Revision as of 16:24, 10 December 2015

This sets the default for the "Submission in class" option. If Submission in class is active, then pupils/parents cannot submit assignments only (submission is only allowed in class)

Manage events

There are no additional settings for this feature

Manage students events

Alternative menu title

The menu item will be renamed to this

Attendance

Attendance summary

Title

Enter a menu title to use in menus in place of Attendance Summary.

Show attendance by session

Shows or hides the Attendance by session bar graph

Use "show sessions for years" setting from Snapshot

The attendance summary will be shown or hidden, depending on the settings in the mentioned snapshot role option

Show week by week

Turn this on to show the week-by-week section of the summary

merge AM and PM

Bundles AM and PM present marks into a single mark.

Show statistical summary

Shows or hides the statistical summary table

Show calendar view

Shows or hides the calendar view for attendance.

Disclaimer

Enter details of any necessary disclaimer.

Attendance comparison

There are no additional settings for this feature

Attendance career

There are no additional settings for this feature

Lesson summary

Use "show sessions for years" setting from Snapshot

This will show or hide the whole menu item for students not in the relevant Snapshot list.

Show week by week

Turn this on to show the week-by-week section of the summary

merge AM and PM

Bundles AM and PM present marks into a single mark.

Show statistical summary

Shows or hides the statistical summary table

Show calendar view

Shows or hides the calendar view for attendance.

Disclaimer

Enter details of any necessary disclaimer.

Report Absences

Valid reasons

Enter a list of valid reasons for absence, separated by the + symbol.

Allow reporting of planned absences

This allows parents to notify the school about upcoming absences

Allow reporting of historical absences

This allows parents to notify the school about previous absences

Maximum age of absence in days

Parents cannot report absences which are older than the number of days shown in this option

Disclaimer

A disclaimer that will appear on the page when parents are reporting absences

Acceptance message

The message that will be displayed when users report an absence

Extra Curriculum

Show attendance

A column will be displayed showing whether or not the pupil attended

Show comments

Comments added during the extra curricular activity will be displayed

Earliest

An extra curricular activities which took place earlier than this date will not be displayed

General

Parents evenings

Alternative menu title

Enter a menu title to use in menus in place of Parents evenings

allow non-teachers

Turn this on to allow parents to reserve parents evening bookings with staff who do not directly teach their children.

allow user bookings

Turn this on to allow parents evening appointments to be made.

Disclaimer

Enter details of any necessary disclaimer.

Earliest

Parents evenings taking place before this date will not be shown

Hide staff with no appointments remaining

Staff will not appear on the booking list if they have no remaining slots

School dinners

Alternative menu title

Enter a menu title to use in menus in place of School dinners

Options Offer

Show List name on Choices Summary

The name of the list or block will be shown next to the selected options

Allow option selection

Allows the user to make selections from the options offer

empty selection text

Text that appears at the to of the page when no selections have been made

Allow parental consent

This displays an area for parents to indicator whether or not they consent to the choices

Allow parental disapproval

This displays an area for parents to indicator whether or not they disapprove of the choices

Show school approval

This displays the school's approval/disapproval of the choices

iCal export

There are no additional settings for this feature

Snapshot

Alternative menu title

Enter a menu title to use in menus in place of Snapshot

House colours

Although not recommended, you can enter a list of house name/colour code pairs, each pair separated from the next by a semi-colon, and containing the house name followed by a colon, then the HTML colour, including the hash character.

Current attendance

Switch the attendance section on or off.

show sessions for years

Use asterisk to show sessions for all years, or enter a list of year numbers separated by the plus symbol.

show lessons for years

Use asterisk to show lessons for all years, or enter a list of year numbers separated by the plus symbol.

show Rooms

Displays room codes in the current attendance section.

Show times

Display the time of each lesson

show gridlines

Displays the current attendance section with separating lines between classes

show attendance symbols

Shows symbols for attendance.

show hover over descriptions

Description of icon displayed when hovered over

This terms attendance

Show or hide a graph of the current term's attendance

Alerts

shows the alerts set up in SIMS.net (Tools - Setups - Student Teacher View) for Attendance, Behaviour, and Exclusions

Including Attendance for years

Use asterisk to show lessons for all years, or enter a list of year numbers separated by the plus symbol.

Including Behaviour

Selecting shows the behaviour alert.

Including Exclusion

Selecting shows the exclusion alert.

all Exclusions are unacceptable

As you can't set SIMS to jump from green to red in one go, selecting this does the same job.

Using hands in place of flags

The default is flags or you can opt for hands, thumb up or down.

Showing rules used

Shows the rules used to set up alerts.

Display annotations on screen

Displays information on the screen usually acquired by hovering over icon.

