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This section outlines changes to the Assessments and reports manual arising from changes made to Synergetic (versions 67.01-68).
Note: The look and feel of Synergetic depends on the PC it is running on. The screenshots in this manual use both the version 67 and pre-66 look and feel. You may notice a slight difference in appearance between this manual and Synergetic running at your organisation but the functionality is exactly the same.
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New topics to assist with the transition to Victorian Curriculum F-10. |
Victorian schools in Australia are transitioning to the Victorian Curriculum F-10. |
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More flexible curriculum definitions are available. |
New frameworks have been included to allow four levels of curriculum definitions on the Subject Assessment Other Definition Maintenance window.
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Maintaining curriculum frameworks Using the Subject Assessment Other Definition Maintenance window |
Topic split into two new topics. |
Information about the Subject Assessment Other Definition Maintenance window and copying definitions have been separated into two topics. Previously Copying subject assessment definitions. |
Using the Subject Assessment Other Definition Maintenance window |
Loading of pre-defined definitions for the Victorian Curriculum. |
For the implementation of the Victorian Curriculum F-10 at Victorian schools, you can load pre-defined definitions:
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Using the Subject Assessment Other Definition Maintenance window |
Some AusVELS topics were removed. |
Some AusVELS-related topics have been removed as they are no longer relevant with the introduction of transition to Victorian Curriculum F-10:
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New field for recording expected results. |
You can use the Expected Result for Area field on the Area sub-tab of the Area tab of Subject Assessment Maintenance to create subject assessment areas for entering expected results.
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Subject Assessment Maintenance - Area tab - Area sub-tab Creating subject assessment areas for entering expected results |
New ability to enter Victorian Curriculum results. |
Subjects using the new Victorian Curriculum framework are marked using a numerical scale (0.5-15.5) that creates a result between:
Victorian Curriculum F-10 results are displayed in reports using a five-point marking scale (A to E). |
Student Results Maintenance - Single Student tab |
New DNP result type for Victorian Curriculum schools. |
You can select the DNP (Did Not Participate) result type for students that could not attain a result for any given assessment area. When this field is selected the school must select a result classification to indicate why the student was unable to participate. |
Student Results Maintenance - Single Student tab |
New Classification button. |
You can now click
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New fields added for checking and calculating student results. |
You can use the following fields on the Student Result Calculations/Checks window to process student results:
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This section outlines changes to the Assessment and reports manual arising from changes made to Synergetic (66.01-66R2).
Note: The look and feel of Synergetic depends on the PC it is running on. The screenshots in this manual use both the version 67 and pre-66 look and feel. You may notice a slight difference in appearance between this manual and Synergetic running at your organisation but the functionality is exactly the same.
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General tab field renamed. |
The Term 2 Class field on the General tab of Class Maintenance has been renamed Next Term Class.
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Staff tab updated. |
You can use the Role Description and Comment fields on the Staff tab of Class Maintenance to describe staff roles and provide general comments.
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New Student Electives tab. |
You can use the Student Electives tab of Class Maintenance to maintain student elective preferences. |
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New Web Elective tab. |
You can use the Web Electives tab of Class Maintenance to determine which electives are displayed on the Community Portal. |
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This section outlines changes to the Assessment and reports manual arising from changes made to Synergetic (versions 65.19-66.01).
Note: The look and feel of Synergetic depends on the PC it is running on. The screenshots in this manual use both the version 66 and pre-66 look and feel. You may notice a slight difference in appearance between this manual and Synergetic running at your organisation but the functionality is exactly the same.
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New Auto Results Calc field. |
New Auto Results Calc field enables you to choose if automatic results calculation is enabled.
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Student Results Maintenance - All Students tab |
New PTI Request tab in Student Results Maintenance. |
New PTI Request tab in Student Results Maintenance to maintain parent teacher interview request statuses.
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New support for extended character sets in comments. |
New support for extended character sets enables the insertion of foreign characters in the Comments fields in Student Results Maintenance. |
Student Results Maintenance - All Students tab |
New support for Year Level override settings in Student Results Maintenance. |
New link between Student Results Maintenance and File Semester Maintenance allows the owner to lock out individual year levels using Rprts Prntd and Athr Stppd.
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Student File Semester Maintenance - File Semester tab (Student File Semester Maintenance - File Semester tab, Student File Semester Maintenance - File Semester tab) in the Curriculum manual. |
New hover hints in Student Results Maintenance. |
New hover hints are displayed on the All Students, Assessment and Markbook tabs in Student Results Maintenance when you move the mouse cursor over a column heading.
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Student Results Maintenance - All Students tab |
New Find/Replace search. |
New Find/Replace search in Student Results Maintenance lets you quickly find and replace terms across an entire class.
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New PTI Request fields. |
New PTI Request:
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Class Maintenance - Students tab |
New fields in luAward lookup table. |
New ModifiedDate and ModifiedUser grid area fields in the luAward table of Lookup Table Maintenance. |
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This section outlines changes to the Assessment and reports manual arising from changes made to Synergetic (versions 64.13-65.19).
