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SIMS for Beginners
New users start here: what is SIMS, how is it used in a school?
About SIMS
What information is stored in SIMS?
What can schools do with SIMS?
Finding SIMS on your computer (1:40)
Logging in to SIMS (2:52)
The SIMS Homepage (3:44)
Accessing the online help system for SIMS (2:04)
Checklist: Actions for new starters
Quiz
Pupil Data - finding, adding and editing data
Quickly find a pupil record (5:49)
Using the pupil browser to find a pupil (5:57)
Opening and viewing a pupil record (8:52)
Notes about pupils, employees, staff, contacts and agents
Printing data collection sheets (4:05)
Adding a new pupil part 1 - basic pupil details (9:07)
Adding a new pupil part 2 - address details (6:52)
Finding emergency contact details
New: Entering pupil medical details (4:57)
Finding details of pupils who have left the school (4:02)
Adding events to the school diary (6:00)
Adding documents to the bulletin board (3:08)
Bulk updating pupil details (3:25)
Appendix: UPN Numbers - what are they?
Quiz
Printing lists of pupils
Printing labels (3:57)
Printing a registration group list (5:02)
Printing a general pupil list (part 1 - adding columns) (6:59)
Printing a general pupil list (part 2 - sorting) (5:11)
Printing a general pupil list (part 3 - filtering) (7:41)
Printing a class list (secondary schools only) (2:29)
Printing pupil timetables (secondary schools only) (1:05)
Helping teachers to complete the registers in SIMS
Introduction to attendance
How teachers take the register (5:06)
Dealing with unexplained absences and missing marks (6:30)
Printing class registers (4:54)
Calculating attendance percentages (3:12)
Bonus lecture: showing attendance statistics on the homepage (6:27)
Appendix: Attendance codes and their meaning
Dealing with dinner money using the SIMS Dinner Money module
Introduction
Different ways of recording dinner money
How a teacher updates the SIMS Dinner Money register (2:22)
Autofilling default meal choices as an administrator (1:42)
Editing meal choices as an administrator (2:05)
Setting a default meal for a pupil (1:40)
Printing a report for the school kitchen (3:08)
Recording dinner money payments (5:01)
Key Stage Results in Schools
Entering early years foundation stage results (7:01)
Entering key stage 1 results in primary schools (11:59)
New: Entering KS2 results for primary schools (11:10)
School Administrator Interview Questions
Interview tips and techniques for your next job application
And finally...
Feedback...and how to get your certificate
Refer a colleague and get 10% of the next course for both of you
Finding details of pupils who have left the school
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