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June 2010 Opportunity Links User Groups

A massive thank you to all of those who attended one of our Opportunity Links User Groups over the last week (22nd June – Exeter, 23rd June - Newcastle, 28th June – Manchester and 29th June – London).  I would like to give a special mention to all of our guest speakers, Gary Todd and Martin Trude from Digital Public, Peter Gaca from Wandsworth, and all of those who presented their FSDs – Rebecca Nuttall from Cornwall, Jonathan Gilroy from Newcastle, Nicola Hall from Redcar and Cleveland, Kate Meek from Manchester and Ruth Davies from Redbridge (apologies to anyone I have forgotten).

 

I hope you all found it useful and enjoyable, certainly myself, Jess, Hans, Mark, Barry, Mariko and Mike found it very informative – we would be nowhere without your feedback.  Materials from the day have now been emailed to the attendees; however, if you were unable to attend a group, all materials will also go out to members of our ‘evince release’ group once the items below are ready:

 

  1. Usability spreadsheet updated with all of the refinements and new suggestions from the groups.  If you brought a list of requests to the user group, feel free to email this too, however, please continue to use evincesupport@opp-links.org.uk as your main point of contact regarding bugs or other comments/issues with our products.
  2. An update on some major issues raised, for example ‘Field by Field Acceptance in the QM’.
  3. An update from Gary Todd (Digital Public / FIDy) so far as he is able to give!
  4. An update on ‘Favourite Reports’ which will soon be added to the evince blog.
  5. A list of FSD urls and their owners favourite features so that you can get exploring (not just Opp Links ones).
  6. Peter Gaca’s updated presentation from the London user group.
  7. A short document explaining how searches work on FSDs (e.g. relevance). 

And possibly more besides.

 

For items 4 and 5 above, please could you please reply with:

a) Your favourite evince reports (just one or two is fine).  You might want to consult other evince users in your LA; essentially something written especially for your LA which you think other evince users could make use of.  Please could you let me know the name of the report, the folder it’s in and roughly what you use it for.

 

b) The web address for your FSD (doesn’t matter who built it), and what you like about it.

 

 

Kind regards

Simon

 

 

Simon Farley

Delivery Manager

 

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evince Training Dates to September 2010

Dear Colleagues

Please find below a list of our delegate rate courses up to the end of September 2010.  To book onto one of the courses below please email the following to simon.farley@opp-links.org.uk

Name(s) of attendee(s)
Email address(es) of attendee(s)
Name and date of course(s)
A Purchase Order form for the appropriate amount (£295+vat per place per course)

Can’t See the Course You’re Looking For?

If you cannot see the course or date you are looking for, we may agree to create a course for you providing that you can start the course off with three places or more (possibly in partnership with another local authority).  Such courses will normally be held in central London, central Newcastle, Opportunity Links Cambridge or Leeds.

Packages of Courses

We now offer delegate places in packages of 5 or 10 with a 10% discount (£1327+vat and £2655+vat respectively).  You can use the places for any number of staff and on any course.

 

 

Alternatively we are happy to create a bespoke agenda and run the training at a site of your choice.  The cost is £1500 + vat per day for a maximum of ten delegates (seven on queries and reports courses). 

Outlines for courses are given below the dates; agendas on request.  To discuss any of the above, please call Simon on 01223 566522 or email simon.farley@opp-links.org.uk.

Spaces?

