identify key areas for improvement across the school and support strategic objectives

AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

Full day

AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

On site as required

The effective integration of SIMS can provide key information to support teaching and learning. Find out how to make best use of SIMS as a senior leader.


To discuss and understand the ways in which leaders can benefit from their school’s data rich environment including the development of priorities based on statistical evidence.

The effective use of a Management Information System (MIS) is helping many schools analyse their performance on an ongoing basis and identify the exact nature of issues, monitor interventions and ensure that they are ready when the call comes from the inspection team. In an inspection, heads will need to have access to current information on behaviour, attendance and exclusions, and be able to show evidence of achievement within specific groups of pupils.

Scomis can provide consultancy to ensure that a schools Management Information System is implemented in order to provide the necessary data and analysis required during an inspection.

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Identify and locate the SIMS and FMS components

Installing SIMS and FMS on a workstation

Managing users in System Manager

How to use DBupgrade to apply database upgrades and patches

How to use DBattach to attach and backup databases

AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

Full day

ICTMANAGEMENT

COURSES

Covers the basic essentials of managing SIMS and FMS in the school, where the school hosts their own data. It is not suitable for schools whose data is hosted on the Hosted Application Service. At the end of the day users will know the most common technical tasks and processes involved in managing SIMS and FMS.

SIMS - TECHNICAL ESSENTIALS

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Support pupils and staff in their use of Community Connect 4

Maintain a Community Connect 4 network

Add users and manage essential security settings

Apply custom settings for users and computers

Manage computers, printers and software

Protect the network with backup and restoring systems

AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

Two consecutive days

This course is tailored for Network Managers and Technicians who are upgrading the network from Community Connect 3. Attendees should have experience of supporting a Community Connect 3 network and have previously attended a Community Connect 3 Management course.

Course objective

They key objective of this course is to allow delegates to gain practical knowledge and experience of Community Connect 4 and the new functionality introduced.

COMMUNITY CONNECT 4 – FASTTRACK

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Support pupils and staff in their use of Community Connect 4

Discuss and plan how to use Community Connect 4 for best effect

Monitor and control pupils’ use of computers

Protect the network with backup and anti-virus solutions

Employ best practice for dealing with issues in the absence of your technician

AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

Two consecutive days

This course is suitable for attendees from schools who are new to supporting a network and are supported by a third party technician.

Course pre-requisites

Attendees should be responsible for supervising their Community Connect 4 network, with the support of a third party technician and have some Microsoft Windows experience.

Course objective

The key objective of this course is to leave attendees feeling confident and practised in supporting teachers and pupils in the use of a Community Connect 4 network. Working with their third party support provider will give them maximum classroom success.

COMMUNITY CONNECT 4 FOR ICT CO-ORDINATORS – GETTING STARTED


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How to log into Scomis Hosted Application Service

Downloading and installing the connector

How to reset passwords

Explaining the new shortcuts

Drive mappings

The self-service portal

Multiple applications / pages

Access to documents and files

CONTENT

Learn how to use the Smart tool set to bring lessons to life

Use screen capture to annotate your presentations

Use Smart notebook to mind-map with interactive drag and drop for students

Set up key sorting activities in a matter of minutes

Use the wide palette of shapes, colours and clip art to animate your subject delivery

AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

Half day – Onsite or Scomis training venue

AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

On site half a day / day floorwalking, remote training for 1 hour

Get up to date with all the latest updates in Smart Board software. It aims to make sure that you are using the board effectively. This training presentation can be delivered onsite as an inset session or by attending a half day course at Scomis.

There are some subtle differences between the implementation of SIMS in a hosted environment and the local installation you have previously had on your computers at school. This session will assist you with getting started with your new implementation of SIMS within the hosted environment.

