Creating topic comments for student assessment areas

Some assessment areas also require the entry of a comment rather than just a result. These are usually indicated by a Comment result type.

You can enter topic comments for a student using either the:

• All Students tab
• Single Student tab.

All Students tab

To enter a topic comment against a student's assessment area using the All Students tab of the Student Results Maintenance window:

1. Open the All Students tab of Student Results Maintenance window. See Student Results Maintenance - All Students tab.
2. Select the student.

   

3. Either:
   • Click to the right of screen.
   • Right click the assessment area and select Edit/View Topic Comment from the menu.

     

   The Topic Comment window is displayed.

   

4. Type the comments for the subject assessment area.

   

   Tip: Spell check topic comments as you enter them, as any spelling mistakes may not be picked up during an overall spell check. See Checking spelling in comments for a student.

5. Click .

   A red tag is displayed at the top right of the grid cell for the student's subject assessment area that contains a topic comment.

   

Single Student tab

To enter a topic comment against a student's assessment area using the Single Student tab of the Student Results Maintenance window:

1. Open the Single Student tab of Student Results Maintenance window. See Student Results Maintenance - Single Student tab.
2. Select the student and the subject area to add the comment against.

   

3. Either:
   • Right click the assessment area and select Edit/View Topic Comment.
   • Click to the right of screen.

   The Topic Comment window is displayed for the subject assessment area.

   

   Tip: The Topic Comment window is displayed automatically if you press any key while positioned in the Topic Comment field for the selected subject assessment area.

4. Type the comments.

   

   Tip: Spell check topic comments as you enter them, as any spelling mistakes may not be picked up during an overall spell check. See Checking spelling in comments for a student.

5. Click .

   A red tag is displayed at the top right of the grid cell for the student's subject assessment area that contains a topic comment. Some of the comments can be seen in the Topic Comment column (field).

   

Last modified: 4/10/2012 12:03:24 PM

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