Exam Periods
The weeks exams are sat in, their daily sittings and rules. Generate the exams, schedule them (a preview on Timetable Runs), then publish to the student portal.
Where to find it
- Module: Student Lifecycle
- Group: Rooms & Exams
- Section: Examinations
- Screen: Exam Periods
Address in the console: /slcm/exam-periods
List · 10 columns · 8 fields on its form · 4 of them required · 4 actions
What the list shows
These are the columns of the list, in the order they are drawn. Any of them can be sorted on, filtered on, hidden, or exported.
| Column | Kind | Field name |
|---|---|---|
| Period | Code | period_no |
| Name | Text | name |
| Term | Code | term_code |
| From | Date | start_date |
| To | Date | end_date |
| Exams a day | Number | max_exams_per_day |
| Exams | Number | exams |
| Scheduled | Number | exams_scheduled |
| Clashes | Number | clashes |
| Status | Status | status |
The form
What is asked for when a record is created here. Required fields are marked; a choice drawn from a configuration list is one an administrator can extend without a release.
| Field | Type | Choices | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Name required | Text | ||
| Term required | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| From required | Date | ||
| To required | Date | ||
| Exam days | Text | Configuration list | |
| Most exams a student sits in a day | Number | Blank: the company setting. | |
| Seats per invigilator | Number | ||
| Notes | Long text |
What you can do here
Generate exams
One exam for each section of the term (or one per course, sat by every section together) that has none yet.
Asks for: One exam per* Type Length (minutes)
Schedule primary
Publish
Asks for confirmation: Publish the exam timetable to every student’s portal? Clashes and unseated exams refuse it.
Clashes
* required
The rules that apply here
Everything on this screen obeys the platform rules rather than rules of its own. The ones worth knowing before you use it:
- Narrowing a list — search, conditions, sort, totals, export and saved views.
- What may be changed — the five grounds a record may not be edited on.
- Companies and business units — what the switcher above this list is doing to it.
- Creating a record — required fields, where choices come from, and how the number is allocated.
- Importing a spreadsheet — this screen accepts one, and it runs through the same rules as typing.