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Acacia Maze Newsletter August 2011

 

Newsletter

August 2011


In this issue:

Feature Article

Module of the Month

Release Update

What’s New

Upcoming Training Courses

Contact & Support

 

Site Visits

Our consultants are in the process of scheduling the visits with all of our schools. Many of you will have already have seen one of our consultants. These visits are designed as a ‘drop in and touch base’ so that we can see how you are going, catch up with staff and a general overview of how RM Maze is being utilised in your school.

FEATURE ARTICLE -  Auto Allocation of Student Houses

 

Features

This module will automatically allocate students to houses alphabetically based on the numbers per year level (Prep to Year 12) and gender. A maximum of 6 active houses is available.

The allocation of houses is based upon the current numbers of students (FULL and PART) in each house and expected students (EXP) for the current year or next year, and is broken down by year level and gender. The user is prompted for one of two years for Expected students (current year or next year).

If the user selects the current year then the allocation is based on current numbers of students plus any expected students for the current year.

If the user selects the following year then the allocation is based on current numbers of students excluding students in the final year level (as indicated in KCY11001) plus any expected students for next year.

 

Contact us for more details.

MODULE OF THE MONTH

 

RM eMaze 2.0 – It’s here!

RM eMaze provides online access to selected information in Maze to staff and other authorised users via a web browser.
Teachers can work from home, whilst parents can access their child's attendance and academic records as well as financial information. eMaze provides:

  • Secure access to school information, anywhere, anytime, from any computer with a web browser and internet access
  • Digital encryption of sensitive school data using SSL certificates
  • Easy-to-use, intuitive web interface

 

New in RM eMaze 2.0

  • eMaze Desktop - provides easy access to all commonly used functions through the click of a single button.
  • eMaze Mobile - record student attendance from anywhere via your iPad, iPhone or Android device.
  • Student profile page - provides teachers with easy access to important student related information in the one screen.

Watch the eMaze 2.0 Demo in YouTube


RELEASE UPDATE

 

SCR15234 – Payroll Enhancements June 2011

New Functionality

  • Enhanced Long Service Leave recording and reporting: Payroll now applies the rules of the state or relevant authority to calculate the long service leave liability and accrual.
  • Date relevant standard pay: The standard pay maintenance records are now date driven and will only be autogenerated into the payroll batch if they are current.
  • Payroll batch reversal: It is now possible to reverse a payroll batch using a new batch processing screen.
  • Pre-batch update reporting: A report is provided that you can run before a batch is updated to show the difference between the previous, processed batch and the current, unprocessed batch.
  • View previous years' payroll history: A payroll transaction history table has been created, allowing you to view up to seven years of payroll transactions as these are now moved to the history table as part of the Payroll End-of-Year process.

If you have taken up the Update Service, this update will be applied automatically by Acacia.

One of our consultants will be in contact shortly.


CONTACT & SUPPORT

For all issues, please contact our helpdesk via our Ticketing System or phone 03 9836 6555 Option 2.

For all account queries, please contact us via our Ticketing System, email or phone 03 9836 6555 Option 0.

To ensure that we are able to keep you up to date with important information from Acacia regarding RM Maze software can you please let us know of any staff changes at your organisation via email or phone 03 9836 6555 Option 0. We will update our database so you don't miss out on anything you need to know!

WHAT’S NEW

 

Bulk Email or SMS Messaging to Staff

 

Do you need to send email or SMS to all of the staff?

It’s now few clicks in Maze.

 

History of SMS communications are also recorded.

 

Contact Maze Support on how to add this new functionality.

 

 

 

 

UPCOMING TRAINING COURSES

 

Student Administration

  • Wednesday, 14 September 9am – 1pm

 

eMaze Basics

  • Wednesday, 14 September 2pm – 4pm

 

Advanced SQL

  • Wednesday, 28 September 9am – 12pm

Family Billing & Direct Debits

  • Wednesday, 28 September 1pm – 5pm

For further information on our Maze Training Courses, please go to our webpage.

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