iSAMs
The information below is minimal, but there are links to courses that provide more detailed information.
Contact the ICT Director (nwheeler@bisphuket.ac.th) to create an account for iSAMs iUniversity - that gives access to both paid and free courses
Wizard Bar
Located on the right-hand side of the iSAMS screen.
The Wizard Bar can be switched off when not required.
Click and drag sections into the desired order
Sections cab be collapsed
Different users can see different sections
Pupil Quick View
Search by name or nickname
Contacts
Attendance
Timetables
Available in the Timetable Manager Section
Primary students & staff only show specialist lessons
Secondary students should show complete timetables
In Print View use Merge Duplicate Lessons
Registration
Shortcuts to registers exist in multiple places including Take a Register on the Wizard Bar
Primary completes one register daily
Secondary completed Morning registration and a register for each lesson
Boarding completes a Morning and Evening registration daily
Teachers only need to mark students as Present, Late or Absent
If you cannot complete a MORNING REGISTRATION for any reason then a list of absentees should be submitted to the relevant office by email or by hand. The school office staff need to have completed registers by 8.15 am
Office staff:
Monitor registrations are completed
Contact parents of absentees to confirm reasons for absences
Enter known absences in advance
Reports/Online Assessement
Always check you can see the correct teaching groups and reports at the start of the reporting period
Reports Wizard is used by Boarding, Little Ducks and Early Years
Online Assessment is used by Primary and Secondary
Incomplete reports do NOT print - make sure you fully complete every report
A report is considered incomplete if a comment is too long or too short
Secondary Commendations
Use the Wizard Bar:
Step 1 - Select single or Multiple Students
Step 2 - Select student(s) and add a description
Student Lists
Wizard Bar
The information that can be exported does vary between lists. Exports can be to pdf or csv/Excel (which can be imported to Google Drive
Pupil Manager (Student Manager)
Select Students (or more than desired students)
Use the PINK Drop Down
Export Student Records
HINT: Check that you have selected ALL the desired students not just the first 10, 25 or 50
Communications
Use the Wizard Bar:
Pupil Manager (Student Manager)
Select Students (or more than desired students)
Use the PINK Drop Down
Email Wizard
It is recommended that the first few times you send emails this way, you ask a senior colleague to assist. It is not difficult but an error can send incorrect emails to multiple parents.
Notes:
Emails sent through iSAMs can be seen in the Student Manager
Report any parental concerns about non-receipt of messages to the IT Helpdesk. Thea user system is designed so that if a user reports messages as spam we stop sending to that user.
Grade Books
Used for tracking baseline testing
Grade books can be shared
Primary
Reading grade books (NGRT)
Mathematic grade books
Secondary
Faculty tracking grade books