The ‘Advanced’ tab

If required, a task can be categorised. You may want to categorise your tasks for the following reasons:

Estimates can be created based on tasks of the same category. If you have categorised all your tasks, and you create estimates based on tasks of the same category you may end up with a more accurate estimate. For example, you may mark practical test more generously than final exams and using a practical test result in a final exam estimate may increase the estimate; and

2.	If your academic report is drawing information directly from the Markbook (rather than publishing to the Academic area) you may have to categorise tasks so that the report knows which ones to access. Please speak to Civica if you would like more information about this process.

To categorise a task, double click on a task name to move it from the Available column to the Selected column. Tasks can be in more than one category, and your school can manage the available categories.

By default, all teachers of a subject can see and edit the marks for other classes in a subject based task.

If you would like to set up the task so that a teacher can only see and edit their own marks, click on Teacher’s Own Class in the Task available to field.

Once this is specified, the fields will look empty, event if another teacher has recorded a mark. Faculty supervisors and users with iWise Admin rights, however, will see all marks.

If the Lock Task box is checked, teachers will no longer be able to enter or edit marks on this task.

Faculty supervisors and users with iWise Admin rights will still be able to enter and edit marks.

By default, tasks will be flagged as being available to include when calculating estimates. If you want to exclude a task from estimate calculation, uncheck the Include in Estimates tick box.

Tasks in the main grid are displayed left to right - first by column order then by date. By default, all tasks have a column order value of ‘1’, meaning that they are displayed on the main grid in date order.

If you want to change this behavior and specify that a task appears at the end of the marking grid enter a column order value higher than 1.

Be careful modifying the column order, it can get a bit messy. If you are having trouble seeing a task because there are too many on screen try reducing your date range instead of modifying the column order.

The Marksheet task description field can be used to describe the task for the benefit of students. The information entered here appears on the Print Schedule report, which is designed to be handed out to students.

If you are using igloo, students will also be able to see the task description on their igloo page after the date specified in the File Release Date field.

The ability to Attach a file is provided to give you a place to store a file associated with the task. This is usually the task instruction for students or essay question. Click Browse to locate the file you want to attach.

If you are using igloo, the file you attach will be available to students after the date specified in the File release date field. If you don’t enter a date in this field, the file will always be hidden in igloo.

The Marks release date is also relevant only if you are using igloo. Use it to specify when marks will be available on line to students via igloo. If you don’t enter a date in this field, marks will always be hidden in igloo.

This field is optional and only relevant if you are using Moodle with iWise. Select a Moodle task in this field and the Moodle result will come across to the Markbook task.