Searching for subjects and assessment areas

Use the Set Subject Assessment Search Criteria window to search for:

existing subject assessments
assessment areas for the selected subject.

See Searching, in the Introduction manual, for details on how to use the search tools.

Opening the Set Subject Assessment Search Criteria window

Set Subject Assessment Search Criteria window key fields

Field	Description
File Type	Search for all subjects in a particular file type, either academic or co-curricular.
Year	Search for subjects in a particular year.
Semester	Search for subjects given in a semester. Note: The labels for Semester can be Term, Report No or Half-Term based on your setup. See Student File Semester Maintenance - File Semester tab in the Curriculum manual.
Campus	Search for subjects given at a particular campus.
Assessment Code	Search for the code relating to how work in a class is assessed. More than one class can share the same Assessment Code if they are each assessed the same way. Usually all classes in one subject at a particular level in your organisation are assessed in the same way.
Heading	Search for all or part of the subject heading.

Subject Assessment Selector window

The Subject Assessment Selector window displays the results of your subject search. The window has a:

Grid search area at the top of the window.
Subject assessment grid showing subject assessments for the criteria entered. For example, Year 10 English Level 1 (S/10ENGLISH1).
Subject assessment area grid showing the areas of assessment and calculated formulas for the highlighted subject assessment. For example:
- Exam Mark 1, Exam Mark 2 and Exam Mark 3 which are areas of assessment.
- Weighted Average Exams 1-3 which is a calculated result 'assessment area'.

Subject Assessment Selector (highlighted)

Note: You can perform different tasks depending on whether you have selected a subject or a subject assessment area in the Subject Assessment Selector window. In the example above, the subject area is displayed in italics, denoting that the assessment area below is selected.

Subject assessment right click menu

Subject Assessment Selector (right mouse, subject assessment)

Right click on the subject assessment to perform the following key actions:

Create a new subject assessment. See Creating new subject assessments.
Rename a subject assessment. See Renaming subject assessments.

Note: You can also use this function to move a subject assessment to a different campus or file type. See Moving subject assessments.

Create a new subject assessment by making a copy of the details of an existing subject. See Copying subject assessments.
Delete a subject assessment. See Deleting subject assessments.
Copy the grid contents to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.

Assessment area right click menu

Subject Assessment Selector (right mouse, subject assessment area)

Right click on the subject assessment area to perform the following key actions:

Create a new subject assessment area. See Creating new subject assessment areas.
Delete a subject assessment area. See Deleting subject assessment areas.
Insert a new assessment area before the current assessment area. See Inserting new subject assessment areas.
Change the order of assessment areas within the subject. See Moving an assessment area to another sequence.
Merge one or more assessment areas into the selected assessment area. See Merging other assessment areas into the current assessment area.
Copy the grid contents to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.
Tip: The number of records in the grid is displayed at the bottom of the menu.

Last modified: 23/09/2014 4:11:04 PM