This topic links to the What's new in Synergetic 66R2 sections in the Synergetic user guides:
This section outlines changes to the Introduction manual arising from changes made to Synergetic (versions 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 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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Updated Preferences functionality. |
New fields have been added to Synergetic preferences:
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New notification icons added. |
New notification icons have been added for
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New Calendar for recording appointments. |
You can use the Calendar to record important appointments at your organisation. |
Calendar Maintaining calendar memberships |
User/Workflow Task window updated. |
The User/Workflow Task window has been updated to include:
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New ability to create templates from tasks within workflows. |
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New Become Originator button. |
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New HTML formatting for Action Centre messages. |
You can apply HTML formatting to Action Centre messages. |
Action Centre - Description tab Maintaining Action Centre setup data in the System Maintenance manual. |
New Action Centre message link to Medical Maintenance. |
You can click the link button on medical incident Action Centre messages to access Medical Maintenance. |
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This section outlines changes to the Community manual arising 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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New Work with Children Check fields. |
New Work with Children Check fields have been added to the Other tab in Community Maintenance:
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New Portal Approval and Give Portal Approval fields. |
New Portal Approval and Give Portal Approval fields on the Relations tab of Community Maintenance to determine whether relations have been given permission to fill out excursion forms in the Community Portal. |
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New Email Targeted Action Messages field. |
You can use the Email Targeted Action Messages field on the Flags tab of Community Maintenance to send an email notification of all Action Centre messages targeted to a community member. |
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New Membership tab. |
You can use the Membership tab of Community Maintenance to view and rebuild calendar memberships. |
Community Maintenance - Membership tab |
This section outlines changes to the Development manual arising from changes made to Synergetic (versions 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 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 Portal Approval and Give Portal Approval fields. |
You can view which community members have or have given portal approval on the Relationships tab of Development Maintenance. |
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Ability to leave monetary fields blank. |
You can leave the Capacity and Indication fields blank on the Prospect Details sub-tab of Development Maintenance. |
Development Maintenance - Prospect Tracking tab - Prospect Details sub-tab |
New Membership tab. |
You can use the Membership tab of Events Maintenance to link events to calendar memberships. |
Events Maintenance - Membership tab Linking events to calendar memberships |
New Available in Public field. |
You can use the Available in Public field on the Web tab of Event Maintenance to determine whether event details are publicly available. |
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Ability to bulk set attendee statuses. |
You can use the Select All and Set Status... options to bulk set event statuses on the Current Attendees tab of Event Maintenance. |
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New Name search field. |
You can use the Name search field to filter records on the following tabs:
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Events Maintenance - Current Attendees tab - Attendee Details sub-tab Events Maintenance - Current Attendees tab - Attendee Guests sub-tab |
New Sub-school and Assessment Code fields added to Events Bulk Add/Delete. |
You can filter based on Sub-school and Assessment Code for selected constituencies on the Events Bulk Add/Delete window. |
Events Maintenance - Current Attendees tab - Attendee Details sub-tab Communications Maintenance - Current Recipients tab Adding or deleting community members to communications in bulk. |
New security meanings for event types. |
You can assign event types a SecurityMeaning of either:
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Events Maintenance - Event tab luEventType lookup table in the System maintenance manual. |
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This section outlines changes to the Human resources manual arising from changes made to Synergetic (versions 65.19-66R2).
Note: The look and feel of Synergetic depends on the PC it is running on. The screenshots in this manual use both the version 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 Portal Approval and Give Portal Approval fields. |
New Portal Approval and Give Portal Approval fields on the Relations tab of Staff Maintenance show whether staff members have been given permission to fill out excursion forms on the Community Portal. |
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New Needs Current WWC field. |
You can select the Needs Current WWC field on the Other tab of Staff Maintenance to flag a teacher that needs a current WWC check. |
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DocMan tab added to the Add Staff P.D. Details window. |
You can attach documents, spreadsheets or pictures to a staff member's P.D. details file. |
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Automatic security permissions for job positions. |
You can link job positions to security groups to automatically assign permissions. |
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This section outlines changes to the System maintenance manual arising from changes made to Synergetic (versions 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 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 security resources under Group security maintenance. |
You can use new security resource options under Group Security Maintenance to manage access to:
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Sports/Co-curricular Maintenance module added under Group security Maintenance. |
You can use the new Sports/Co-curricular Maintenance module under Group security maintenance to assign security rights to the Sports Maintenance module. |
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New Default Sub School field in the Preferences tab of Group/User Security Maintenance - Users view. |
New Default Sub School field in the Preferences tab of Group/User Security Maintenance - Users view. |
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New fields added to the Action Centre tab of the Group/User Security Maintenance - Users view. |
The following fields have been added to the Action Centre tab of the Group/User Security Maintenance - Users view:
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New default value options. |
You can use the YearLevelMax and YearLevelMax-1 default values to populate Year 11 and Year 12 fields in non-New Zealand schools. |
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General setup lookup tables have been updated. |
General setup lookup tables have been added or updated: |
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New Membership Configuration window. |
You can use the new Membership Configuration window to maintain calendar memberships. |
Maintaining calendar memberships |
Future student lookup tables have been added or updated. |
Future student lookup tables have been added or updated: |
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Future student configuration settings have been added. |
Future student configuration settings have been added: |