Date

Course

Venue

Spaces

Thursday 22nd July 2010

 

evince Queries and Reports (Level One)

London Euston

Spaces

Friday 23rd July 2010

 

evince Queries and Reports (Level Two)

London Euston

Spaces

Tuesday 27th July 2010

evince Queries and Reports (Level One)

Manchester (Central)

Spaces

Wednesday 28th July 2010

evince Queries and Reports (Level Two)

 

 

 

 

Manchester (Central)

Spaces

Wednesday 8th September 2010

evince for Sufficiency

London Euston

Spaces

Thursday 9th September 2010

evince for Sufficiency

Manchester (Central)

Spaces

Wednesday 15th September 2010

Queries and Reports Workshop (Level Three)

London Euston

Spaces

Thursday 16th September 2010

Queries and Reports Workshop (Level Three)

 

 

 

 

Manchester (Central)

Spaces

Wednesday 22nd September 2010

 

 

 

 

evince Queries and Reports (Level One)

Newcastle (Central)

Spaces

Thursday 23rd September 2010

 

 

 

 

evince Queries and Reports (Level Two)

Newcastle (Central)

 All courses will run from 9:30 until 4pm.   

  • evince Queries and Reports Level One: Editing existing reports (editing text, adding pictures, adding new fields), creating simple queries from scratch and working with query data in Excel.  
  • evince Training for New FIS Staff:  A chance to work through the most common evince scenarios encountered within an FIS without the pressure of a caller at the end of the phone line!  We will cover Childcare Enquiries, Provider Searches, Service and Organisation Searches, Maps, Running Reports and PKHD.
  • evince Queries and Reports Level Two: Function queries, date functions, case statements, parameters and advanced report design.  Delegates will usually need to have completed Level One.
  • Queries and Reports Workshop (Level Three): Working with large and complex queries and reports including sub queries, more useful functions in SQL and C# scripting in reports.  The afternoon will be taken up entirely by a workshop for you to work on existing reports with expert guidance :0)  Delegates will usually need to have completed Level Two.
  • evince for Sufficiency:  Techniques for best recording data to support sufficiency.  You will be provided with (and taught how to use) useful queries and reports to aid sufficiency, for example reporting on anecdotal evidence for insufficient places and brokerage, statistics for costs, opening hours and practices, registered places and vacancies.  This is purely a technical evince course and will not provide direct guidance on how to write your sufficiency report.  Prior knowledge of evince is required.  Query or report writing experience is useful but not essential.
  • evince Training Module Training: The entire training life cycle on evince - ways of improving and speeding up your processes.  Training reports, confirmation letters, registers, statistical reports - can yours be improved or expanded upon?  This course is intended for users with some experience of training functionality within evince.
  • evince Pathways to Registration: What is evince?  How to search for and understand evince childcare records.  The pathways process on evince - how to set local milestones for registration and monitor an application from beginning to end.  Suitable for those with little or no experience of evince.

 

Terms of Business for Training

Payment
The course fee must be paid, in full, no later than 14 working days prior to the start of the course. Opportunity Links reserves the right to re-allocate the course place to another delegate if fees are not paid on time. Failure to receive the course fees in adherence with these terms means that Opportunity Links reserves the right to request payment on the day of the course.
Prices
The prices quoted with this quote are correct at the date shown and for 90 days thereafter. Opportunity Links reserves the right to adjust these prices in order to meet their true cost outside this period.
Cancelling courses
All cancellations to bookings must be made 5 working days prior to the start of a course. If a booking is cancelled within the 5 days or if the delegate fails to attend the course, the full course fee must be paid immediately.
Changing delegate details
There will be no charge if a substitute person wishes to replace the original delegate. Please inform our office of any change to the original booking.

Cancellation of courses by Opportunity Links and changes to course content
Opportunity Links’ courses are constantly updated and improved and Opportunity Links reserves the right to alter any of the courses’ content without prior notice. Opportunity Links reserves the right to cancel a course at any time without liability. In these circumstances, delegates will be offered an alternative date, a credit note or a full refund.
Course notes and training
The notes and training for Opportunity Links courses cannot be relied upon for legal interpretation. Neither Opportunity Links nor its employees, trainers or consultants can accept responsibility for delegates’ actions, or those of other people reading the course notes or interpreting the training in litigation, or responsibility for any loss incurred as a result of relying on the training or the training notes. If in doubt, consult a lawyer.

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