GETTING THE MOST OUT OF YOUR SMART BOARD

GETTING STARTED WITH SCOMIS SIMS HOSTING

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What SIMS Partnership Xchange can do

How it works

Roles and responsibilities

Data areas and who is affected

Benefits and outcomes

AUDIENCE

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Half day consultancy

Partnership Xchange facilitates the automated exchange of data between partnership establishments. Partnership Xchange is an extension of SIMS, but the protocols that are used to communicate between the databases are part of an open standard known as the Schools (or Systems) Interoperability Framework (SIF).

The system ensures that any establishments in a partnership can only edit the curriculum assignments and the personal details of their own on-roll students. For example, a school cannot edit the details of students enrolled at other schools (known as ‘guest students’ at this school).

INTRODUCTION TO SIMS PARTNERSHIP XCHANGE

CONTENT

We will look through various aspects of managing a school support team, including:

Service catalogue and service level agreements

Security management within a school

Incident and problem handling within a school

Change, release and patch management

Configuration management

Impact and urgency assessments

Support team roles and competencies

Key Performance Indicators

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One day

This course covers best practice in running a school network and the essential elements of good customer care. Topics covered include a consistency of approach and managing projects along with other vital ingredients of good network management. The activities introduced during the day will serve to reinforce key areas of network management.

Course requirements

An understanding of ICT.

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SIMS InTouch uses SMS and email to provide your school with a complete communication solution. Powerful and efficient, you can engage more effectively with parents and students, keeping them fully informed of everything related to school life, whilst ensuring staff members are always up-to-date, wherever they are. Providing a single system for all your communication needs, SIMS InTouch helps save time and money.

WEB ANDSOCIALMEDIA

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CONTENT

Maintaining your user database for emails and mobile numbers

Sending general messages – by group, class, year, house or User Defined Group

Attendance messages – first day absence, lates, and trigger points

Behaviour, Achievement: Alerts and Cumulative rewards

Timetables, Cover Slips, Exam Results – set up for sending

AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

On site half a day / day floorwalking, remote training for 1 hour

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Issuing contracts and the financial implications of contracts

Adding basic personnel data for new members of staff

Recording teacher details of subjects and qualifications

Recording Staff development

Recording Staff absence

Effectively using the listings within the module

AUDIENCE

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Full day

The Personnel module is one of the key core modules within SIMS. It provides basic personnel data to support external returns but also provides the basis for issuing contracts for staff and maintaining staff development records. Maintaining accurate data is essential for accurate budget planning and monitoring. This course is designed for staff with little or no knowledge of Personnel procedures.

PERSONNEL FOR NEW USERS

CONTENT

Running and modifying existing reports

Adding fields, filters, defining the sort order and generating a report in a different application, e.g. Excel instead of Word

Creating and modifying new reports

Mail Merge information from the staff record

Generating address labels for staff

Producing analysis reports

CONTENT

Setting up a line management structure

Setting up and configuring permissions

Customising lookups and settings

Recording and managing staff objectives

Recording and managing observations

Recording and managing reviews

Generating insightful reports and analysis

AUDIENCE

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Full day

AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

Half day

This course steps through the report creation using Staff data, starting with simple reports and progressing to producing complex reports. All output options will be used, including Word, Excel, RTF Forms and Analysis.

Delegates will be given time to practice creating reports such as a detailed staff absence sheet, a staff salary letter and a Staff Data Collection sheet amongst others.

Staff Performance enables the school leadership team to record, manage and report on core areas of the appraisal process, such as individual objectives, lesson observations, employee reviews and staff development. All your staff performance data is held centrally, securely and integrated with the personnel record to enable you to analyse and report. This module supports central and individual input models.

This course does not provide training on defining school objectives or other performance management policy areas.

REPORTING FROM PERSONNEL

SIMS STAFF PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP

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CONTENT

Understand the fundamentals of Apple’s built in iLife applications: iPhoto, Garageband and iMovie

Understand the power of simple media creation applications such as Photobooth and how image replacement can create alternative delivery methods

Experience media processes such as Chroma Key and Green Screen

Experience the seamless flexibility of sharing content between our iLife applications making use of the media browser

Explore how iLife can enhance today’s teaching and learning

AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

One day onsite or Scomis training course

The Apple in an Hour session aims to show just what Apple technologies can achieve straight out of the box. You will find out just how easy it is to create, edit and share digital media content using Apple’s built in tools. From footage and ideas taken live on the day, we will be creating a multimedia presentation, before sharing it to the iPad - demonstrating the seamless integration with handheld devices that can provide real gains in teaching learning.

