Moving MIS and big Go4Schools elephant in the room

[Olliesaurus]

My school is looking to move MIS from SIMs to an alternate supplier, they have however completely forgotten to consider the fact that Go4Schools is not an MIS and there won’t carry any current or historical data across to the new system, it’s the big elephant in the room and no one seems to be addressing it therefore I am trying before it’s too late.

 

Has anyone conjured up a nice way for historical years and data to be pulled from Go4Schools and still be referred to easily should it be needed?

 

Serious and I oop moment that every one seems to be ignoring and hoping will magically fix itself...

[supportman]

My school is looking to move MIS from SIMs to an alternate supplier, they have however completely forgotten to consider the fact that Go4Schools is not an MIS and there won’t carry any current or historical data across to the new system, it’s the big elephant in the room and no one seems to be addressing it therefore I am trying before it’s too late.

 

Has anyone conjured up a nice way for historical years and data to be pulled from Go4Schools and still be referred to easily should it be needed?

 

Serious and I oop moment that every one seems to be ignoring and hoping will magically fix itself...

 

We migrated 5 years of our historical data to Bromcom and while it seemed important at the time, I'm not sure how useful it is.

 

We basically archived all the linked documents from sims using a salamander tool. And created some CSV exports of student data. I think that is just as good as importing it to the new system as its very rarely used.

 

I saw Go4Schools at BETT I think a few years ago, they were looking to build an MIS but didnt seem anywhere near as advanced as Arbour, iSams or Bromcom. This may have changed since the time I saw it and I welcome new entrants into the market!