OliverHeinz

Hi everyone! We are planning to switch to a new MIS and a possible candidate is SIMS. We were told that SIMS apparently creates the school reports in Word using Mail Merge. Is that true? Is there any other way to generate reports in SIMS, for example using SSRS? Our school reports are very complex and we are sceptical that Mail Merge will be able to cope with all of the various special requests. Thank you for your contributions! Oliver

Thanks Steve. Yes, we already have those 2 lines, too. The problem is that first of all staff does not stick to the rules, and as soon as something is free (mainly online subscriptions like Blogs, Forums, etc) they do not report to us at all. But as the teachers only see there classroom they have no idea on how many websites the students have to be registered. We want to get hold of this an restrict it to a minimum that is necessary. And above this, with GDPR coming up, we would like to know where there is actual data of students and staff stored.

Hi Everyone, I would like to introduce a policy in school that forces every staff member to contact IT before buying new software (or even hardware) or before signing up for any online subscriptions. Above that the must contact the Data Manager, if students, staff or parent data is involved. Does anyone already have a procedure or policy for this? Would you mind sharing? Thanks!