Su Roberts

OneAdvanced LMS - PICS

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Does anyone use OneAdvanced PICS MIS system please? We are looking for a new MIS system that is more user friendly (especially around reporting) than our current one and this is one that has been suggested. We are small ( around 1100 enrols a year) and up to L2 only. Any advice/info would be very welcome, thank you!

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Chris Roberts

Hi Su

We use it for about 600 yearly enrolments on 16-19, really like it now they have gone to a full web based application. You can report on pretty much anything you input for the learners but you can also set up bespoke reports. There is an option to onboard your learners through the web based forms but you can also manually enter them through the learner entry tool in no time. Support is good from them as well through the chat facility. 

Thanks 

Jordan Banks

Hi Su,

We use it too and have a smaller provision than that.  I've seen some demonstrations of alternatives over the years, and whilst some have nice features, I've not seen anything that makes me want to switch away.  

It is a system that is capable of doing a lot more than we use it for so some areas are more complex and long winded than I'd like, but all our users get on with it fine - including those who just use it for viewing dashboards or processing forms.

We use the form capture feature to obtain our learning agreements and change requests including obtaining signatures remotely.  We use the surveys to send periodic requests to learners and employers.  We use dashboards to monitor our KPIs and QAR, though I would like to see some development in this area to make it more powerful.  We use the reporting feature (including scheduled reports) pretty much constantly and this is powerful with good options for filters and the ability to export every (I think) field.  The reconciliation tools to check the indicative reports, period end reports and QAR are a huge time-saver.

There are small frustrations with each thing, something we can't quite do the way we want it, but usually find work-arounds and development on the system is pretty good.  

The biggest selling point for me is their service desk.  Probably the best support I've experienced in my 26 years across a few industries, who have helped me utilise the system with queries on QAR, funding, reconciliations - pretty much everything I've thrown at them.

Feel free to ask anything else..

Many thanks

 

Su Roberts

Thank you both for your replies, really useful! I'm meeting with them tomorrow for a first look.