Groups

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For working with groups select Edit | Groups from the menu.

 

In order to divide students into groups, first select the program to which you wish to distribute students. After selecting the program, choose the study year of the program and the subject area for that year.

 

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You can see the capacity of the subject area in the Students in subject area field. It represents the maximum number of students in all groups of a subject area. If you have not distributed enough students to fill the capacity of a subject area, a number of missing students is shown in the Unallocated field. If you have exceeded the capacity of a subject area, a negative number is shown in the same field.

 

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The list of groups in the current subject area is shown in the table. To change the name of a group, the maximum number of students or the additional notes, double-click the field and insert new values.

 

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A parent group and its subgroups can be inserted in the program.

- The parent group can include all students of the defined program in a specific year and subject area.

- Different distributions of the parent group are inserted as subgroups. The parent group can be distributed into subgroups regarding to: tutorials, foreign languages, optional courses, ...

 

If you insert the parent group, it is necessary to write the name of group in the '' Name'' column, and the number of students in '' Stud.Num''. column. Leave ''Parent'' empty. Number 0 has to be inserted in the '' Class'' column. In the above example, the parent group is AFM1.

 

If you insert a subgroup, it is necessary to write the name of a group in the '' Name'' column, and the number of students in ''Stud. Num.'' column. In the ''Parent'' column, write the name of the parent group. It is important to insert an identically spelled name, therefore it is recommended to copy the name of the parent group. In the Class column, insert the class of subgroup division - the first distribution of subgroups is marked with 1, the next one with 2 and so on. You can see 2 types of dividing in the example above - the first one (class 1) divides students into 3 groups for tutorials, the second one (class 2) divides students into 3 groups for foreign languages (2 groups of English and one group of German).

 

How is the automatic generation generated?

 

1.The automatic generation generates schedules in such a manner that different executions which have the parent group inserted do not overlap, and they do not overlap with executions which have subgroups inserted.

In the above example, the executions with the AFM parent group do not overlay one another, and do not overlay the executions with any subgroup inserted (AFM1-1, AFM1-2, AFM1-3, AFM1-eng1, AFM1-eng2, AFM1-german).

 

2.Executions which have different subgroups with the same class inserted can overlay one another (automatic generation will try to overlay them). At the same time, they cannot overlay executions, which have the parent group and subgroups with other classes inserted.  

In the above example, executions with inserted AFM1-1, AFM1-2 in AFM1-3 groups can overlay one another. However, they cannot overlay executions which have the AFM1 parent groups and groups with class 2 (AFM1-eng1, AFM1-eng2, AFM1-german) inserted.

 

The Note field is not obligatory. You can write random notes in it. We suggest that you write the surnames of the students in the group in this field.

 

 

You can add or delete groups, insert and edit blockades for the groups, distribute students into groups, automatically generate groups and automatically distribute students, remove students from all groups etc.

 

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Add

Add a new group to a subject area.

 

Edit

Insert and edit blockades for groups.

 

 

Delete

Delete a group from a subject area.

 

New

Automatically generate groups with the parameters that you determine.

 

Edit students

Add or remove students from a group.

 

Distribute students

Automatically distribute students into existing groups, in the chosen year and subject area only.

 

Release groups

Remove all students from all groups, in the chosen year and subject area only.

 

Distribute all students

Automatically distribute students into existing groups in all years and subject areas.

 

Release all groups

Remove all students from all groups in all years and subject areas.

 

Confirm

Confirm changes.

 

Cancel

Cancel changes.