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SIS 2000+ Student Program Recommendations

Sec. 2, View / Sort Data

2.1 View Recommendations list
The opening screen of the Student Program Recommendations program displays a summary list of program recommendations that have been made for the selected student (Fig. 4). Key data fields are displayed in read-only mode: Program name, Date of recommendation, the Teacher that recommended the program, and several user-defined rating fields. View the entirety of the list by using the scroll bars, if necessary. For optimum viewing, column width may be adjusted with a mouse by dragging the column separator lines in the column header to the right or left (as done in an Excel spreadsheet).

Fig. 4

2.2 Sort Recommendations list
The default sorting order of the list is ascending alphabetical based on the Program name field. The list can be re-sorted in ascending or descending order based on any of the other data fields.

• Sort list, Method #1


• Open the Sort menu (Fig. 5). Select (highlight) a field to sort on in the upper portion of the menu. The selection can be made by using the arrow keys, by using a mouse, or by pressing the underlined shortcut letter of the selection. The Sort menu will automatically close after a selection is completed.


Fig. 5


• Open the Sort menu again. The field to sort on will have a check mark beside it (Fig. 6). Now select Ascending or Descending using the same method as above. The Recommendations list will now be re-sorted according to the new parameters selected. In this example, the list will now be sorted by the Date field in descending order (oldest date first). The new sorting order is temporary only. The default sorting order will be reinstated whenever the application is quit and opened again.


Fig. 6



• Sort List, Method # 2

Click on the column heading of the field to sort on. The list will automatically sort itself in the reverse of its current sort order, that is, if the list was in ascending order by the data in the field selected, the mouse click will cause the list to be sorted in descending order per the field selected, and visa versa.

2.3.1 Select a recommendation from the list by clicking on the line until it is selected with a small black arrow (Fig. 7).


Fig. 7

2.3.2 Click on the Edit button at the bottom of the screen (not shown in illustration) to activate the edit mode.

2.3.3 Three information sub-screens (tabs) appear in the edit mode. The first two tabs, 'Recommendation' (Fig. 8) and 'Comments' (Fig. 9) contain more details of the selected recommendation (for detailed explanation of each field see Sec. 3, Add a Recommendation). The third tab, 'Placements' (Fig. 10), is a read-only reference screen that is not related to the selected recommendation but rather to the selected student (see Step 2.4 below).


Fig. 8


Fig. 9

2.3.4 Exit the edit mode and return to the main Program Recommendations screen by clicking on Done.


Note:
In the edit mode the VCR buttons have a different function. Here they may be used as a shortcut to scroll forward or backward through the recommendations for the selected student without having to revert to the recommendation list on the main screen.

Fig. 10

Note:
The edit mode can only be accessed by selecting a recommendation to edit. If there are no recommendations listed, the edit mode will not function for viewing Placements.

2.5 Exit the edit mode
Click on Done to exit the edit mode. If any changes were made, you will be prompted to save changes.