Results Maintenance - Mark Book window

Use the Mark Book window 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 Synergetic Curriculum manual. Also see Subject Assessment Maintenance - Summary tab - Mark Book sub-tab in the Synergetic Assessments and reports manual.

Note: SynWeb displays a confirmation window if you attempt to navigate away from the page and changes have not been saved. You must always click before you move to another screen to avoid losing your changes.

Note: SynWeb automatically performs results calculations when you exit the class or change to a different tab.

Tip: The class information at the top of the window can be modified. For example the default setting can be modified to display a shortened version . See PanelHeader configuration setting in the Synergetic System Maintenance manual.

Opening the Mark Book window

To open the Mark Book window:

Select Curriculum > Results Maintenance from the SynWeb main menu.
The Results Maintenance Search Criteria window is displayed.
Search for the class. See Searching for student results.
The class grid is displayed.
Click the launch link of the class you want to manage results for.
The Single window of Results Maintenance is displayed.
Click .
The Mark Book window of Results Maintenance is displayed.

Results Maintenance - Mark Book window fields, buttons and links
Grid area fields

Field

Description

Name

Name of each student in classes covered by the assessment area.

Assessment area

Each column contains results for each of the mark book assessment areas for this class, recorded against each student.

Note: The fields displayed depend on the filter settings. See Using the Results Maintenance filter.

Field icons

Icon	Description
	Generate and preview the student's report.
	Enter the same result in this column for all students. This is useful for S/N style result types (satisfactory / non-satisfactory) where most students would receive an S. See Entering results in bulk.
	Sort the grid based on criteria selected in the Sort by Columns window. Select the order in which sort criteria are applied, and if this is in Ascending or Descending order. Note: You can save the order of the students based on the entered criteria as a rank. Select Store rank into field and choose a field from the drop-down list that this rank information will be saved into. Click to sort columns and apply a rank if selected. Click to show the default method of sorting the columns, and to apply this default method. See Sorting and ranking students in the Synergetic Assessments and reports manual for more information.
	Select to edit the results calculation formula for this result.
	View the statistics for this result.
	Toggle whether the individual mark book item is displayed in the Community Portal. If the mark book item is not displayed in the Community Portal, the icon is displayed. Hold the mouse over the icon to see at what level the mark book publishing has been disabled. Tip: Mark books can be displayed or hidden in the Community Portal at the level of the individual assessment, the class, or subject assessment.

Buttons

Button	Description
	Save the results you have entered.
	Open the Staff Mark Book window to maintain the mark book. See Maintaining mark books.

Common buttons

Button	Description
	View and maintain: results for individual students topic comments overall comments. See Results Maintenance - Single window.
	View and maintain results for all students in the class. See Results Maintenance - Class (legacy) window.
	View and maintain results for all students in the class simultaneously with other staff members. See Results Maintenance - Class window.
	View or modify results for any student belonging to the assessment code of the class you are currently processing, if you have security access. See Results Maintenance - Assessment (legacy) window.
	View or modify results for any student belonging to the assessment code of the class you are currently processing, if you have security access. See Results Maintenance - Assessment window.
	Maintain the mark book assessment results for all students in the class. See Results Maintenance - Mark Book window.
	Maintain the parent teacher interview request statuses for all students in the class. See Results Maintenance - PTI window.
	Show results for other classes the student is taking. See Results Maintenance - History window.
	Maintain defaults applied to individual students and classes. See Results Maintenance - Utilities window.
	Add or remove fields from display on results pages. See Using the Using the Results Maintenance filter.
	Display the Results Maintenance Search window to select a different class.
	Find or replace a word or phrase within the comment fields.
	Spell check all fields.