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“ If we hadn’t have found Scomis, we wouldn’t have stuck with SIMS. What Scomis offers is unique… our previous service provider would have not have come in and run a session like this with us. Scomis gives SIMS a human face. From our strategy session today, I now understand the big why and see SIMS as a solution not a problem. Now I can see how it can transform the way in which the school operates.” TRICIA KELLEHER, PRINCIPAL,

THE STEPHEN PERSE FOUNDATION,

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APPS TO BE USED

Showbie

Numbers

Map Trace

Explain Everything

iMovie

Keynote

Apple Maps

Safari

Photos

National Geographic ‘Atlas’ app

Disaster Alert

AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

Half day

The iPad is transforming the way teachers teach and students learn. With powerful media creation tools, interactive textbooks and a universe of apps mean that the learning possibilities for everyone are endless.

‘MEAN AVERAGE’ Using Apple’s ‘Numbers’ App and the popular geography app ‘Map Trace’ to showcase how easy it is to calculate the average distance of local points of interest.

‘ACTIVE VOLCANOES’ Using Apple’s ‘Keynote App’ covering two Volcanoes that have been active in the past 10 years and one that is currently active.

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Overview of the module

Relationship with T6 and timetable structure

Promotion routines from current academic year

Allocation of pupils to classes and bands

Preparing changes in advance using date stamping

Handling carousels (i.e. rotation of classes)

Exporting data to file for editing by Heads of Department and then importing changes

Printing class lists

Printing registration lists

Printing pupil timetables

Links with other programs

AUDIENCE

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Full day

This course covers the routines in the SIMS. net Academic management related to the allocation of pupils to classes.

On successful completion of this course, delegates should be able to manage all the academic routines relating to end of year procedures (allocating pupils to bands and classes as result of new timetable send) and day-to-day management of the pupil curriculum.

Delegates should ideally already have a working knowledge of class management within the school. In most schools the delegates will be administrators who manage the pupil curriculum.

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The mechanics of timetabling

What are the qualities of a good timetable?

What information does a timetabler require?

Departmental planning

Curriculum planning and analysis

Conflict matrices and clash tables

Structuring the departmental plans into suitable structures ready for scheduling

The thinking behind scheduling and timetabling

Scheduling techniques

CONTENT

Changes in course manager in the spring and summer 2015 upgrade

Extra fields required for the 2015 Post 16 collection for school census

Maintaining Post 16 learning aims through Course Manager

Collection of funded hours

Import and assign QAN codes

Maintaining links to exams organiser

Manage the Post 16 census process

AUDIENCE

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AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

Full day

Schools sometimes appoint a new timetabler who has little or no experience of how to construct a timetable. This course is designed to inform delegates of the key aspects in providing the timetable for a school.

This course does not rely on the use of any particular Timetable package or method, but will draw from the NovaT suite and also from using spreadsheets.

Delegates will have the opportunity to discuss the strategies needed to prepare and produce a timetable, whether on a computer system or by using another method, or by a mixture of approaches. This course provides the ideal introduction for those new to timetabling prior to using SIMS Nova T6. Course participants are advised to book on the Nova T6 New Users Course available each Spring Term.

This course covers the changes in the collection of Post 16 data for the Autumn 2015 census. It will cover the maintenance and collection of course and exam information from Course Manager in preparation for the Autumn census.

