Academic settings

     

iWise settings for academic reports

The following iWise settings can be useful, although not essential, for academic reports. They are included here for reference rather than for essential steps in the Academic checklist.

They can be accessed by a person with iWise Administration permissions and are found by going to Home | Admin | Settings.

Setting

Description

ACADEMIC_AUTO_CORRECT_COMMENTS

This setting enables those proofing rules to be automatically corrected as a teacher types and saves. If you are using the iWise proofing function it is recommended that this setting be turned on.

ACADEMIC_CHAR_LIMIT

Set the maximum number of characters allowable in a report comment.

This is usually done in conjunction with the set up of your academic reports as the character limit is usually based on how much space is allocated to comments on the print out.

This setting specifies a number of characters and provides a warning that the limit is exceeded. It does not force the limit. (See below for the setting that does this.)

ACADEMIC_INDICATOR_GRP_HEADING

This allows you to change the group headings for performance indicators/profiles on the full page student academic report entry screen in the Academic module. Note: This setting affects the screen only, not the printed report.

ACADEMIC_LOCK_S1

Lock Slot 1 academic records to prevent modification by academic staff. Individual subjects and fields can be locked on Academic | Admin | Show Fields.

ACADEMIC_LOCK_S2

Lock Slot 2 academic records to prevent modification by academic staff. Individual subjects and fields can be locked on Academic | Admin | Show Fields.

ACADEMIC_OUTCOME_GRP_HEADING

This allows you to change the group headings for outcomes on the full page student academic report entry screen in the Academic module. Note: This setting affects this screen only, not the printed report.

ACADEMIC_PROOF_NO_RETURNS

Set this option on if you want the proofing mechanism in iWise to strip out return characters in comments.

ACADEMIC_RESTRICT_COMMENTS

This option allows a school to prevent users from typing more than the specified number of words or characters. It works in conjunction with ACADEMIC_CHAR_LIMIT and ACADEMIC_WORD_LIMIT

ACADEMIC_SHOW_PASTORAL_GRAPH

Turn this option on if you want to display a graph of student results in the academic pastoral carer entry screens. Sometimes, especially if you are experiencing slow loading times, it can be useful to turn this option off.

ACADEMIC_WORD_LIMIT

This setting is similar to ACADEMIC_CHAR_LIMIT but sets the maximum number of words, not characters. It does not prevent users from exceeding the limit, it just warns them

COMMENT_BANK

Allow staff to use iWise comment bank.

ACADEMIC_SEMESTER1_LABEL
ACADEMIC_SEMESTER2_LABEL

Change the label on screen from 'Semester 1' to something more meaningful for your school - eg 'Interim reports'.