E10 - How to: Group classes - a third way

(Nested Group)

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• E10 - How to: Group classes - a third way (Nested Group)
  • Some of the problems of this structure are:
  • Setting up the Nested Group
  • To change a student’s classes
  • Sample Year Structure with Grouped Classes

Nested groups should only be used when a third grouping of classes is required in a year level, and lines and groups (both letter and number) have already been used.

Some of the problems of this structure are:

• Greatly reduced flexibility. Subjects have far fewer periods to move around in if they are forced to be grouped independently in this manner. For instance in the example following, 7MUSA has 3 periods with only 9 possible options. If the MUS, LAN and HIS classes were included in the 7A Letter group there would be 43 periods as possible options.
• With no identifier tag for the third or subsequent groups, the students cannot be simply designated with an A or 1 in the Student data > Letter/Number fields to register them automatically to all the 8A or 8-1 associated classes

Setting up the Nested Group

• The Language class lists will determine the class lists for Music and History.  A change to the class list for a specific Language class will automatically result in changes to the class lists of the associated Music and History classes.
• Ensure both Music and History subjects are linked in Action bar tab > Group class lists.  
• Code all Language classes into a line.
• Code each Music class as ‘Group 7LAN…’ , in the Line column, to group with its corresponding Language class. e.g. 
  7LANA = Line L
  7MUSA = Group 7LANA
  
  
• Repeat this for the History classes :
  7HISA = Group 7LANA

The final product should look like this:

To change a student’s classes

1. Classes > Class data (F6): copying and pasting the respective Line reference, e.g. Group 7LANA for both the 7HISA and 7MUSA to update the class list,
2. Students > Student data (F8): Copying and pasting a class code to change all 3 classes for a student.
3. Students > My classes (Shift+F9): select any class to change all 3 classes