AN INTRODUCTION TO TIMETABLING

COURSE MANAGER AND POST 16 LEARNING AIMS


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Getting started with Cover 7

Links with P7 and Nova T6

Setting up staff, organisations and working patterns

Setting up reasons, rules, rotas and other settings

Understanding the cover diary

Recording staff absences and room closures

Generating exam room closures

Creating outputs and reports glossary

CONTENT

Understanding how courses appear in SIMS

Understanding automatic and manual course maintenance

Changing existing courses and adding new courses

Integration with other processes in SIMS including Nova T, assessment and exams

AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

Full day

AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

Full day

Cover 7 is integrated in SIMS.net and reads information from P7 and T6. It allows the user to manage absences and room closures and allocate suitable cover. All cover arrangements will automatically show on the welcome screen of the teacher as they log into SIMS – alongside their timetable. Daily coverslips and printouts can be produced for staff and statistical cover reports produced.

This course covers maintaining courses and course memberships in SIMS for Secondary Schools.

SIMS COVER FOR NEW USERS

MAINTAINING COURSE MANAGER IN SIMS

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CONTENT

An overview of Nova T6

Managing datasets for multiple users

Cycle changes mid year

Changes to staff, classes and rooms

Managing carousels in T6 and in SIMS

Understanding the curriculum transfer to SIMS.net and the importance of dates to be used.

The inter dependency of T6 and SIMS.net.

Efficient use of non-class codes

Reports and checking procedures

CONTENT

Importing data from Nova T6

Setting the correct cycle definition

Constructing one or more curriculum plan

Assigning resources (teachers, facilities, rooms) to the classes

Choose session lengths for each class and deploy the resources

Apply suitable entries for non-teaching activities and for to blank out part time staff for part of the week

Construct the timetable (manual and/or automatic scheduling)

Managing the timetable

Exporting the timetable to SIMS.net

AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

Full day

AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

Four full days

Many schools are new to Nova T6 in the last couple of years and will wish to ensure that the timetable is managed during the academic year as efficiently as possible.

This course is targeted not just at Timetablers but also at the many Administrators who seek to manage the timetable.

Nova T6 offers the user the ability to construct, analyse and schedule the timetable. The work is very visual and uses a ‘click and drag’ approach. The completed timetable can be returned directly to SIMS.net for the allocation of students and then printing.

These training days are deliberately organised in pairs spread over a period of time to allow the user to follow up their training on their own data prior to the next main session, so that any suitable questions can be addressed. If possible bring along a schematic diagram of the curriculum plan.

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Create courses including multi block courses

Entering pupil choices

Analysing choices

Allocate choices

Lock allocations

Print out reports

Final displays and return of data to Nova T6 and SIMS.net

CONTENT

Managing academic promotions

Allocating students to classes

Managing rotations in SIMS.net

Printing timetable reports

Using the analysis reports

Printing student and class lists

Target audience

AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

Full day

AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

Full day

This course covers the use of the Options/Pupil Grouping routines. This course is for Staff with responsibility for management of academic groupings of students, especially for Options procedures for new Years 10 or 12.

On successful completion of the course, delegates should be able to:

• Set up NovaT and SIMS.net and allocate bands to pupils

• Set up an implementation by constructing option blocks

• Enter, display and analyse pupil choices

• Use the inbuilt Solution Editor to find the best fit for pupils options choices

• Return data to NovaT and SIMS.net

• Print letters for parents

This course will cover the allocating of students to classes once next year’s timetable has been sent across to SIMS.net and printing the staff / student timetables. In addition it will explore all the new reporting functionality that has been transferred to SIMS.net from Nova T4.

SIMS OPTIONS FOR NEW USERS

POPULATING CLASSES AND PRINTING TIMETABLES

MICROSOFT COURSES

CONTENT

What is Visio

Using master shapes

Using stencils

Creating templates

Formatting diagrams

Creating basic flowcharts

Creating basic organisation charts

Printing diagrams

AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

Full day

To provide the delegate with a working knowledge of Visio to enable them to produce and amend business diagrams. Delegates will be able to create a variety of business diagrams such as flowcharts and organisation charts.

