The SIMS Roadmap Nick Finnemore, Principal Product Manager

Usability and User Experience Multiple Devices ‘Intelligent’ solutions New Solutions and the Cloud SIMS Roadmap Themes

Usability and User Experience

SIMS Roadmap Themes

Smart phone interfaces are impacting PC designs – Touch interfaces that understand gestures – Design led software – No manuals (or training) required – iPad

SIMS Discover – Award Winning Product

Home Page Student View Assessment Marksheet Take Register SIMS – Changes to the User Interface

SIMS Roadmap Themes

Multiple Devices

SIMS Emerge – iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android

SIMS on a Windows Phone

SIMS on a Windows Phone – Research Project

SIMS Discover on a 32” Flat-screen (!)

‘Intelligent’ Solutions

Push reporting SIMS Home Page SIMS Discover – Dynamic Groups InTouch – Marksheet and Behaviour alerts Intelligent Solutions

Push reporting SIMS Home Page SIMS Discover – Dynamic Groups InTouch – Marksheet and Behaviour alerts ‘Amazon’ approach Intelligent Solutions

Intelligent Solutions – ‘Amazon’ Approach

Intelligent Solutions – ‘SIMS’ Approach Children Below 92% Attendance Did you know these children are on currently on 94% Attendance

Intelligent Solutions – Intervention Tracker

New Solutions and the Cloud

The Cloud - Benefits

Many cloud applications lack richness

What happens to your data if the company goes bust or loses interest? How do you know that your data is safe? How do you know that you are complying with data protection law? How do you get to your data when the Internet is down? How do you move your data to another supplier? The Cloud – some downsides...

SIMS Agora Cashless Payments for School and Parents Use the group data in SIMS to create trips, events and products Secure transactional process for receiving money Reduce time and the risk of processing cash Reduces Insurance (No cash on site) Built on a secure transaction process - Capita Software Services 85% of the world population shop online

SIMS Agora Cashless payment solution Receiving payments against Dinner Money Using Group information from SIMS for Products Display messages for new products Create reminders for money outstanding View Reports for monies received for a product, child Dual role option for teacher parents

SIMS Agora – For Parents Secure login Payments for Dinner Money and receipt of meals taken Single sign on if using SIMS Learning Gateway Multiple Payee options for a single child View and Pay for multiple children from different schools Single payment transaction process Receive messages about new Events and Trips Review financial statements for each child

SIMS Agora Dashboard detail Summary information Message

SIMS Agora Easy to view items in a category Categories enabled when products added

SIMS Agora Item summary for checkout

SIMS Agora Child Financial Statement for Dinners and Purchases

Summary Software built for schools Looking at the latest technology How can new technologies benefit schools Roadmap – Resource number

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