Pi Cohort populates from the census and can be used by the performance analysis to analyse the performance in your school. You need to collect all the exam results for the candidates in the current season so that when collating your examination results they are successfully put into up to two groups. The first group which is named…
To add a historic result or a result for an Exam taken externally to Student Details Exams link, you will need to enter the result by doing the following: In SIMS Tools | Examinations | External Results | Manual Entry |Double click on the student | Add result Enter all of the information for the student’s result….
Routines | Data Out | CTF | Export CTF Select option ULN Request/Update. Select the pupils who require a ULN. All students 14 & above will require a ULN Number You must not include pupils whose data you have been asked to protect. This typically includes pupils in witness protection programmes, vulnerable learners, and certain…
Click Ok the Error, in some instances it will let you continue with importing results file. Try re-importing the file 2 to 3 times as the file could be large and it will start the import from where the last imported finished. If the file still will not import try Re- Import the file on…
The most common reason why Subjects are missed out from the Broadsheet Report is because they do not have a QCA code attached in the element. Method for attaching QCA codes: a) Use Focus | Basedata to open the Basedata window showing the Basedata for the current season. b) Expand e.g. EDEXL/GCE to show the…
This FAQ is no longer relevant. Reviewed 29/10/2015
Examinations Organiser – Quick Reference Sheet. Examinations Organiser Reviewed on 24/05/2019
The room layout for an individual examination can be amended to suit your requirements. For example, you may wish to deactivate an extra block of seats to allow room for more invigilators. 1. Highlight the seat(s) you wish to deactivate by either clicking an individual seat or dragging across a group of seats. 2. Right-click…
If a candidate was previously defined as an external candidate, but has since joined your establishment, you can transfer their status from external candidate to internal candidate. Using this routine means that you do not have to delete their entries, delete them as an external candidate, re-assign them as an internal candidate and recreate their…
You cannot add external candidates if the season is locked or closed. 1. Select Focus | Candidates | External to display the External Candidate browser. 2. Click the Add button to display the Add a new Candidate dialog. IMPORTANT NOTE: If you intend to enter a former student for examinations as an external candidate, ensure…
In setting up your season patterns, you should bear in mind that you cannot import two instances of the same element or component into one season. Therefore, if you were to declare a long season, say March to June, that is supposed to contain two opportunities to take OCR GCSE Science or Maths modules, you…
A season may be closed when you have finished administering the examinations for that season and all the results have been received. It is only possible to close a season after the user has confirmed that all results have been finalised. IMPORTANT NOTE: Once a season has been closed, it will not be possible to…
A season can be unlocked after a submission has been made, for example. Unlocking a season enables the data to be amended, i.e. candidates can be entered for examinations, forecast grades can be entered and basedata can be imported or refreshed, etc. Click the Seasons button on the Application Bar or select Tools | School…
As long as no entries have been made against the basedata then the basedata can be deleted and re-imported into the correct season. To delete the basedata start at the lowest level i.e. components, then element, award and finally series. Reviewed on 28/07/2020 – AT Reviewed – 26/05/2015
Importing the Exam board access key into the A2C Migration Application
Steps required to enable the A2C Exams application on Terminal Server.
To export the Certification Broadsheet Report as a CSV file, 1. Select the criteria for the Certification Broadsheet. 2. Do not click on Print as you will not be able to view AND Export the Report. 3. To Export the Report, click on the Export button immediately after selecting the criteria. 4. Save file as…
Provided that the July season dates overlap with the Summer that is being calculated, yes. If Summer runs 01/05/10 – 30/06/10 and July runs 01/07/10 – 31/07/10, then no. Results gained in January and November Seasons will be included in Summer PI Calculations. Certifications cashed in in a previous Season WILL count in the Performance…
To enable Performance Analysis, it is necessary to enter QCA subject codes into basedata if they have not already been supplied by the Boards. To attach QCA codes, Use Focus | Basedata to open the Basedata window showing the Basedata for the current season. Expand e.g. EDEXL/GCE to show the Series 6C06_EDEXL GCE. Expand this…
You need to check that all exam awards have courses attached to them. Then ensure that update course memberships has been run. This should resolve the issue. Reviewed 24/5/2019
This is a result of setting the Exam Result Embargo. Taking this off will resolve the issue, alternatively once the end date of the embargo has passed the Academic year will reappear. To remove the embargo, from within the Exams Organiser go to Tools/Schools Setup/Results Embargo highlight the current embargo and Delete. Reviewed 24/5/2019
This is likely to occur when the results file is too large for the software to handle. Please contact ScoMIS in the the first instance. The file has to be split up into more manageable ‘chunks’ and be reimported into Exams Organiser.
Exams Reports looks at the August results. It only calculates on seasons with June included Non EDI results need to be added manually via Edit PI. Reviewed 24/5/2019
To import a result file, please follow this route……
There are a few possible reasons why users are unable to find any recent results files………..
There are 2 ways to edit this……..
Provided that the July season dates overlap with the Summer ……….
Go to Reports | Statement of Results……….