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Use the Mark Book tab to record results for mark book areas of assessment for the selected class. For example, topic tests and assignments that are not usually part of the mainstream class assessment. These assessments are not usually printed on semester reports but can be.

Student mark book results are stored for each reporting period so that you can enter a fresh set of results each period or term if required. The setup of mark book areas is linked to classes and can be copied across reporting periods throughout the year if required, provided that the correct semester or term creation rules have been set up.

See Maintaining student file semesters in the Curriculum manual.

Example of using a mark book

For example, for Art the main required assessment areas might be:

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The art teacher has held several topic tests and recorded student attitudes towards class. The teacher wants to record the test and project results somewhere on the system so that they can be archived but not printed on the normal end of term report.

Note: If the results have been exported from the network version of Synergetic, you can work on them after you re-import them or unlock the class. See Unlocking exported classes (on page ).
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Note: Results maintenance checks the Rprts Prntd and Athr Stppd fields in the Year Level area in File Semester Maintenance. This allows the owner to lock out results for a single year level without affecting other levels. See Student File Semester Maintenance - File Semester tab in the Curriculum manual.

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title	Opening the Mark Book tab

To open the Mark Book tab:

Select Module > Assessments, then Student Results Maintenance.
The Set Student Results Search Criteria window is displayed.
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Search for the teacher and class you want to maintain assessment results for. See Searching for student results (on page ).
The Single Student tab of the Student Results Maintenance window is displayed.
Click the Mark Book tab.
The Mark Book tab of the Student Result Maintenance window is displayed.
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Student Results Maintenance - Mark Book tab fields and buttons
Fields

Field	Description
Group	Result group for the subject assessment area, if applicable. Tip: If you have a lot of subject assessment areas, you can group them together using the Result Group field. See Creating new subject assessment areas (on page ). You can select the result group from the group field then select subject assessment areas from within the group, instead of searching the full list.
Show Left	Select to include students who have left your organisation in the list.
Show Non Assessable	Select to include non-assessable students in the list.
Auto Scroll	Select to automatically move the cursor down to the next grid cell when you press Enter.
Auto Results Calc	Select to enable automatic results calculation upon exiting the class or bulk setting values.

Buttons

Button	Description
Image RemovedImage Added	Go to the first student.
Image RemovedImage Added	Go to the previous student.
Image RemovedImage Added	Go to the next student.
Image RemovedImage Added	Go to the last student.
Image RemovedImage Added	The button beside the: Class code and name launches the Class Maintenance window. See Maintaining classes (on page ) in the Assessments and reports manual. Staff code launches the Staff Maintenance window. See Maintaining staff in the Human resources manual. Student name and number launches the Student Maintenance window. See Maintaining current students in the Current students manual.
Image RemovedImage Added	Add a topic comment for the selected student. See Creating topic comments for student assessment areas (on page ) for details of topic comments.
Image RemovedImage Added	Enter a new mark book assessment area or view or update details of the current mark book assessment area. See Maintaining mark book assessment areas from Student Results Maintenance (on page ). Also see Subject Assessment Maintenance - Summary tab - Mark Book sub-tab (on page ) in the Assessments and reports manual.
Image RemovedImage Added	Launch the Find/Replace window for the selected class. See Using the Find/Replace window (on page ).
Image RemovedImage Added	View other results for the selected student, if they are available. See Viewing student results (teacher) (on page ).
Image RemovedImage Added	Launch the Set Student Results Search Criteria window.

Results grid area

The student results for the class are displayed in a matrix on the Mark Book tab. You can enter results for all mark book assessment areas for each of the students.Image Removed

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Tip: Hover your mouse over the column headers to view a hint displaying the heading and overview of the assessment area. This feature can be disabled by right-clicking the grid and selecting Show Full Assessment Description in Hover Hint on Grid Title.
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Common toolbar icons

Icon	Description
Image RemovedImage Added	Spell check all the students in the class. Shortcut key: Ctrl + F7.
Image RemovedImage Added	Apply default results and classifications to either the selected student or the entire class. Shortcut key: Ctrl + Alt + S.
Image RemovedImage Added	Apply default print flags to either the selected student or the entire class. Shortcut key: Ctrl + Alt + F. See Class Maintenance - Print Flags tab (on page ).
Image RemovedImage Added	Apply result calculations to student or class. Shortcut key: Ctrl + K.
Image RemovedImage Added	Adjust class statistics. Shortcut key: Ctrl + J. See Adjusting class statistics (on page ).
Image RemovedImage Added	View the student's photo. Shortcut key: F11. Image Removed Image Added Note: The Photo of window is the same as the Photo tab in Community Maintenance. See Community Maintenance - Photo tab in the Community manual.

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