Key Features
Requests to
Individual Technicians
The lesson request
system is available to any department in the school in addition to
Its common use within the sciences. Disciplines that regularly
require equipment specific to their discipline and have a
technician to carry out those requests for teachers can also take
advantage of this system.
Whole
School Requests
Any department in the
school can make a request to a particular technician. For example
History department may require digital cameras from the ICT
Technician.
Requests
from Teacher's Timetable
Any bookable request can
be repeated within a weekly or fortnightly time frame allowing the
user to reserve multiple time slots over extended periods in the
school term.
Repeat
Request Facility
Any bookable request can
be repeated within a weekly or fortnightly time frame allowing the
user to reserve miltiple time slots over extended periods in the
school term.
List
Requests
A full list of the users
request(s) can be displayed and edited at any time within the
request deadline.There are filters to view the requests by date,
technician or status.
Copy
Requests
Often you will teach the
same lesson to another class in the same week or cycle; this
function allows you to copy the original request to a different
time slot simply by clicking on the destination on your
timetable.This is a very useful tool for schools and colleges
teaching the same lesson for multiple classes.
Multiple
Bookings for ISA's
Departmental Managers
can book ISA practicals for members of staff using their timetable
in the appropriate room.This allows them to coordinate examination
materials so that they are held within the appropriate examination
time period.
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Highlights
Premises
Maintenance Notification
Notify, and enable
premises staff to carry out maintenance, prepare rooms or organise
events in the school Through the premises list request dahboard.
Whole
School Requests
Reprographic Technicians
can alter a request if there is an error in the user request; this
is particularly useful in monitoring colour saturation and the
effect it has on the cost of a request. The reprographic technician
can then alert the user to inform them of the alterations made or
required.
Reservations
for Non-Pupil Days
Reserve rooms, equipment
for presentations, and catering for staff.
Amend
Requests
The technicians will set
a cut off time with which they need to prepare your request. This
is at the departments discretion and is set by the administrator.
Th user can amend a request and alert the rechnician within this
agreed timeframe.
Lab
Technician Notification
Lab Technicians can
monitor the users requirments for lessons. By communicating with
the teacher via a messaging system requests can be clarified. The
condition or breakage of any equipment can be reported at the end
of the lesson allowing technicians to monitor and control stock
Detailed
Request Information
The view request screen
shows all communications, attachments and additional resources that
require booking. This facility can be used by all schoool
departments and is not limited to the Science and Technology
departments. Our comprehensive booking system serves the whole
school.
Email Data
Retrieval
Should you lose contact
with the Internet, periodically technicians can save all requests
for retrieval from an internal hard drive.
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System Assets and Integration
Integrated
Attachments
You can attach multiple
documents to your lesson request by uploading documents from your
personal computer or the doceument bank. Multiple copies can be
produced for use in the classroom by sending the attacment to
reprographics.
View/Remove
Attachments
Selected attachments are
listed with each request, they can be viewed on screen by selecting
attachments from the add request dashboard. They can be easily
removed via the Remove button.
Fully
integrated Systems
Everything required for
a lesson can be accessed through our easily accessible systems in
one visit. This includes the ability to download your schhool
leasson plan proforma and fill it in as you are accessing other
lesson resources.
Document
Rating
Each document in the
document repository can be rated by other users which is a usefull
guide to selecting documents for lessons.
Add
Different Resources
Up to 10 different
Resources can be added to your lesson requirments.
Technician
Directed
All resources are
directed to the appropriate technician responsible for the supply
of that resource.
List
Requests
The status of your
request and the stage of completion can be constantly monitored
through view requests. For example started, alert, completed etc.
The messaging system allows you to be in continuous contact with
the apprpriate technician.
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Definition
of a Resource
The Meaning of Resource
in Systems Together relates to equipment, departments providing a
service, documents, facilities, reprographics and rooms.