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The excel interface

Excel basics

Editing your workbook

Printing and viewing your workbook

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Advanced file tasks

Working with functions and formulas

Managing tables

Adding the finishing touches

Showing data as a graphic

AUDIENCE

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Full day

AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

Full day

Microsoft’s powerful and easy-to-use spreadsheet programme, Excel, is a popular tool for creating spreadsheets, analysing data, and charting information. Excel incorporates a number of tools to help new users enter and analyse data quickly and efficiently.

This Foundation level is intended to help all novice computers get up to speed quickly. Understanding and experience with printing and using a Web browser is an asset, but not required. No previous experience with other versions of Excel is necessary. The manual will also help more experienced users who have little to no experience with Excel and the ribbon interface.

Excel is a popular tool for creating spreadsheets, analysing data, and charting information. It incorporates robust error checking, numerous file validation/verification tools, image editing, and Sparklines (charts within individual cells).

This Intermediate level is intended to help everyday users of Excel become more proficient by expanding their knowledge of functions, formulas, and new Excel features. The manual will also help more experienced users who have little to no experience with Excel and the ribbon interface.

EXCEL 2010 FOUNDATION

MICROSOFT OFFICE EXCEL 2010 STEP 2

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CONTENT

Starting out

The word interface

Advanced tabs and customisation

Creating documents

Doing more with text

CONTENT

Pivoting data

Charting pivoted data

Advanced Excel tasks

Macros, Visual Basic, and Excel programming

AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

Full day

AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

Full day

Microsoft’s flagship productivity software, Word, incorporates many new features and connectivity options in efforts to make collaboration and production as easy as possible. This Foundation level is intended to help all novice computer users get up to speed quickly. The manual will also help more experienced users who have little to no experience with Word and the ribbon interface.

Highlights of the course include a complete overview of the interface; quick-start information on creating a basic document; basic editing techniques; and information on formatting, printing, and viewing tools.

Microsoft’s spreadsheet programme, Excel, is a popular tool for creating spreadsheets, analysing data, and charting information. It incorporates robust error checking, numerous file validation/verification tools, image editing, and Sparklines (charts within individual cells).

This session is intended to help everyday users of Excel present their data in more effective ways using PivotTables and PivotCharts and will also expand your knowledge of excel functions including logical and lookup functions. You will also learn how to record and run simple macros.

MICROSOFT OFFICE WORD 2010 FOUNDATION

MICROSOFT OFFICE EXCEL 2010 STEP 3

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Managing your documents

Using formatting tools

Creating headers and footers

Using time saving tools

Finishing your document

CONTENT

Working with pictures

Working with advanced graphics and objects

Creating tables

Creating equations and charts

AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

Full day

AUDIENCE

ATTENDANCE

Full day

Word is Microsoft’s flagship productivity software and incorporates many new features and connectivity options in an effort to make collaboration and production as easy as possible. This Intermediate level course is intended to help everyday computer users become more proficient with Word.

Highlights of the course include working with templates, headers, and footers; using the new Navigation Pane; and using the Mail Merge Wizard. By the end of this manual, users should be comfortable with making more complex documents.

Microsoft Office Word incorporates many features and connectivity options in efforts to make collaboration and production as easy as possible. Our Advanced course will teach participants how to insert and customize all sorts of exciting Word objects, including pictures, Clip Art, screenshots, shapes, text boxes, watermarks, Building Blocks, Quick Parts, SmartArt, tables, charts, and equations.

Highlights of the course include a discussion of the new Background Removal tool, an overview of new artistic effects for pictures, information on the new cropping tools, steps to create a custom watermark, and complete coverage of the contextual tabs for each object.

MICROSOFT OFFICE WORD 2010 INTERMEDIATE

MICROSOFT OFFICE WORD 2010 ADVANCED

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SCOMIS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS SUPPORT SERVICEThis service provides Service Desk support for MIS queries which can be logged via telephone, fax, email, or a self-service portal. The Service Desk is available from 8.00am to 6.00pm Monday to Thursday (5.00pm on a Friday) during term time and 9.00am to 5.00pm during school holidays and from 7.30am on exams results days.

