TALMOS Parental Portal - promoting parental engagement

With Microsoft SharePoint at the heart of this solution we offer single sign on access to all school systems including Microsoft Exchange, library systems, revision systems, content, Moodle and much more. TALMOS Parental Portal provides read /write access to SIMS for teachers enabling assessment data to be entered from anywhere.

Parental engagement is key and TALMOS Parental Portal offers a two way communication between the school and the parent. The parent simply logs on to their easy to use dashboard and they have all of the information they need at their finger tips including homework detail, timetables, attendance and assessment information. Research shows that when a parent talks to their child about school they are seen to improve their grades. Enabling the parent to see their child’s current, marked and outstanding work increases communication and encourages family learning. A parent can become more involved in their child’s education by being able to track their child’s learning. TALMOS Parental Portal offers peace of mind with real time attendance, assessment and behaviour information available to them at login.

TALMOS Parental Portal displays real time SIMS data through an engaging graphical interface enabling parents to see and understand the information they need on a real time basis.

The parent has the ability to collaborate with teachers through surveys, wiki’s, forums and blogs. 

TALMOS Parental Portal £8,740.00 + VAT (includes support and software updates for first year)

SharePoint Portal:

Based on Microsoft SharePoint 2010 this offers users single sign onto their personal dashboard using their Active Directory username and password. This enables users to access school services such email, MIS, library, content and more without the need to logon again.

The user dashboard contains a mix of personal and general information coming from different sources. With the use of SIMS Web Parts teachers have read / write access to SIMS and parents can see their own child’s attendance, assessment and behaviour information as well as lesson plans plus homework status and detail.

Built into the platform is the unlimited use of wikis, forums, blogs and surveys and the ability to create web pages for curriculum and class sites.

SIMS Web Parts:

This technology enables SIMS to be web based. Teachers have read / write access to Assessment Manager, Attendance, Behaviour and Profiles. Parents are able to see their own child’s attendance, assessment and behaviour information and they can also see reports created from Assessment Manager.

Third Party Integration:

Our basic installation includes integration with other schools systems such as Microsoft Exchange, web mail and existing VLEs such as Moodle.

We have also developed Web Parts for other third part content companies such as I Am Learning and Vivo. These Web Parts enable these systems to be integrated within the portal and are accessed through the single sign on system. Other partners include Eclipse.net and Encyclopaedia Britannica.