Note: The look and feel of Synergetic depends on the PC it is running on. The screenshots in this manual use both the version 65 and pre-65 look and feel. You may notice a slight difference in appearance between this manual and Synergetic running at your organisation but the functionality is exactly the same.
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Changes to accommodate AusVELS. |
Synergetic has been updated to support the AusVELS standard. |
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Changes to display of student leaving status. |
Students that are leaving your organisation are displayed as:
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New spell check key shortcut. |
To spell check all comments when recording assessment results, press Ctrl + F7. |
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Statistics window documented. |
You can view and adjust class statistics from the Student Results Maintenance window.
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Ability to delete archived student reports. |
You can delete archived student reports using the |
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New field in the General tab of the Class Maintenance window. |
You can link classes together in the General tab of Class Maintenance.
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New mark book formulas and controls in Subject Assessment Maintenance. |
On the Mark Book sub-tab of the Summary tab of the Subject Assessment Maintenance window, you can:
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Subject Assessment Maintenance - Summary tab - Mark Book sub-tab |
New field in the Formula sub-tab of the Area tab of Subject Assessment Maintenance. |
You can link formula assessment areas to other subject assessment areas using the Transfer to Seq field in the Formula sub-tab of the Area tab of Subject Assessment Maintenance. |
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New reports for AusVELS. |
The following reports have been created to support AusVELS:
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This section outlines changes to the Assessment and reports manual arising from changes made to Synergetic (versions 63.18-64.13).
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Automatic award functionality has been documented. |
You can use Synergetic to automatically allocate awards to students who have fulfilled certain criteria. |
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New grid field on Schedule tab of Class Maintenance. |
The Class Type field has been added to the grid area of the Class Maintenance - Schedule tab.
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New grid field on Assessment tab of Student Results Maintenance. |
The Staff field has been added to the Assessment tab of the Student Results Maintenance window.
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New field in Subject Assessment Maintenance and Class Maintenance. |
You can use the Show Markbook Results in Portal field to control from a subject or class level whether relevant student results are displayed in the Community Portal.
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Subject Assessment Maintenance - Summary tab - Summary sub-tab |
New field in the Staff Mark Book window. |
You can use the Publish in Portal field in the Staff Mark Book window to control whether the mark book results are published on the Community Portal.
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Maintaining mark book assessment areas from Student Results Maintenance |
New Print from archive ability. |
You can print previously archived reports in the Print Student Reports program.
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This section outlines changes to the Assessment and reports manual arising from changes made to Synergetic (versions 62.46-63.18).
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New DocMan tab in Subject Assessment Maintenance. |
You can store documents relating to subject assessments in the DocMan tab of Subject Assessment Maintenance.
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New DocMan tab in Class Maintenance. |
You can store documents relating to subject assessment areas in the DocMan tab of Class Maintenance.
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New student alert option in Student Results Maintenance. |
You can select to have student alerts display only once per session or class in Student Results Maintenance.
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Current Student Maintenance - Alerts tab in the Current students manual. |
New override fields in Charges tab of Class Maintenance. |
You can override the class's Pay Code and Fee Code in the Charges tab of Class Maintenance.
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New class deletion rules. |
When you delete a class, Synergetic checks to see if that class is currently timetabled and attended by students. You cannot delete a class with current timetable entries or attending students. |
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This section outlines the changes to the Assessments and reports manual arising from changes made to Synergetic (version 61.35-62.45).
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New topic about Bulk Add of Students to Classes |
The Bulk Add of Students to Classes window, launched from Class Maintenance - Students tab, is now documented.
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New formulas for calculating marks and grades |
The @sfMax, @sfMin and @sfMarkToGrade formulas can now be used in the Formula sub-tab of the Area tab of the Subject Assessment Maintenance window.
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New tab in Class Maintenance |
In the Schedule tab of Class Maintenance you can view:
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This section outlines the changes to the Assessment and reports manual arising from changes made to Synergetic (version 61.00-61.35).
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New Documents tab in Class Maintenance.
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A new Documents tab has been added to Class Maintenance to maintain documents to be displayed for a class under the Results tab of the community portal.
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Class Maintenance - Documents tab
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New Documents tab in Subject Assessment Maintenance.
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A new Documents tab has been added to Subject Assessment Maintenance to maintain documents displayed under the Results tab of the community portal for any class using that Subject Assessment.
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New field in Students tab of Class Maintenance.
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An Active Students Only field has been added to show only students who are currently active in the class.
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Class Maintenance - Students tab
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New buttons in Students tab of Class Maintenance. |
Two buttons have been added to the Students tab of Class Maintenance to modify the student class details for individual students and in bulk.
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Modifying student class details Modifying student class details in bulk
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New fields in Set Student Reports Search Criteria window. |
New fields have been added to Set Student Reports Search Criteria to allow you to search for student reports by Course and Linked Course.