The Service Desk is staffed by experienced analysts who have a breadth and depth of knowledge across all aspects of SIMS and associated modules such as FMS, Discover, SIMS Learning Gateway and InTouch. Support is provided for a single fee per year regardless of how many of these modules you are using.

Our analysts can resolve ‘How do I ?’ queries from members of staff across a school from Administrators and your IT Technician through to Teaching Staff, School Business and Finance Managers and members of the Senior Leadership Team. There are no limits on the number of users or the volume of incidents or requests logged.

We are very proud of the service levels we provide and more information about our performance against our targets agreed can be found in our Service Reports which are available on our website.

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DIRECT ACCESS TO SIMS EXPERTS – HELP WHEN YOU NEED IT MOST

It is common practice within the IT service industry to resource service desks using a tiered escalation procedure. First line calls are taken by staff that log the call then pass it to the next level. Whilst this enables providers to claim that they respond to queries quickly, this does not normally result in a resolution or first time fix. At Scomis we do not have a tiered approach to service delivery. This means that the person that picks up the call is an expert.

We offer full application support to users including ‘How do I?’ support. Most other provider’s services are restricted to ‘it’s broken’ support only.

FAST RESPONSE TIMES AND HIGH FIRST TIME RESOLUTION RATES – WE TAKE OWNERSHIP OF YOUR ISSUES

98.11% of calls last year were answered within 30 seconds.

62.99% of calls were resolved at first contact.

If we need to escalate internally or to Capita, we continue to act as a single point of contact.

UNLIMITED SERVICE PROVISION – NO BARRIERS TO USE

Other providers place caps on the number of incidents that can be raised and/or the number of users that can access their services. We do not place any restrictions on the number of times you can call us, nor do we restrict the number of users.

HELPING USERS TO HELP THEMSELVES – FLEXIBLE SERVICE PROVISION

We proactively provide help in a number of different formats to suit different users. This includes FAQs, bulletins and webinars. Calls can also be logged via email or using your own self-service portal.

This proactive approach has led to a year on year reduction in the number of cases logged of 12% despite a growth in our customer base of 51 schools.

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Key benefits of our support service include:

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OTHER SCOMIS SERVICES

SCOMIS HOSTEDAPPLICATIONS SERVICE

This service has been developed by Scomis to remove the burden of managing SIMS onsite with school based servers. This means that you do not need to worry about upgrades, patches, backups or keeping server software up to date. We take care of everything for you remotely and with no disruption to your school day. This flexible solution provides secure access to your data from anywhere with an internet connection, it includes integration with third party applications and helps extend the life of your hardware.

Key benefits of our hosted applications service include:

SEAMLESS, SECUREAND FLEXIBLE ACCESS

You can access SIMS at any time using a range of devices - whether in school, at home or anywhere with an internet connection.

Our service enables you to meet the growing demand to provide access to SIMS from home, promoting flexible working and a good work life balance for your users.

Our data security features mean access can be provided outside school without compromising requirements for the safeguarding of sensitive information.

FEDERATED ACCESS

Multi School Academy Trusts and Federations welcome!

Our service can transform the way multi-school operations work by providing access to each school data set through one secure logon - enabling your users to work from any site.

This includes finance where we also host FMS with multiple database options and have additional services to host PS Financials and Corero Accounting Applications 4.

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SIMS IN THE CLASSROOM– MADE EASY!

Embedding SIMS in the classroom can cost your school in terms of managing the applications on workstations and with some hosting providers you will even incur a per user charge.

Our pricing includes access for as many users as you need, including all teachers!

Creating new users is a trouble free operation managed by your staff - no helpdesk call required!

HASSLE FREE UPGRADES

We take care of the upgrades and patches for you.Capita release three upgrades per year and a number of patches throughout the year. These can be disruptive to deploy and distract your staff from making the best use of SIMS in their working day.