Behaviour

Switches the behaviour section on or off

Using behaviour incidents in the range

Select the range from, All, This year, This term, This week or Today to use for the snapshot alert.

show recent behaviours

Displays a rolling feed of the most recent positive and negative behaviour incidents

Use points instead of events for behaviour

Shows points score instead of the number of incidents.

Notices

Show or hide recent notices and/or SIMS events.

showing current year

Turn this on to show the current school year details.

excluding SIMS events

Hides SIMS event-based notices from the snapshot page, although they will still appear on the notices page

Server performance report

This will provide a summary of SQL server performance, and is only to be used for investigative purposes.

Assignments

Show the assignments section on the snapshot

Recent reports

A small area will appear when a student has recently had a report added to their linked documents

maximum age in days

How long until the recent reports area disappears, once a report has been published

Notices

Alternative menu title

Enter a menu title to use in menus in place of Notices

Show public linked documents

Select to show any public linked documents for the selected pupil that has been uploaded to SIMS.

public linked documents earliest date

Enter a date before which linked documents will not be shown

do not show the following documents types

Enter a list of blocked document types, separated by the plus symbol

Personal details

Show tutors name

Turn this on to show the long name instead of initials.

Show SEN Status

Show or hide the current SEN status.

Show Contact Student details

Show or hide the student's contact details.

Show Other Users Details

Shows or hides the details of other contacts for the pupil held in SIMS. Use with caution

Show Home Address

Shows or hides the home address in full. Use with caution

Show inform us by email panel

Displays a small panel allowing users to send a message to a chosen email address

inform us by email instructions

Allow address changes

Users can notify school of any changes to address when this option is selected.

Allow telephone number changes

Users can notify school of any changes to telephone numbers when this option is selected.

Allow email address changes

Users can notify school of any changes to email addresses when this option is selected.

Allow student email address changes

Users can notify school of any changes to the student's email address when this option is selected.

Show telephone contact notes

This option allows the user to see any notes entered here or in SIS against the contact number.

Show mode of travel

Shows or hides the student's usual mode of travel to school.

allow mode of travel changes

Allows changes to student's mode of travel.

Show route

Shows or hides the route to school usually taken by the student.

allow route changes

Allows changes to student's route to school.

Show emergency contact

Shows or hides the emergency contact for the pupil held in SIMS. Use with caution

Show dietary requirements

Shows or hides the student's dietary needs if any.

allow dietary requirements changes

Allows changes to student's dietary requirements

Show home language

Shows or hides the student's home language.

allow home language changes

Allows changes to home language

Show Religion

Shows or hides the student's religion.

allow religion changes

Allows changes to religion

Show FSM

Shows or hides the Free School Meals status.

Show Connexions assent

Shows the assent status where applicable.

Show gender

Shows or hides gender of student

Show ethnicity

Shows or hides any ethnicity information

allow ethnicity changes

Allows changes to ethnicity information.

Show consents

Shows or hides consents from user

allow consent changes

Allows changes to consent information.

Show chosen name

Shows or hides preferred name

Show house

Displays the student's house group

Show medical

Shows or hides medical information

include medical notes

Notes from the medical section in SIMS will be displayed

allow medical condition changes

Allow the user to request medical condition changes

allow medical practice changes

Allow the user to request changes to their medical practice details

allow medical note additions

Allow the user to update the medical notes held in SIMS

Always hide these consents

Enter each consent name you wish to hide from Insight, separated by commas

Timetable

Show Staff Names	Shows the teachers long name instead of initials
Use "show lessons for years" setting from Snapshot	If this option is turned on, lessons marks will only be displayed for the years listed in the show lessons for years
and use this to hide the whole period	If this option is turned on, the whole lesson will be hidden for the listed years. If it is turned off, the lesson will be shown, but without a mark.
Use "show sessions for years" setting from Snapshot	Shows and hides statutory registration periods. Please see Timetable periods for clarification.
Show session marks	Shows or hides the attendance marks for statutory registration periods.
Show class codes for lessons	Shows or hides the class code - the subject will remain.
Show rooms	Shows or hides an indication of the timetabled room
use short room name	If the room is show, you can select to display either the long or the short name.
Squeeze misaligned slots	Where there may be gaps in the timetable, or if lessons do not happen at the same time each day, this option formats the timetable more regularly.
Hide these subjects	Enter a list of subjects which are always to be hidden, separated by the plus symbol.
Allow use of /_Personalisation/TimetableJump.aspx	Allows user to see specific sections of the timetable within other systems.
Show SMyLE feedback	Allows user to see feedback from SMyLE.

