skillSYMS Desktop
skillSYMS on your computer
Everything you use in the browser, installed — plus the things a browser can’t do: take the register and capture evidence with no connection, stay one click away in the tray, and keep itself up to date.
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Setting up for your organisation
1
Install
Run the installer you downloaded.
2
Launch
Open skillSYMS from the Start menu, Applications or your launcher.
3
Enter code
Organisation code
4
Sign in
With the same details you use on the web.
Already installed? Open skillSYMS for your organisation.
What the desktop app adds
Keep working when the connection drops
Take the register for your upcoming classes, record workplace logbook entries and capture evidence with no connection. It all syncs when you reconnect, signed and time-stamped, and conflicting edits are kept for an administrator to decide. Your organisation switches offline working on. How offline working works →
Its own window and tray
skillSYMS stays one click away in the system tray, with a Quick Capture shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+S, ⌘+Shift+S on Mac).
Signed automatic updates
Updates are cryptographically signed and refused if the signature does not verify. Releases roll out in stages.
Links that open the app
skillsyms:// links from email open the right page in the installed app.
Controlled by your institution
Every installation is a registered device your administrators can trust, sign out, block or remotely wipe.
Built for IT departments
MSI for silent Windows deployment, a Group Policy and Intune template, kiosk mode for shared computers, and .deb and .rpm for Linux labs. Deployment guide →
Verifiable downloads
Every installer is listed with its SHA-256. Check a file in your browser before you run it.
Everything you do in the desktop app is the same skillSYMS you use in the browser — same data, same permissions. Prefer not to install? Use skillSYMS on the web or get the phone app.