Scomis apply upgrades out of hours - usually after 5.00pm on a Friday and customers are given plenty of notice so there is minimum disruption to your users.

Scomis test all new releases to ensure any initial bugs are found and resolved. This means that once deployed you can be confident of a seamless transition for the school.

HARDWARE/SOFTWARE UPDATES

Reduce the burden by hosting with Scomis. Maintaining your own infrastructure can be a costly exercise. If you have locally hosted SIMS you will need to migrate to the latest versions of SOLUS and SQL on a regular basis - service providers are likely to charge to perform these migrations for you. You may also need to upgrade or replace your existing server and workstation hardware and devices.

We will become responsible for server related software licencing such as SQL.

You will reduce your server hardware requirement and extend the life of your workstation hardware utilising our hosted solution.

OFFSITE BACKUP

We take care of your data so you can concentrate on getting the most out of it. Scomis value and protect our customers’ data by having proven and reliable processes in place.

Every night we backup your SIMS database and regularly validate that this was successful.

We can restore daily data up to the last 30 days and rolled up monthly data for the previous 5 months allowing a full 6 month recovery.

BUILT-IN RESILIENCE

Giving you extra peace of mind.

Your data is held on our enterprise class datacentre at Great Moor House in Exeter. The data is also mirrored to a remote site within Devon County Council so if anything happens to our servers you can rest assured that your data is still safe.

THIRD PARTY APPLICATION INTEGRATION

Trouble free integration with SIMS. You may well be using a number of applications that integrate with SIMS.

Our solution ensures that the links between these applications and SIMS continue to work once your data has been moved to us.

An automated installation creates a secure connection between Scomis and your site enabling a transparent operation with all 3rd party SIMS integrated applications.

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HIGH LEVELS OF AVAILABILITY

You can be confident that our solution is robust. Performance against our KPIs is regularly published for our customers and the service is generally available 24/7.

Our target is to ensure that hosted applications are available to you 99% or more between 8.00am and 6:00pm during term time. Last year we achieved 100% availability. In industry significantly higher premiums would be chargeable for these levels of availability.

NO HIDDEN COSTS

All features of our service are included as standard.

Some providers may charge more for upgrades, patches, backup and restore services and/or the addition of third party connectors when you purchase new third party products that integrate with your SIMS database. With Scomis you pay one set price per year for all of your SIMS hosting needs.

MORE THAN 10 YEARS OF INVESTMENT

You can be confident that our solution is robust.

We have developed our hosted solution for over 10 years and have a programme of continual investment to ensure performance is maximised and to keepup to date with market developments.

SUPERIOR USER EXPERIENCE

We aim to provide the best user experience.

From our seamless connector that is used to access the service through to provision for federated schools, we aim to provide the best user experience. You can even set up new users and reset passwords without having to log a call. We are also able to offer instant remote support without the need to download any additional tools so that our Service Desk can quickly access your desktop and work on your issue with you.

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VENUES

BARNSTAPLE

Barnstaple Library and Record OfficeBarnstaple Library Tuly StreetBarnstaple EX32 1EL

DIRECTIONSFor car parking please see the website address below which gives a list of car parks available in barnstaple. We recommend you park in either fairview or lower pilton car parks as they are both long stay with reasonable charges. For convenience there is also a car park in tuly street (in front of the library) but this is more expensive for long stay parking.On arrival at the library please go directly to the training suite which is on the first floor via the staircase on the right in the main entrance. A lift is also available.