Weather

There are no additional settings for this feature

SEN Details

Alternative menu title	Enter a word to use in menus in place of SEN Details.
Earliest	Enter a date before which SEN events, provisions, etc. will not be shown.
Show needs	Shows or hides a list of the student's needs
replace needs with full descriptions	If the needs are not descriptive enough, you can show the full descriptions.
Show events	Show or hide SEN events
Show provisions	Show or hide SEN Provisions
Show IEPs	Show or hide education plans
Show gifted and talented	Show or hide gifts and talents
Show review information	Show or hide SEN review dates and details
Show statements	Show or hide SEN statements
Show SEN documents	Show or hide SEN documents uploaded to SIMS

BBC Education News

Start	Enter date from which user will have access to BBC Education News through Insight
End	Enter end date to which user will have access to BBC Education News through Insight
Years	Enter the year group/s for which the user will have access to BBC Education News

BBC Sports News

Start	Enter date from which user will have access to BBC Sports News through Insight
End	Enter end date to which user will have access to BBC Sports News through Insight
Years	Enter the year group/s for which the user will have access to BBC Sports News

Linked adults and agencies

Alternative menu title	Enter a word to use in menus in place of Linked adults and agencies, for example Useful contacts
Show Agent	Includes agents in the directory
Expand Agent	Expands the Agent node by default
Show Agency	Includes agencies in the directory
Expand Agency	Expands the Agency node by default
Show Academic	Includes relevant academic staff in the directory
Expand Academic	Expands the Academic node by default
Show Pastoral	Includes relevant pastoral staff in the directory
Expand Pastoral	Expands the Pastoral node by default
Show Contact	Includes all student contacts in the directory. This should be used with caution
Expand Contact	Expands the Contact node by default
Show Medical	Includes medical contacts in the directory.
Expand Medical	Expands the Medical node by default
Show Other	Includes any other contacts in the directory.
Expand Other	Expands the Other node by default

Assignments

Alternative menu title	Enter a word to use in menus in place of Assignments , for example Homework
Earliest	Enter the number of weeks for which the user will see the student's homework.
Strip old open	This option will show or hide any assignments still in the open state, i.e. because it has not been handed-in.
Show status column	Show or hide the assignment status information.
Show mark column	Show or hide the assignment mark.

Forums

New topics can be added	turn this on to allow users in this Role to start new topics.
Replies can be posted	If replies cannot be posted, forums become effectively announcements.
Replies can be edited	This option allows users to amend their own posts.
Alternative menu title	Enter a word to use in menus in place of Forums, for example Announcements
Use for announcements only	Select this to force the forums into announcements only mode.

Mums net (an example of a user-defined page setup in Preferences)

Start	Enter date from which user will have access to Mums net through Insight
End	Enter date to which user will have access to Mums net through Insight
Years	Enter the year group/s for which the user will have access to Mums net

Behaviour

Achievements

Earliest	Enter a date before which achievements will not be shown.
Show comments	Turn this option on to show achievements comments.
Show points values	Show or hide the point's column.
Show outcomes	Show or hide the outcome column.
Hide zero point items	Leave set to Off to show zero point items, or On to hide them.
Show staff	Show or hide the associated staff column.
Show location	Show or hide the associated location.

Behaviour

Earliest	Enter a date before which behaviours will not be shown.
Show comments	Turn this option on to show behaviour comments.
Only show resolved	Select to show only incidents that have been resolved. Incidents that are on-going will not be shown.
Show points values	Show or hide the point's column.
Show outcomes	Show or hide the outcome column.
Hide zero point items	Leave set to Off to show zero point items, or On to hide them.
Show staff	Show or hide the associated staff column.
Show location	Show or hide the associated location.

Detentions

Show attendance	Shows the attendance in a detention period.
Show comments	Turn this option on to show detention comments.
Earliest	Enter a date before which detentions will not be shown.
Show reasons	Show or hide the reason for a detention.

Report Card

Show details

Turn this option On to show the details on the report card.

Exclusions

Show comments

Turn this option On to show exclusion comments.

Assessment

Assessments

For these years	Enter a list of year groups, separated by the plus symbol, for which this menu item is to be shown.
Show data from how many previous academic years	Select the number of years of data you want the user to see.
or specify other amounts for specific yeargroups	Enter amounts in the form yeargroup:amount, separated by a plus, for example 7:0+8:1+9:2+10:0+11:1+12:0+13:1
Alternative menu title	Enter a word to use in menus in place of Assessments.
Earliest	Enter a date before which assessments will not be shown.
Latest	Enter a date after which assessments will not be shown.
Latest first	Turn this option on to attempt to order the assessments with the most recent at the top.
Limit to current subjects	Turn this option on to only show assessments for currently taken subjects, or leave switched off for all subjects.
Use gradeset description in place of result	Where a result has a description within its gradeset, use this instead of the actual result.
Expand by default	This options sets whether groups of assessments start out expanded or collapsed.
Show result block	To show assessments by resultset or reporting period.
group by result block	Use this option to cluster assessments by resultset or reporting period.
Show latest grade in group rows	Uses the latest grade with a group as a reminder in the group row itself.
Limit Targets to main grade result block	Limit to main grade result block
restrict to outermost group	This option prevents subgroups having latest grades shown in group rows.
Attempt level split on aspect name	Useful only if your aspect names begin with a recognisable level, results can be arranged in levels.
Show grade help popup	Will provide help popup regarding grades.
Show progress charts	Hide or show progress charts

Examination entries

Show forecast grade	Shows or hides the forecast grade column.
Show mode	Shows or hides the mode option.
Show status	Shows or hides the status.
Disclaimer	Enter details of any necessary disclaimer.