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Current students lookup tables have been added or updated. |
Current students lookup tables have been added or updated:
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Staff lookup tables have been added. |
Staff lookup tables have been added: |
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Absence event lookup table added. |
luAbsenceReason lookup table has been added. |
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Class setup lookup table have been added. |
luSubjectClassCategory lookup table has been added. |
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New Parent Teacher Interview configuration settings have been added. |
Parent teacher interview configuration settings have been added: |
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Timetable setup lookup table has been added. |
luTimetableOperationMode lookup table has been added. |
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Medical lookup tables have been added, updated or documented. |
Medical lookup tables have been added, updated or documented:
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Medical configuration settings have been added. |
Medical configuration settings have been added:
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Maintaining custom maintenance window icons |
CustomImmunisation configuration setting removed. |
The CustomImmunisation configuration setting has been removed. |
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New Action Centre configuration settings have been documented. |
New Action Centre configuration settings have been documented:
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Action Centre lookup table added. |
You can use the luActionMessageType lookup table to maintain Action Centre messages. |
luActionMessageType lookup table |
Event lookup tables have been updated or added. |
Event lookup tables have been updated or added: |
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Communications configuration settings have been added. |
Communications configuration settings have been added: |
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DocMan lookup table updated. |
You can no longer leave the security meaning blank on the luDocumentClassification lookup table. |
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This section outlines changes to the Future students manual arising from changes made to Synergetic (versions 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 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 Enquirers with no Status field. |
You can use the Enquirers with no Status field on the Process Future Student and Enquirers window to included enquirers without statuses in the enrolment enquiry search. |
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New Portal Approval fields on the Relations tab. |
The Portal Approval and Give Portal Approval fields on the Relations tab of Future Student Maintenance determine Community Portal permissions for the selected student. |
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New Interviews tab. |
You can use the Interviews tab to schedule and maintain school interviews. |
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MCEECDYA tab renamed. |
The MCEECDYA tab of Future Student Maintenance has been renamed the Demographic tab. |
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New Individual Plans tab. |
You can use the Individual Plans tab under Future Student Maintenance to maintain individual learning plans. |
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New Steps tab. |
You can use the Steps tab of Future Student Maintenance to maintain enrolment steps. |
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Ability to set future student statuses in bulk. |
You can use Future Student Status Bulk Set to set future student statuses in bulk. |
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Ability to delete enquiries when transferring students from future to current. |
You can select the Also Delete Enquiries field of the Transfer Future Students to Current window to delete enquiries linked to the future student application. |
This section outlines changes to the Current students manual arising from changes made to Synergetic (versions 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 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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MCEECDYA tabs and field renamed. |
The following areas have been renamed:
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Current Student Maintenance - Demographic tab Import/Export Student Data - Demographic tab Current Student Maintenance - Flags tab
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New Portal Approval fields. |
The Portal Approval and Give Portal Approval fields on the Relations tab of Current Student Maintenance determine Community Portal permissions for the selected student. |
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New Individual Plans tab. |
You can use the Individual Plans tab in Current Student Maintenance to assign learning plans to students. |
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Alerts displayed in Absence Events Maintenance. |
Alerts are now displayed in Absence Events Maintenance. |
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New Ability tab. |
You can use the Ability tab to record students' ability to perform physical activities such as running or swimming. |
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New Electives tab. |
You can use the Electives tab to view class and co-curricular electives for each student. |
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New Sports Classes tab. |
You can use the Sports Classes tab to view and maintain student co-curricular class details. |
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New Interviews tab. |
You can use the Interviews tab to schedule and maintain interviews. |
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New STAR Funded Course Date field. |
New STAR Funded Course Date field on the NZMOE tab under Current Student Maintenance to determine which students received Secondary Tertiary Alignment Resource (STAR) funding during the previous or current school year. |
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New field added to the NZQA tab. |
You can now import external student results files on the NZQA tab of Import/Export Student Data. |
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New fields added to the e-ASSTLE tab. |
You can now import and export ASSTLE data by Year Level and Entry Date. |
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This section outlines changes to the Past students manual arising from changes made to Synergetic (versions 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 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 Portal Approval fields. |
The Portal Approval and Give Portal Approval fields on the Relations tab of Past Student Maintenance determine Community Portal permissions for the selected student. |
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Scholarships tab updated. |
You can now add and delete scholarship records on the Scholarship tab of Past Student Maintenance. |
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Guests sub-tab updated. |
New General and Tickets sub-sub-tabs have been added to the Guests sub-tab of:
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Past Student Maintenance - Current Events tab - Guests sub-tab |
New Individual Plans tab. |
You can use the Individual Plans tab of Past Student Maintenance to maintain individual learning plans. |
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New STAR Funded Course Date field. |
New STAR Funded Course Date field on the NZMOE tab under Past Student Maintenance to determine which students received Secondary Tertiary Alignment Resource (STAR) funding during the previous or current school year. |
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New Interviews tab. |
You can use the Interviews tab of Past Student Maintenance to schedule and maintain interviews. |
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This section outlines changes to the Medical details manual arising from changes made to Synergetic (66.01-66R2).
