Inviting Users

1. From the Product Admin page, select Manage Users.
2. It is possible to:
   • Invite new users
     • Select Staff
       1. Highlight the people you would like to add from the list or click the Select All button.
       2. Click the Invite Staff button 
       • Note: staff will need to have their correct date of birth recorded in SIMS as this will be used when they come to register for the app and to have an appropriate account to link to their SIMS ID
     • Select Parents
       1. Select the type of group from which the students of the parents should be chosen or select the Individuals option.
       2. Follow the selection process and click the Invite Parents button
       • Note: parents with parental responsibility and no court orders will be available for selection. If this list includes people who should not be invited, return to select Parents and use the Individuals option when selecting the type of group 
   • Reinvite users
   1. Select the staff, students or parents you would like to re-invite and click the Reinvite button to send an email invitation
      • Note: this list shows all users who have been sent an invitation but have yet to accept it. Once a user registers, they will no longer be displayed on this list and will instead be available from Unregister users.
      • Note: parents who have been invited, along with their invitation code, invited date and expiry date will be included in the listing.
      • Note: if no email address or an incorrect email address is shown in the Sent To column, a correct email address will need to be added to the person's contact details in SIMS before they can be re-invited via email successfully -
      • Note:SIMS Parent requires up to 60 minutes to synchronise updates to people data from SIMS. 
   • Unregister users
     • Select Parents
       1. Select the type of group from which the students of the parents should be chosen or select the Individuals option.
       2. Follow the selection process.
       3. Click the Preview Invitations button to view the people who will be unregistered from this group selection.
       4. Click the Unregister Parents button.
       • Note: if the Unregister users process is successful, the selected people are removed from Unregister users and can be invited to register again in Invite New Users.

Customising the Scheme

It is possible to change the colour scheme and images for SIMS Parent.

1. From the Product Admin page, select SIMS Parent > Customisations.
2. On the Theme tab, it is possible to change the colour of the website.
   1. Click a colour to preview it on the visual display.
   2. Click the Save button.
3. On the Banners tab, it is possible to upload three images that will be displayed on the SIMS Parent Homepage on a rotation. These images can have a caption and a hyperlink.
   1. On Banner 1, click the Browse button and select an image from your computer to upload.
   2. In the Caption field, enter the wording that will be displayed in the top left-hand corner of the image on the SIMS Parent Homepage.
   3. Enter a URL if you would like to make it possible for users to click the image to be directed to another site, e.g. http://www.capita-sims.co.uk.
   4. Repeat as necessary and click Save to complete the process.

NOTE: Colour themes and images update when the website is refreshed or the next time the app is opened.