[isams] Moving from SIMs to iSAMS

[Intercaz]

Hi,

Does anyone have any experiences of switching from SIMS to iSAMS they're willing to share, or any general pros and cons of iSAMS / things you wish you knew beforehand?

Thanks

[ticker]

Hi

 

We did the swap 3 years ago, happy to share our experience. DM me and we can set something up for a chat.

[RLR]

Looking into this at the moment. Any information would be great or if anyone knows of any other threads.

[titch]

Also looking to do the same. OP did you ever make the jump?

[titch]

If any of you guys would like, or be willing to have a chat that would be great.

[ticker]

Happy to have a chat and set either a phone or video call up. Just DM me your details.

[RLR]

I think this will be useful. I'll get back to you when I've spoken to a couple of others and organise a call.

[moeadmin]

Bumping this back up as this is something I am currently looking into. Has anyone had any recently experience with the move? Or even in the last few years?

[vikpaw]

Doing a couple in the group now. If you get a dump of the DB, iSAMS can assist in extracting the info into their standard CSV import templates for review.

Should have a first look at imported data in a few weeks so can flag any issues.

[titch]

Bumping this back up as this is something I am currently looking into. Has anyone had any recently experience with the move? Or even in the last few years?

We did last summer. Happy to chat if it helps.

[Comedygold]

Just doing this now, found out that linked documents do not migrate over, unless you purchase other software ....

[vikpaw]

Just doing this now, found out that linked documents do not migrate over, unless you purchase other software ....

 

We asked for a dump of the DMS. If you have the files and a spreadsheet that links the files to the student ID then iSAMS can import it.

The issue we've found is that the docs aren't immediately available in iSAMS for a parent to see, you have to do something weird like click on it once manually for it to quasi-publish and then it's available.

 

We're just looking at how to make that process easier / do it en masse.

[Malikwalian]

We moved to iSAMS from SIMS in January this year. I am happy to answer any questions you might have.