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Preferred names displayed in the Selector panel. |
You can now view the preferred name of the patient in the selector panel. |
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Summary tab updated. |
The Summary tab has a new grid-based format. |
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Changes to the Incidents tab - Summary sub-tab. |
Changes have been made to the Summary sub-tab of the Incidents tab:
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New Healthcare tab. |
You can use the new Healthcare tab to record details of medical memberships. |
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Immunisation tab updated. |
The Immunisation tab has a new grid-based format. |
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New Medical Condition tab. |
You can use the Medical Condition tab to record details of student medical conditions. This tab replaces the functionality of the following tabs:
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New Medication tab. |
You can use the Medication tab to record types of medication used to treat medical conditions. This tab replaces the medication functionality of the old Allergy/Medication tab. |
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New Allergy tab. |
You can use the Allergy tab to record details of student allergies. This tab replaces the allergy functionality of the old Allergy/Medication tab. |
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New Consent tab. |
You can use the Consent tab to record types of medical consent granted by parents and guardians. This tab replaces the consent functionality of the old Consent/Insurance tab. |
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Non-medical ability functionality moved to Current Student Maintenance. |
You can use the new Ability tab in Current Student Maintenance to maintain non-medical abilities. This replaces the ability fields on the Consent/Insurance tab. |
Current Student Maintenance - Ability tab in the Current students manual. |
Dentist fields moved. |
The Dentist fields have been moved from the Medical tab to the Doctor tab of Medical Maintenance. |
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This section outlines changes to the Curriculum manual arising from changes made to Synergetic (versions 66.01-66R2). This section also includes changes made to earlier versions of Synergetic that do not appear in earlier versions of the documentation.
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 Description field. |
You can use the Description field to define the name of each semester/term under File Semester Maintenance. |
Student File Semester Maintenance - File Semester tab (Student File Semester Maintenance - File Semester tab, Student File Semester Maintenance - File Semester tab) |
New Cycle Maintenance window. |
You can use Cycle Maintenance in File Semester Maintenance to maintain details of co-curricular file semester cycles. |
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New co-curricular activities link. |
Co-curricular activities scheduled using the Schedule bar of Co-Curricular Maintenance in SynWeb are automatically applied to the relevant staff records in Staff Schedule Maintenance. |
Maintaining co-curricular activities Maintaining co-curricular programs in the SynWeb Curriculum manual. |
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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 Payroll manual arising from changes made to Synergetic (versions 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 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 Always FTE field. |
The Always FTE field on the Leave Awards tab of Payroll Configuration indicates whether the leave type is always processed on an FTE basis. |
Payroll Configuration - Leave Awards tab luPayrollLeave lookup table in the Finance manual. |
New fields on the Maint tab. |
The tPayrollEmployeeStandardPayDetailsHistorySeq and Deleted fields have been added to the Pay Details sub-tab of the Maint tab under Payroll Employee Maintenance. |
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This section outlines the changes to New Zealand Ministry of Education (NZ MOE) roll return requirements for 2015. This coincides with the v67 release of Synergetic.
By convention, where Synergetic field names are different to the NZ MOE fields they are displayed in a bold font whereas the NZ MOE field names are displayed in italics.
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Roll count dates have been set for 2015. |
Roll count dates have been set to:
State and State integrated schools (excluding partnership schools) with students in Year 9 and above have additional roll count dates set to:
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Errors and warnings have been updated. |
New errors and warnings have been added:
Some errors and warnings have been removed:
Some have been updated:
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Change to the Zone Status (M6) aggregate report |
Zone status (M6) aggregate report entries now default to correct values when the report is produced. For example, adults will default to Out of Zone even if they reside In Zone. |
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Changes to the Subject Code list. |
New Subject Codes have been added:
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New code added to the Exchange scheme list. |
New code added to the Exchange scheme list:
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New code added to the STP Programme list. |
New code added to the STP Programme list:
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New STAR Funded Course Date field. |
New STAR Funded Course Date field on the NZMOE tab under Current Student Maintenance to determine which students received Secondary Tertiary Alignment Resource (STAR) funding during the previous or current school year. |
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These are based on the Synergetic version 66R2 release notes that include changes from 66.01 - 66R2. Also included are documentation changes that relate to better ways of doing things or for prior releases.
No changes were made to the following manuals:
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