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New features in Version 6.0

Released February 2009

This version is available as a free upgrade for existing customers

 

Quick and easy refresh from SIMS

Import settings can be saved and the data refreshed with one click.

Improve layout and style of messages and save time

New Templates enable established ‘house style’ and signatures. Improved formatting, pasting from Word and spellchecking enable superior layout and save composition time.

Improve control with new multi user features

Multi user administrators can now manage and create their users in school. Each user can have his/her own 'reply to' address for email responses. Sent items list identifies the sender.

Economise on paper and printing even further with the new CSV paper list

The CSV version of the paper distribution list is now improved to further reduce any duplication and to ease sorting by group.

Ease team work by sharing attendance monitoring

The attendance screens can now be filtered by year group to facilitate sharing of the workload.

Improve data accuracy

New reports provide easy to use information on failed SMS numbers and email addresses.

 

To find out more about all of Schoolcomms' features contact the sales team on 0844 445 7147 or email sales@schoolcomms.com  

 

 

New features in Version 5.1

 

Released May 2008

 

Plan ahead using scheduled messaging

On the messaging screens there are now two options for sending messages: Send now and Send later. A message can be scheduled for dispatch up to a month in advance.

 

Economise on SMS credits by sending an email and then an SMS

Send your message by email, and then send an SMS only to those without a linked email address. This is useful for non urgent messages and minimises printing.

 

Ease the burden by promoting users to administrators

Multi user licence holders can now have more than one school administrator user.

 

Take control by choosing whether to send notifications when manually editing or adding contact details

When manually adding or editing a member or family contact details, you can now choose whether to send a notification to the recipient.

 

Ease team work by flagging inbound messages when they are dealt with

Inbound messages can be flagged as processed so that work is not duplicated.

 

Exercise discretion when writing marks to SIMS

When writing the attendance mark back to SIMS, you can now choose whether or not to show the text of the message in the comment box in SIMS.

 

 

New features in Version 5.0

 

Released January 2008

 

Attendance contact and Attendance response processing

The Attendance screen has been split into two areas: Attendance contact (outgoing) and Attendance response (incoming).

Email and SMS responses to attendance messages can now be received in Schoolcomms and displayed on screen. The responses can be read and the appropriate mark written back to SIMS. Manual or voice messages can be logged and processed in the same way. The message is then displayed as a comment in SIMS Attendance.

This feature is currently only available for SIMS users.  

Receiving SMS messages

Schools can receive SMS messages from parents. A new Received messages screen shows SMS and Email messages. Be sure to look for your messages here!

SMS Delivery status

The sent items screen now shows the delivery status of sent messages. This helps identify invalid numbers and addresses and confirms receipt.

Management Reports

New reports are available on:

  • Undeliverable email messages

  • Received absence explanations

Sundry Enhancements

  • Detailed reporting on data issues with contacts in SIMS

  • Outgoing SMS message bodies shown on Sent Items Screen

 

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