E10 - Line results: Student results

Modified on Thu, 14 Aug at 12:52 AM

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preamble
View Fields to show
Student results
Deeper individual analysis: Student allocations

Preamble

During the line generation process, each set of lines produced should be analysed for acceptability. One of the screens that will be referred to as part of this analysis is the Student results screen, which displays the detailed student results scores, the courses the students have been granted and any that were missed.

Lines > Line results > Student results

The overall scores and statistics display at the bottom of this screen. Refer to E10 - View lines: Results of line generation.

View Fields to show

There are a number of view options, and each is useful to toggle between depending on how the results are being analysed.

Subject codes: Displays courses by codes
Subject names: Displays courses by name
Use subject colours: By default, courses are colour coded to match the line that they appear in (each line has its own colour). This may be changed by selecting subject colours instead.
Display by: Lines: Headings are displayed in Line order. This is useful to quickly see which lines students do not have a subject in.
Note that two extra columns appear:
Offline: Any courses that have the entry of 'Offline' in the Courses screen will display here, as the course is not on any line.
Missed: Displays any missed courses the student was not able to be granted.

Display by: Preference: Headings are displayed in Student preference order. This is useful to highlight the preference level of any missed courses.

Sort by this course: Select a course, then select 'Sort by this course'. The results order will be arranged according to this course, with students who chose it as the highest preference listed first, then the next level preference and so on.

Student results

Score

Each student receives a results (penalty) score. A zero score means the student got all of their main preferences; a perfect result (as displayed in the first image). Students who did not get a perfect result will get a penalty score in the positive, with the highest considered the poorest result. See example below.

#missed

The number of courses a student missed. Entries of 1+1 mean that the student missed a main preference, and also a reserve preference. Decimal entries may be seen here if schools are using rotated datasets and the student has missed a course of only one rotation. eg 0.5+0.5 means that the student missed a one rotation main preference course, and also missed a one rotation reserve course.

Priority

Relevant if students were given a Priority level in Lines > Elective data > Students. The algorithm attempts to satisfy students' preferences who have a higher priority over those with a lower priority, so this value is part of the result scores.

UnitsG

Units granted. Totals the number of units a student has received.

Line/Pref

Depending on the 'Display by' Lines or Preferences view, these columns will display the students' main and reserve preferences. The courses students were granted will be coloured to match the line number the subject is in, or the faculty colour, depending what view the user has selected.

Offline

Displays only if the 'Display by: Lines' view is selected. Any courses that have the entry 'Offline' entered into the Courses screen will display here, as the course granted is not on any line.

Missed

Displays only if the 'Display by: Lines' view is selected. Displays any missed courses the student was not able to be granted.

Students highlighted in red

Highlights students who were not able to be granted a full program. The units total of main preferences selected by a student is considered a full program, and where students are not able to be granted all of their main preferences, it will attempt to grant them a reserve preference. Where not possible, the student is highlighted as having an incomplete program and must be counselled to select an alternative subject.

Courses displaying in brackets

If a course is not running (Elective data > Courses > #C = 0), it will still display in the students preference list, but in brackets as a reminder of why the student could not possibly have been granted that subject.

Examples

CHAMBERS, Stan: Stan requested six courses (12 units) as his complete program but has only been granted four (8 units). A red box around his name highlights that he has not received a full program, and so must be further counselled. He has received a penalty score of 10, due to a few factors: he missed out on two of his main preferences (Pref 1 and Pref 6), his Priority level was 4, and he did not receive a full program. No reserves have been collected in this scenario.

DIXON, Kandy: Kandy requested five courses (10 units) for a full program, but she was only granted four (8 units), hence the red box around her name. She received a penalty score of 7 due to not being granted Pref4 (which is not actually running; courses not running display in brackets), and her Priority level is 6 (higher that Stan's). She did not have a reserve subject for that can be granted.

BURNER, Kim: Given a penalty score of 2.36. She is not highlighted with a red box around her name, as she does have a complete course. She requested six main preferences (12 units) and has been granted six courses (12 units). However, she did not receive one of her main preferences (Pref3). As some reserves were collected from her, she could be granted her first reserve preference. So while she has received a penalty score, it is lower, as this is not as bigger problem as previous examples, and is the perfect example of why reserve preferences should be collected from students.

JENS, Charlene: Charlene also has been given a complete program, but missed out on Pref5. She missed out on her first reserve, as the class is not running (as 11MED has brackets around it), so Pref9 was not possible, but she was able to get into Pref10.

Deeper individual analysis: Student allocations

Double clicking on a student's name will display the Student allocations screen. This allows you to analyse why the student did not receive the courses they requested.
Refer to E10 - Line results: Student allocations

Also refer to Lines > Analysis for further analysis tools.