E10 - View lines Action: Missed courses & preferences report

Modified on Sun, 19 Apr at 11:23 PM

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preamble
Missed Courses
- How to use the Missed Courses table
Missed Preferences

Preamble

These tables are very good tools to help analyse which subjects were missed, by how many students, and who missed what courses. It contains 2 tabs: Courses and Preferences. The missed Courses tab is displayed by default.

Navigate to Lines > Line results > View lines > Action: Missed courses & preferences.

Missed Courses

The Missed Courses table displays the number of students who missed each course. Students might miss out on a subject due to it clashing with a higher preference subject, or the class is at capacity.

Course: The course codes.

Number: The total number of students who failed to be granted the subject despite it being one of their main preferences.

Interest: The interest level of the course by those who have missed it, taking into account the preference level for each student. Refer to E10 - Lines > Analysis: Course popularity for the calculation.

Class sizes: The number of classes running along with the number of students in each class. The colour of each class matches the specific line the class is situated in.

This table by default displays highest Interest results first.
All subjects of the dataset will be included in the report, even courses with zero missed preferences, but are displayed for completeness and to graphically show the number of classes and the colour of the lines they occupy.
Any manual changes to the line structure will be automatically reflected in this table, such as editing the lines or increasing the number of students per class for a subject.

In the image above, LEG had 4 students miss out. For CHE, there are two classes running, with 16 in the first class and 17 in the second.

NOTE
The class size is followed by an asterisk (*) if the class is fully subscribed based on the Courses > MaxS field for this course.

How to use the Missed Courses table

Click any column header to sort.
Click the 'Export to Excel' icon in the top right hand corner to print the Missed courses table, including the list of students who have missed each course on subsequent sheets.
Click on a course to view the list of students who have missed out on this particular course, along with the preference level, and the student priority (if using).

Missed Preferences

The missed preferences table shows the number of students who missed out on a main preference at the preference level.

In the image below, 7 students missed their first preference, 2.5 missed the second preference and so on. Decimals may be seen to account for one unit courses.

Click the 'Export to Excel' icon in the top right hand corner to print the Missed Preferences table