Subject Assessment Area Maintenance - Area bar - Comments tab

Use the Comments tab of the Area bar to create a comment bank for the various subject assessments or areas. Comment banks can also be linked to a subject or to a staff member.
There are two Comments areas in the Subject Assessment Area Maintenance window:

The tab on the Area bar, which is used for adding comments for assessment areas. For example, comments for the exam assessment area.
The Comments bar, which is used for adding overall comments for subject assessments. For example, comments for a subject such as English. See Subject Assessment Area Maintenance - Comments bar.

The comment bank allows teachers to select pre-approved comments to include in their reports.

Tip: Use the comment bank facility to save time and to minimise the variation in reports.

Opening the Comments tab

To open the Comments tab:

Select Curriculum > Assessment Area Maintenance from the SynWeb main menu.
The Set Subject Assessment Area Search Criteria window is displayed.
Search for the assessment area.
Click on the Area bar.

Tip: You can click anywhere on the bar other than the caption to open it.
Click next to the subject assessment area you want to maintain.
The Area tab of the Area bar of Subject Assessment Area Maintenance is displayed.
Click the Comments tab
The Comments tab of the Area bar of Subject Assessment Area Maintenance is displayed.

Subject Assessment Area Maintenance - Area bar - Comments tab key fields and buttons

Grid area fields and buttons

Fields

The fields in the grid area for the selected comment correspond to the fields below. See Comment area below.

Comment area fields and buttons

Fields

Field	Description
Seq	Sequence number of the comment.
Topic	Comment topic. Used to categorise the various comments within an assessment area. For example, a comment topic could be called: General, and include general comments about the students Test, and include comments about test performance in the subject.
Rating	Comment rating. Within a topic, ratings can be used to classify comments. For example: Excellent, Good, Satisfactory. A, B, C. See Comment bank in the Synergetic Assessment and reports manual for more information about how you can classify and store standard comments.
Comment	Comment available to be included in student reports. See Entering stored comments to bring in similar existing comments. Gender references Gender references (pronouns such as 'his', 'he', 'she', 'her' and so on) change based on the gender of the student the comment is recorded against. For example, the comment 'He has done well on his term project' would change to 'They has done well on their term project' when copied from a male student to an other-gendered student. However, 'They has done well on their term project' would remain unchanged when copied to a male student. If your organisation is single-sex then enter the comments as they should be for that gender. Name substitution Wherever a question mark (?) that has a space on each side of it is encountered in a comment, Synergetic substitutes the ? with the student's preferred name by default. Tip: If you want to include the question mark symbol without it being substituted with the student's preferred name, place the question mark symbol directly after the word that you want it to appear after. The system administrator can determine whether the student's given name or preferred name is used. See CommentName configuration setting in the Synergetic System maintenance manual.

Buttons

Button	Description
	Add a new comment record at the end.
	Insert a new comment record before the selected comment record.
	Delete the highlighted comment record.
	Copy the last comment into the new comment.
	Move the selected comment bank above the one immediately above it. Tip: Click repeatedly to move up the desired number of lines.
	Move the selected comment bank below the one immediately below it. Tip: Click repeatedly to move down the desired number of lines.
	Apply the changes to the comment.

Common buttons

Button	Description
	Navigate between the subject assessment areas.
	Delete the selected subject assessment area. See Deleting subject assessment areas.
	Create a new subject assessment area.
	Search for another subject assessment area.
	Customise which navigation bars are displayed and their order.
	Create a task relating to the selected subject assessment area.