Please find a wide variety fo frog 3 articles in the following location: https://kb.froginfra.net/index.php/Frog_3
Please find a wide variety fo frog 3 articles in the following location: https://kb.froginfra.net/index.php/Frog_3
The Frog 3 learning platform is fully supported on:
Internet Explorer (latest version)
Internet Explorer (version previous to latest release)
Firefox (latest version)
Google Chrome (latest version)
As of writing this article that will be IE 10, IE11, Firefox 31.0, Chrome 36.0.1985.143 m
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Teaching | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
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Parents | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
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Relationships | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
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Teaching | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
Registration | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Year | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
House | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
Other | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
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Teaching | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
Registration | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Year | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
House | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
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Days | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
Lessons | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
Periods | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
Instances | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
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Rooms | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
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Active | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
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Gradesets | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
History | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
Grades | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
Behaviour | |||||||||
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Positive | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||
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Summaries | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
Codes | ✔ | ||||||||
Registrations | ✔ | ||||||||
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Aspects | ✔ | ||||||||
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Browser
Safari isn’t yet fully supported - it works well with the majority of the bricks and widgets so compatibility depends on what you have used to construct the page you want to view, minor problems associated are broken links and windows not resizing - Firefox and IE are supported and available on Macs but as the iPad is a closed platform, you can’t install either of these until Apple yield to public pressure.
The Toolkit used to manage users, edit templates and build new areas etc is built using IE proprietary Javascript so your VLE administrator will need to use a PC or boot the Mac into Windows for this type of function (IE for MAC is not quite the same so still won’t work for this part of Frog) however this doesn’t apply to students as they won’t use the Toolkit.
The If Device brick has been introduced to Frog to allow users to partition their websites for mobile and tablet users. This makes it easier for users to construct mobile friendly sites.
Touch Pad
In addition to the above browser issues, you have the normal tablet and iPads problems due to the fact you are using a Touch device, (this is a problem for many web-based applications, not just Frog).
Many of the more complicated Frog functions rely on complex Javascript behaviours that are not supported by Touch devices. Webfiles relies on 'click' events to execute certain behaviours, touch devices do not register this type of event so it doesn’t work.
Having said that there are potential work-arounds, “Shared Resources” in a Workspace allows you access to files directly (touch a file to select | Action | View on an iPAD or iPhone) but you can’t drill down into a folder structure - if you know this and plan construction of areas that Pupils will access so they don’t use folders there’s no problem.
Frog have also introduced single click network file functions which allow the Network Files brick to work with touch devices.
What are Frog doing about it?
Frog is investigating mobile templates using the current Frog page building system that will allow content to be displayed correctly on mobile devices. We hope to have a way to detect the type of device you have come from when you hit a web page, then the system can re-direct you to a page which is designed specifically for that device.
The hope is that using nested pages we can achieve different views of the same content on multiple devices. Even if we can’t automatically redirect, you could place an iPad button on the home page and users take themselves to the relevant ‘alternative’ areas built in Frog 3.
FrogLearn has a wider scope of compatibility with mobile devices so it may be worth investigating FrogLearn activation for your school if you wish to use mobile devices intensively.
Opening the Configuration Page
In order to configure the SIMS Extractor click on (Start-->Programs-->Frog-->SIMS Extractor-->Configuration).
This will open up the configuration page, not before running a check of your SIMS.net version in a small popup window.
Once the check has been completed the main configuration page for the SIMS Extractor will open. As you can see, the current Extractor version you are running is displayed at the top left of this window.
Information Required
Validate Frog Server
Once you are happy your server settings are correct, click on "Validate Server" in order to ensure that the Extractor can connect to your Frog Server. If this is unsuccessful the box will turn red if it cannot connect to your Frog server but if successful, will turn green. An example can be seen below.
If your school has purchased the Frog Parental Engagement Platform (PEP), additional data options are available to extract information used by PEP when clicking validate Frog Server. If these options are not available after clicking the Validate Frog Server link then please contact Frog Support immediately who can ensure that these options become available for you.
SIMS Export Data
There is a variety of data available to export from SIMS into Frog, each with a check box labelled retrieve beside it. Below is a list of this data, some of which is required. Any required data is greyed out so you cannot deselect it.
Note that this is required information and cannot be excluded from import.
Note that this is required information and cannot be excluded from import.
(the 3 below appear after a succesful validate of the server which checks if you have PEP enabled)
There are three options available on the bottom right hand section of the Extractor:
Running Test Connection
This is where you can test the connection to your SIMS.Net system that you set in the previous section. When you click Run Test the application will attempt to connect to SIMS.Net using the username and password supplied. A dialog will be shown to indicate the test is running.
You will also see test results showing alongside the data options to indicate the success of the test run and the amount of data that is available for extract.
This test may take several minutes as it checks all the selected data options as well as the connection to SIMS.Net. This test does not check if the location of the Frog Server has been entered correctly. If there are any difficulties connecting to your SIMS Server from the Extractor, it will notify you in the bottom left corner of the Configuration screen. This test will check the username and password as well as installing any required reports into SIMS. If the test fails at any point, this will be reported in the dialog box.
You can view the specific issue by clicking "View Test Report" to open up a small report of the Test Log. This will display the report from the test, where you can investigate the settings used and the error reported.
Additional Settings & Options
These options give access to a variety of sub-menu options. The three main options are:
the configuration utility.
File
The File menu option has three sub-menu options:
Tools
The Tools menu option has four sub-menu options:
The Frog SIMS extractor is a utility that a school will install either on their SIMS server or any machine that has the SIMS client installed on it. It allows you to extract data from SIMS and send that data to your Frogserver for import.
The current version of the Frog SIMS extractor is 2.9.18 and has been designed to work with SIMS version 7.144 and above. Please note that if your SIMS version changes (due to an upgrade for example) you may need to update the SIMS extractor - please check with Frog Technical support if you are unsure.
The following minimum specifications are required to run this application:
• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 (at the time of writing this document 25/07/16)
• SIMS.Net
You can normally open your SIMS Extractor configuration page by visiting the following location from the start button on your taskbar:
You will see that three options have been installed, these are:
The installation is now complete. Next you have to configure the extractor correctly to ensure you have access to your SIM data.