Accounts

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.

Show times

Display the times of each class

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 learning experience feedback

Allow viewing of non-current years

Allow the user to view timetables from previous or future years

Latest

Any timetable schedules after this date will not be shown

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

SEN events, provisions, etc. will not be shown if they were recorded earlier than this date

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

Displays the student's gifted and talented status

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

School details

Allow email contact

The user will have access to a "Contact us" box, that sends an email to the school office address

Events

Alternative menu title

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

Disclaimer

Enter a disclaimer to be displayed on the events page. This will only be available to events with seat booking

Disclaimer for non seated

Enter a disclaimer to be displayed on the events page. This will only be available to events without seat booking

Student events

Alternative menu title

Enter a menu title to use in menus in place of Student events

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, each separated by a plus symbol

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, each separated by a plus symbol

Linked adults and agencies

Alternative menu title

Enter a menu title to use in menus in place of Linked adults and agencies

Show Agent

Includes agents in the directory

Show Agency

Includes agencies in the directory

Show Academic

Includes relevant academic staff in the directory

Show Pastoral

Includes relevant pastoral staff in the directory

Show Contact

Includes all student contacts in the directory. This should be used with caution

Show Medical

Includes medical contacts in the directory.

Show Other

Includes any other contacts in the directory.

Show photos for Academic and Pastoral staff

Staff photos from SIMS will be displayed.

Assignments

Alternative menu title

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

Earliest

Assignments created before this date will not be displayed

Rolling archive in weeks

Strip old open

Show status column

Show or hide the assignment status information e.g. completed, overdue, etc.

Show mark column

Show or hide the grade for the assignment.

Forums

New topics can be added

turn this on to allow users to start new topics.

Replies can be posted

Users can add comments to topics in the forums

Replies can be edited

This option allows users to amend their own posts.

Alternative menu title

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

Use for announcements only

Select this to force the forums into announcements only mode. Users will not be able to view or create topics, or post replies, regardless of the options above.

Custom gallery / user defined page

Start

Users will not be able to view the user defined page / gallery before this date

End

Users will not be able to view the user defined page / gallery after this date

Years

The gallery / user defined page will only be visible to parents of students in these year groups. Separate the year groups by a plus symbol, or leave blank for all

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

Earliest date

Reports uploaded earlier than this date will not be displayed

Latest cut-off date

Reports uploaded after this date will not be displayed

Hide non-PDF's

Documents will only be displayed if they are PDF

prefer HTML to PDF

Report Documents Filter

By default, all report-type documents from the linked documents will be shown on the Subjects page. Enter a list of keywords, each prefixed with either a plus or minus symbol. Report-type documents will not be shown if their title contains one of the keywords prefixed with a minus symbol, and will be shown if their title contains a keyword prefixed with a plus symbol. Each keyword should be separated by an ampersand i.e. +ShowThese&-HideThese

Include General Documents containing

Enter a list of words separated by pipes like|this. General documents will only be included if their title includes one or more of the keywords

Additional menu using filter

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

Each document will be given its own menu item

using word wrapping

Word wrapping will be used where documents have long titles

Show grade summary

Use this option to show assessment data

for these years

Only show assessment data for these years. Separate each year group with a plus symbol

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||Grades will not be displayed if they were entered after this date
use _Personalisation\aspect.priorities file

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

List of role options

Contents

Accounts

Manage

Attendance

General

Custom gallery / user defined page

Behaviour

Achievements

Behaviour

Detentions

Report Card

Exclusions

Assessment

Assessments

Examination entries

Examination results

Examination coursework

Key Stage results

Examination timetable

Subjects

Reports

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