Invigilation, adhoc duties etc - Make it a quick add
We would benefit from a quick add option in the cover module. I would have the opportunity to create an "absence" add a name and the time required. It would be great for invigilation and random duties we need to cover. It would generate a cover sl...
We use Cover Manager in iSAMS to allocate teachers for cover lessons. All our teachers use Google Calendars. They export the timetable from iSAMS to create their Google Calendar. They then add any meetings, or events in to Google Calendar as and w...
ISAMS Form for staff to apply/inform for planned absence
Currently for planned absences (CPD etc) staff have to complete a paper form with all the necessary information which then gets manually entered into the Cover Manager module. It would be useful if there was functionality on ISAMS for staff to sub...
Ability to cover a teacher who is scheduled to teach and has to cover someone else's lesson so that their lesson can then be covered although they are not absent from school.
multiple select period feature when assigning cover
Saves time to select multiple periods simultaneously in Cover Manager to assign cover for example double lessons, or multiple select periods where cover are not required
Morning I often find that staff within departments will cover a colleague because it is an exam class, but they then need cover for their own lesson. This has come up a few times but I am unable to do the cover on iSAMS as that person is not showi...
Allow "Cover Note" to be able to be added to the email template for emailing out cover
It would be really helpful if additional information about the cover (that we currently include in Cover Note) could be one of the fields we can add to our email template for emailing out cover to staff. Currently this field is only viewable in th...
Room cover - Allow two lessons to be added to one free room
We have many classes where we have to create two seperate sets but for all intents and purposes are one class taught at the same time by the same teacher. The best example of this are High Level and Standard Level IB Diploma classes. When re-roomi...
Enabling operations staff to appear available for cover
Sometimes we use Operations staff for cover. The only way I can find to include them in the list of available staff in the cover module is to mark them as teaching staff within the HR module. It would be helpful if staff could be filtered in a mor...