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Searching for students to print reports for
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This section outlines the changes to the Assessments and reports manual arising from changes made to Synergetic (version 59.15-v60.37).
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New Mark Book sub-tab of Subject Assessment Maintenance. |
Two new topics have been added for the new Mark Book sub-tab.
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Subject Assessment Maintenance - Summary tab - Mark Book sub-tab Importing mark book assessments from Subject Assessment Maintenance |
New Classes sub-tab of Subject Assessment Maintenance. |
A new topic has been added for the new Classes sub-tab.
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Subject Assessment Maintenance - Summary tab - Classes sub-tab |
New Targets sub-tab of Subject Assessment Maintenance. |
A new topic has been added for the new Targets sub-tab.
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Subject Assessment Maintenance - Summary tab - Targets sub-tab |
New Security sub-tab of Subject Assessment Maintenance. |
A new topic has been added for the new Security sub-tab.
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Subject Assessment Maintenance - Summary tab - Security sub-tab |
New procedure. |
A new procedure has been written to accompany the
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New procedure. |
A new procedure has been written to accompany the
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Merging other assessment areas into the current assessment area |
Automatically display student results as read only if they are used in an identifiable calculation. |
A new section has been added outlining:
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New Formula sub-tab of Subject Assessment Maintenance. |
A topic has been written for the Formula sub-tab of Subject Assessment Maintenance.
New topics have been written and existing topics modified to provide information on calculating and summarising assessment areas. |
Subject Assessment Maintenance - Area tab - Formula sub-tab New method of calculating and summarising assessment areas Traditional method of calculating and summarising assessment areas |
New Comments sub-tab of Subject Assessment Maintenance. |
A topic has been written for the Comments sub-tab of the Area tab of Subject Assessment Maintenance.
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Subject Assessment Maintenance - Area tab - Comments sub-tab |
New Awards sub-tab of Subject Assessment Maintenance. |
A topic has been written for the Awards sub-tab of Subject Assessment Maintenance.
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New Domains sub-tab of Subject Assessment Maintenance. |
A topic has been written for the Domains sub-tab of Subject Assessment Maintenance.
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New Statistics sub-tab of Subject Assessment Maintenance. |
A topic has been written for the Statistics sub-tab of Subject Assessment Maintenance.
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Subject Assessment Maintenance - Area tab - Statistics sub-tab |
Allow result mask to contain decimal numbers for a numeric range. |
Numeric masks have been extended. You can:
See the topics for more details. For example, a comma in front of the mask allows you to select a blank value for the result. |
Class Maintenance - Markbook tab luReportResultType lookup table in the System maintenance manual |
Export student results to Excel - want ID column exported even when it is invisible. |
Three new topics have been written describing how to export student results from three tabs of Student Results Maintenance. This incorporates recent changes to Synergetic, including exporting the Synergetic IDs of the students.
A new topic has been written describing how to import student results, one column at a time. |
Exporting and importing student results to and from Microsoft Excel |
Tagged IDs check box in Print Student Reports. |
A description has been added for the new Tagged IDs field on the Set Student Reports Search Criteria window.
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This section outlines the changes to the Assessments and reports manual arising from changes made to Synergetic (version 58.09-v59.14).
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Drive defaults to the USB drive when importing or exporting assessments. |
When importing assessments to your home PC or exporting them later, Synergetic defaults to the USB flash drive connected to your PC. It used to default to the A: drive which has fallen into disuse.
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Improved method of entering timetable details in Class Maintenance. |
A new topic has been written, detailing how to add new timetable periods manually.
The description for the Additional information has been provided about editing existing values on the Timetable tab.
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Added Result Min/Max to VELS Domain/Dimension details screen. |
Result Min and Result Max values have been implemented on the Subject Assessment Other Definition Maintenance window.
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Copying subject assessment definitions from one year to another |
New Targets sub-tab of Subject Assessment Maintenance. |
A new Targets sub-tab has been added to Subject Assessment Maintenance, to set achievement targets for organisations in Western Australia.
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Subject Assessment Maintenance - Summary tab - Targets sub-tab |
New Assessment tab of Student Results Maintenance. |
A topic has been written for the Assessment tab of Student Results Maintenance.
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New fields on the Summary sub-tab of Subject Assessment Maintenance. |
Field descriptions have been added for the following new fields on the Summary sub-tab of Subject Assessment Maintenance:
Descriptions have been added for the new
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Subject Assessment Maintenance - Summary tab - Summary sub-tab |
New buttons on the Comments sub-tab of Subject Assessment Maintenance. |
Descriptions have been added for two new buttons:
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Subject Assessment Maintenance - Summary tab - Comments sub-tab |
New Mark Book sub-tab of Subject Assessment Maintenance. |
A new Mark Book sub-tab has been added to Subject Assessment Maintenance to record results against assessment areas. The results are not printed on student reports.
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Subject Assessment Maintenance - Summary tab - Mark Book sub-tab |
New procedure. |
A new procedure has been written to accompany the
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New procedure. |
A new procedure has been written to accompany the
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