PARKINGwww.northdevon.gov.uk/parking/council-car-parks/?ID=&DS=520

TORBAY

South Devon CollegeVantage Point Long RoadPaignton TQ4 7EJ DIRECTIONSThe location of the South Devon College Paignton Campus can be found on the following website: www.southdevon.ac.uk/contact-and-travel

EXETER

ScomisGreat Moor House Bittern RoadSowton Exeter EX2 7NL

BY BUSThe RED Park & Ride service from Exeter City centre, Paris Street, runs every 12 minutes and takes you directly to the Honiton Road Park and Ride car park at

the rear of Great Moor House. Walk along the footpath to the right of Great Moor House, turn left and follow the slope up to the main entrance. The H1 Stagecoach service from Exeter City centre from Central Train Station, Queen Street, High St and Sidwell Street. Get off at the Barn Owl pub, cross the road into the Honiton Road Park & Ride site and follow the directions as above.The 56 Stagecoach service from St David’s Railway Station via the Bus Station to Honiton Road operates every hour. Get off at the Barn Owl Pub, cross the road into the Honiton Road Park & Ride and follow directions as above.

BUS CONTACTSStagecoachTimetable: 0871 200 2233Fares: 01392 427711Website: www.stagecoachbus.com/devon

PLYMOUTH

Computer Based TrainingThe Ivybridge Library Erme Court Leonards Road Ivybridge PL21 0SZ

Training PresentationsThe Watermark Centre Erme Court Leonards Road Ivybridge PL21 0SZ

If you are attending an all day course, please park at the Leonards Road Car Park as there are no time restrictions. On arrival at the Library you will find the IT Training Suite through the Coffee shop on the ground floor. For directions and details on parking please see the link below.

Local training for Training Presentations in the Plymouth area is normally held at The Watermark Centre, Erme Court, Leonards Road, Ivybridge, PL21 0SZ. The Watermark Centre is on the first floor of the Ivybridge Library. For directions and details on parking please see the link opposite.

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS

YOU AGREE THAT:Payment of course fees will be due on receipt of our invoice. This will be issued when we have confirmed your course booking.

CANCELLATIONSCourse members wishing to withdraw from a course should contact Scomis as soon as possible. Please note if you wish to cancel your booking the following charges will apply:

• 11 - 20 working days’ notice 33% charge• 3 - 10 working days’ notice 66% charge• 48 hours or less full charge

All cancellations must be confirmed either by:

• Letter• Email to [email protected]• Fax 01392 385302

SCOMIS AGREE THAT:The following costs are included in the course fee:

• Course documentation and training materials• Refreshments and lunch for full day courses • Every attempt will be made to provide the courses in the form described in this training directory. However, there may be changes in course content in response to any software developments that may occur.

Scomis will confirm places on courses by e-mail to the school admin address. Places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. This may mean that we are not able to accommodate you on your chosen date. We will try to offer you an alternative date, or place you on a waiting list. Schools will be invoiced for course fees.

For enquiries, bookings and costs, please contact Scomis using the following methods:

Tel: 01392 385300 or by email: [email protected]

DIRECTIONS AND AVAILABLE CAR PARKINGwww.ivybridgewatermark.co.uk/how-to-find-us

Please be aware there will be a car parking fee to pay.Please consider the possibility of car sharing with schools in your area who are also attending the same course. Scomis would be happy to assist in this, if required.Please always check your course confirmation email for the correct venue address.

OXFORD

Oxford Witney Four Pillars HotelDucklington Lane WitneyOxfordshire OX28 4EX

DIRECTIONSFrom London, 10 miles west of Oxford/7 miles east of Burford. From the M40 take J8 or J9, follow the signs to Oxford and take the A40 towards Cheltenham. Leave the A40 at the A415 Witney/Abingdon. The hotel is at the bottom of the slip road on the left hand side.

Private car parking is available.

PORTSMOUTH

The Holiday InnPembroke Road PortsmouthHampshire PO1 2TA

DIRECTIONSBy car: follow M27 to JCT 12. Follow M275 into city centre. Follow signs for ferries & seafront. When approaching seafront, hotel is next right after Kings Road roundabout. Some parking is available but if you need to park on the road ask at reception for a permit, otherwise you will have to pay at the meter.

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Scomis, Great Moor House, Bittern Road, Sowton, Exeter, EX2 7NL

phone: 01392 385300fax: 01392 385302 email: [email protected]

www.devon.gov.uk/scomis

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