Under Construction by Graham Kidd

Overview

The Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority (QCAA) is a statutory body of the Queensland Government.

It was established on 1 July 2014, replacing the Queensland Studies Authority (QSA). 

QCAA has introduced:

• Register New Student file - used to register new students in the QCAA Student Management System
• LUI Import - a file produced by QCAA containing student LUI's that schools can import into their Synergetic system.

Changes in Synergetic

Synergetic now has support for:

• Producing the QCAA Register New Student export file
• Importing Learner Unique Idenifiers (LUI) provided by QCAA in a file into Synergetic.

In implementing these QCAA requirements in Synergetic some associated / supporting changes were made within Synergetic Version 69.  These are

• Two new fields
  

  • Learning Pathway field

    • New Look Up table
      • Contains International Baccalaureate (IB) value Synergy Meaning
    • International Baccalaureate field deprecated from UI screens, but remains in DB
    • Triggers introduced to synchronise IBFlag value with Learning Pathway when Pathway is IB

  • Documents Sighted field

    • added to the International tab in the relevant maintenance screens.

Two New Fields

Two new fields introduced to support QCAA requirements:

• Learning Pathway
• Documents Sighted

Learning Pathway

The International Baccalaureate checkbox has been removed from tabs throughout Synergetic and replaced with Learning Pathway.  International Baccalaureate field still remains in the database and can be queried, through MS-Query or SQL, etc.

The Learning Pathway is a Look Up Table, configurable by the School.  The QCAA codes shown below must be configured for QCAA reporting to work.  For schools to record International Baccalaureate students, International Baccalaureate must exist with the Synergy Meaning of IB.  This configuration is also able to be completed in SynWeb via System > Interface Settings > QCAA Interface

Learning Pathway is reported to QCAA as Intended Learning Option

  Click here to show Learning Pathway Locations

Appearance in Synergetic Application and SynWeb

Component	Screen	Tab
Synergetic Application	Create new Enquiry Future > Enquiry / Future Student Maintenance > New Enquiry	Learning Pathway is included in the Create new Enquiry wizard
Synergetic Application	Future > Enquiry / Future Student Maintenance > Enquiry > Student
Synergetic Application	Future > Future Student Maintenance > Flags
Synergetic Application	Develop > Past Student Maintenance > Schooling
Synergetic Application	Students > Current Student Maintenance > Set Current Student Search Criteria
Synergetic Application	Students > Current Student Maintenance > School
Synergetic Application	Students > Current Student Maintenance > School > Show History… [button]
Synergetic Application	Students > Current Student Maintenance > School > Flags
SynWeb	Students > Student Maintenance > Set Current Student Search Criteria
SynWeb	Students > Student Maintenance > School
SynWeb	Students > Student Maintenance > School > Show History [button]
SynWeb	Students > Student Maintenance > Flags
SynWeb	Curriculum > Student Class Allocation > Set Students Search Criteria
SynWeb	Curriculum > View Student Results > Set Students Search Criteria

Documents Sighted

Added to the International tab in the relevant maintenance screens.  Allows recording that the visa documents have been sighted, for reporting to QCAA.