Examination results

Date format	Examination results date format
Show points column	Shows or hides the point's column.
points column title	Enter a title for the points column
split points column	Split points column into points and equivalent information.
Show forecast column	Shows or hides the forecast grade column.
Show external column	Shows or hides the external column.
Show due dates	Enter the due dates here.
Disclaimer	Enter details of any necessary disclaimer.

Examination coursework

Key Stage results

Latest date	Enter the latest date for Key Stage results
Include average point scores	Show or hide average point scores
Use gradeset description in place of result	To select the gradeset description instead of results.
KS3 En ATs	Show or hide English result
KS3 Ma ATs	Show or hide Maths result
KS3 Sc ATs	Show or hide Science result
KS3 Other ATs	Show or hide Other result
KS3 En Test Levels	Show or hide English test levels.
KS3 Ma Test Levels	Show or hide Maths test levels.
KS3 Sc Test Levels	Show or hide Science test levels.
KS3 Other Test Levels	Show or hide Other test levels.
KS2 En ATs	Show or hide English result
KS2 Ma ATs	Show or hide Maths result
KS2 Sc ATs	Show or hide Science result
KS2 En Test Levels	Show or hide English test levels.
KS2 Ma Test Levels	Show or hide Maths test levels.
KS2 Sc Test Levels	Show or hide Science test levels.
KS1 En ATs	Show or hide English result
KS1 Ma ATs	Show or hide Maths result
KS1 Sc ATs	Show or hide Science result
KS1 En Test Levels	Show or hide English test levels.
KS1 Ma Test Levels	Show or hide Maths test levels.
KS1 Sc Test Levels	Show or hide Science test levels.

Examination timetable

Use default timetable	There are two possible timetables, the default which has seating arrangements, or alternatively one without if you do not user seating.
Include open seasons	Use this option of you want to show open exam seasons.
Disclaimer	Enter details of any necessary disclaimer.

Subjects

This item is unlike others in that the menu items will be built dynamically dependent on the subjects a student is taking.

Subjects

Earliest date	Enter the date from which the information can be requested.
Latest cut-off date	Enter the date after which information cannot be requested.
Hide non-PDF's	This option will hide anything that is not a PDF file.
prefer HTML to PDF	Opt for HTML over PDF file
Report Documents Filter	Enter a list of keywords, each prefixed with either a plus or minus sign, and separated by ampersands.
Include General Documents containing	When using Linked Documents for reports, leave this blank to not show any General Documents, or enter some filter text to select which to show.
Additional menu using filter	Setup additional menu items for individual reports.
show filtered for years	Use yeargroups separated by +, or the * symbol for all.
Show attendance info	Show or hide attendance information.
Alternative menu title	Allows user to amend a menu title.
Embed report titles into main menu	This will override any other menu titles you have entered earlier and name them after the report titles.
using word wrapping	Allows user to select word wrapping for embedded report titles.
Show grade summary	Use this option to show assessments on the subject pages
for these years	Enter a list of year groups separated by the plus symbol for which you want the grade summary to display
using gradeset descriptions	Where a result has a description within its gradeset, use this instead of the actual result.
for how many previous academic years	Select the number of academic years to go back to find grades for the summary, where zero means the current year only.
or specify other amounts for specific yeargroups	Enter the amount of previous years for specific groups in the form yeargroup:amount, separated by a plus, for example 7:0+8:1+9:2+10:0+11:1+12:0+13:1.
latest first	Show grades ordered latest first.
latest date	Enter a date, after which grades will not be shown, for example if they are pending checks.
use _Personalisation\aspect.priorities file	Allows access to specific information

Reports

SIMS Synchronisation Report

There are no additional settings for this feature

Reports viewed

Alternative menu title

The reports viewed menu item will be renamed to this

Assignments report

Alternative menu title

The Assignments report menu item will be renamed to this

Alternative menu title

The Parents evening menu item will be renamed to this

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Contents

Accounts

Manage

Attendance

General

Timetable

SEN Details

BBC Education News

BBC Sports News

Linked adults and agencies

Assignments

Forums

Mums net (an example of a user-defined page setup in Preferences)

Behaviour

Achievements

Behaviour

Detentions

Report Card

Exclusions

Assessment

Assessments

Examination entries

Examination results

Examination coursework

Key Stage results

Examination timetable

Subjects

Subjects

Reports

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