ass17 Posted June 6, 2013 Posted June 6, 2013 Does any know or use any web based sims.net or third party to access data for reporting, attendance etc... I know of sims groupcall emerge on the iPad but any other web beard apps then please let me know. Thanks in advance
creese Posted June 6, 2013 Posted June 6, 2013 This might help MIS Products for Primary Schools | capita-sims.co.uk
Edu-IT Posted June 6, 2013 Posted June 6, 2013 PARS Connect (Staff use) and Insight (Parents). http://www.tascsoftware.co.uk
creese Posted June 6, 2013 Posted June 6, 2013 or this....School to Home Communication | Online Parent Payments System
zag Posted June 6, 2013 Posted June 6, 2013 TASC Pars and Insight are both very good. Not sure what's going on with Capita SLG right now, I heard it was getting a revamp but until they dump the Sharepoint requirement its not really worth considering.
PhilNeal Posted June 6, 2013 Posted June 6, 2013 I think you are underestimating the power of SharePoint. We'll be moving to 203 next year which is stunningly good!
LosOjos Posted June 6, 2013 Posted June 6, 2013 I think you are underestimating the power of SharePoint. We'll be moving to 203 next year which is stunningly good! I don't think the problem is the "power of Sharepoint," more the fact that SLG relies on it making it extremely difficult and/or ugly to incorporate in to your existing VLE if it doesn't happen to be based on Sharepoint. Seems a strange move to so vastly limit your target customers by relying on a system not many schools use...
zag Posted June 6, 2013 Posted June 6, 2013 (edited) I don't think the problem is the "power of Sharepoint," more the fact that SLG relies on it making it extremely difficult and/or ugly to incorporate in to your existing VLE if it doesn't happen to be based on Sharepoint. Seems a strange move to so vastly limit your target customers by relying on a system not many schools use... yeh +1 We actually use Sharepoint internally already but its just too complicated and slow for parents. Not to mention the licensing and upgrade issues we faced with it. TASC insight is much easier to use and we had far greater take up once we switched to it. Hopefully Microsoft makes some improvements in 2013, that will be very interesting to see. Metro on the web anyone? lol EDIT: I just tried to watch a demo video on Sharepoint 2013 on the Microsoft website, couldn't do it without installing silverlight. They really don't get it sometimes!! I gave up Edited June 6, 2013 by zag
edutech4schools Posted June 6, 2013 Posted June 6, 2013 One of the main reason a school of mine went with Gapps for Ed and not Office 365 was that sharepoint was OTT. SLG not even an option for this reason.
Quackers Posted June 6, 2013 Posted June 6, 2013 (edited) I would choose PARS Connect and Insight from TASC Software any day over SLG, we have had both and we dumped SLG. Some of the prices Capita charge for it when it breaks are disgusting and treat you like a cash cow, its bloated, and just way to complex in comparison so many different parts to break. TASCs software is light weight, easy to install, easy to configure and their charges are reasonable they will also listen to what the customer wants and try and add a feature for you, sometimes done with in a few days. Edited June 6, 2013 by Quackers
PhilNeal Posted June 6, 2013 Posted June 6, 2013 @LosOjos we'll probably be decoupling from SharePoint with adoption of 2013 i.e. making it possible to run outside SharePoint. Do the other products being promoted actually integrate with a VLE?
vikpaw Posted June 6, 2013 Posted June 6, 2013 CHQ is a partner that offers various value added services. I think most VLEs are amenable to having links into or out of other apps. The problem with SLG is that to have it and use it, you need Sharepoint. So if you already have a VLE in place, no matter the flavour, you need a massive overhead with sharepoint. Unless you go with a hosted solution of course, then the only overhead is cost. Decoupling from Sharepoint sounds interesting, i'd love to know how it will work. Wouldn't it be easier just to buy TascSoftware
PhilNeal Posted June 6, 2013 Posted June 6, 2013 @vikpaw I think our increasing user base would object!
vikpaw Posted June 6, 2013 Posted June 6, 2013 @vikpaw I think our increasing user base would object! Why would they object to you offering a leading product that many of the users already use and advocate over SLG?
PhilNeal Posted June 6, 2013 Posted June 6, 2013 @vikpaw EduGeek rules prevent me from pointing out what our users would lose
TheScarfedOne Posted June 6, 2013 Posted June 6, 2013 @LosOjos we'll probably be decoupling from SharePoint with adoption of 2013 i.e. making it possible to run outside SharePoint. Do the other products being promoted actually integrate with a VLE? Ooooh @PhilNeal now that will be an interesting line to follow up with Ben at the end of the month....
camel Posted June 7, 2013 Posted June 7, 2013 Have you had a look at Schools ICT's ZiLink modules that plug into Moodle. Used this at my previous school and now looking to implement at my current school due to the integration with SIMS and ease of use, compared with SLG.
BKGarry Posted June 7, 2013 Posted June 7, 2013 I have recently gone with Bromcoms Teacher's Web Folder, the SIMS Direct version, we already used their MyChildAtSchool for parents to access student information and TWF was a good extension of that for staff, and the Teachers seem to love doing their registers on their smartphones. 1
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