List of role options

   

Manage

Address Changes

Capitalise Town

Always begin towns or cities with a capital letter.

Parents' evenings (this is the administrative view, not the parents view)

Alternative menu title	Enter a menu title to use in menus in place of Parents evenings.
Allow access to multiple staff	Allows the user to make bookings on behalf of any member of staff.
Allow access to event management	Allows the user to edit the event i.e. Start and End time.
Allow over booking	Allow the user to double-book pupils.
Allow unavailable and break booking	Allow the user to make bookings, even where slots are marked as unavailable or break.

Notice composer

Alternative menu title	Enter a menu title to use in menus in place of Notice composer.
Show other users notices	Display notices created/edited by other users.

Assignments

Show all classes and subjects

Allow staff to set assignments for any class, not just those that they teach.

   

Attendance

Attendance summary

Alternative menu 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
Show week by week	Turn this on to show the week-by-week section of the summary
Show codes summary	Show or hides the Code summary table
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.

Lesson summary

Use "show lesson 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.
Show codes summary	Show or hides the Code summary table.
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	Select this option if you want the user to be able to report planned absences.
Maximum age of absence in days	The number of days upto which the user can report historic absences through Insight.
Acceptance message	Enter an acceptance message here should you wish to do so.

General

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.

SMyLE

URL	Enter the URL to give access to SMyLE
Start	Enter date from which user will have access to SMyLE through Insight.
End	Enter date to which user will have access to SMyLE through Insight
Years	Enter the year group/s for which the user will have access to SMyLE

Snapshot

Alternative menu title	Enter a word 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 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	Selecting shows the attendance alert.
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.
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.
Behaviour	Switches the behaviour section on or off
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	Turn this on to hide SIS events form this small notices subset, while leaving them in the full notices list.
Server performance report	This will provide a summary of SQL server performance, and is only to be used for investigative purposes.

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
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 medical	Shows or hides medical information

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.

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.

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

Parents evenings (this is the reports item, and as a scroll in the corner)

Alternative menu title

Enter a word to use in menus in place of Parents evenings