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Quick and easy refresh from SIMS
Import settings can be saved and the data refreshed with one click.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Ease team work by sharing attendance monitoring
The attendance screens can now be filtered by year group to facilitate sharing of
the workload.
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Improve data accuracy
New reports provide easy to use information on failed SMS numbers and email addresses.
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To find out more about all of Schoolcomms' features contact the
sales team on 0844 445 7147 or email sales@schoolcomms.com
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New features in Version 5.1
Released May 2008
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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.
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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.
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Ease the burden by promoting users to administrators
Multi user licence holders can now have more than one school administrator user.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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New features in Version 5.0
Released January 2008
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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.
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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!
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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.
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Management Reports
New reports are available on:
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Sundry Enhancements
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