Examination PDF Reports
Screen Description
The Examination PDF Reports screen provides interface for selecting and generating PDF reports for further distribution among users whose email addresses are in the system or entered in this page.
Details
Input Data
Examination Problem
Midterm or Final examinations
Subject Areas
If the "All Subject Areas (on one report)" checkbox is checked, one report will be generated with each subject area starting on a new page
If the checkbox is unchecked, the user can select any subject area(s) he/she wants and a report will be generated for each of these subject areas separately
Report
Check all reports that should be generated and distributed. The reports currently available are
Abbreviated Schedule
Examination schedule
Abbreviated Schedule (Exams)
Examination schedule in which examinations are listed only once (even if they are held for more than one class/course), but each examination lists all the courses/classes that are a part of it
Individual Instructor Schedule
An examination schedule for each instructor (if it is being distributed to instructors, a file is generated for each instructor even when the "All Subject Areas" is checked in the "Input Data" section)
A class schedule can be included if "Include Class Schedule" is checked in the "Parameters" section
Individual Student Schedule
An examination schedule for each student (if it is being distributed to students, a file is generated for each student even when the "All Subject Areas" is checked in the "Input Data" section)
A class schedule can be included if "Include Class Schedule" is checked in the "Parameters" section
Instructor Conflicts
A list of conflicting examinations together with instructor's name and type of conflict (such as Back-To-Back)
The type of conflicts to be included in this report can be selected in the "Parameters" section of the Examination PDF Reports screen
Besides "Direct", "BTB", or ">2-day", the type of conflict may also be "Class" (if an examination is overlapping with a class) or "Event" (if an examination is overlapping with a course-related event that the students must attend)
Period Chart
Examinations listed by periods in which they occur
Schedule by Course
Examinations schedule organized by courses/classes
Schedule by Period
Examination schedule organized by examination periods (each period starts on a new page)
Schedule by Period (Exams)
Examination schedule organized by examination periods (each period starts on a new page)
Schedule by Room
Examination schedule for each room
Student Conflicts
A list of conflicting examinations together with student's name and type of conflict (such as Back-To-Back)
Besides "Direct", "BTB", or ">2-day", the type of conflict may also be "Class" (if an examination is overlapping with a class) or "Event" (if an examination is overlapping with a course-related event that the students must attend)
Verification
Report for schedule deputies to verify which classes/courses should have examinations (and later at what period/room)
Contains all courses/classes for a given subject area and
Before examination timetabling: Information about requested examinations (required/prohibited periods/rooms etc.); if no examination is requested, it says ** NO EXAM **
After examination timetabling is done: Period/room assignments for timetabled examinations or ** NO EXAM ** if a class/course does not have an examination
At times when classes have the same properties, they are displayed on the same line (for example, Rec 1-10 ** NO EXAM **)
Parameters
All Reports
Display Instructional Type
Display the instructional type such as Lec, Rec, ... in the reports
Conflicts Reports
Check which kinds of conflicts should be displayed (Direct, More Than 2 Exams A Day, Back-To-Back)
Reports with Rooms
Display Rooms
Display rooms in the reports
No Room
Enter text that should be displayed in the reports when no room is assigned to the examination (for example, it can be "INSTR OFFC" so that both students and instructors know that the meeting place for the examination is the office of the instructor)
Period Chart
Display Totals
Display total number of students who should take examinations at a given period
Limit
Include only examinations that have the expected number of students equal or higher than the limit
Room Codes
You can enter a one letter room code for a room and the code will be displayed in the period chart in the column between Exam and Enrl
The notation is "Room label:code" - for example, "EDUC 101:A"
You can enter codes for more than one room, just divide the entries by commas (for example "EDUC 101:A,EDUC 102:B,EDUC 103:C,THTR 101:T")
Verification Report
Check whether or not to display limits & enrollments
Individual Reports
Include Class Schedule
If checked, the recipient receives not only his/her examination schedule, but also his/her current class schedule
Date
Only email instructors/students that have a change in their schedule since this date, email all when empty
Output
Format
Either a PDF document (Letter or Ledger) or text
Delivery
If Email is checked, emails will be sent out following the information entered in
Address
Email addresses where output should be delivered (if not to one of the groups that have checkboxes right under this field)
All Involved Department Schedule Managers
The output will be sent to the email addresses of all schedule managers whose subject are has been selected in the "Input Data" section
Send Individual Instructor Schedule Reports to All Involved Instructors
If the report "Individual Instructor Schedule" is selected in the Report section, send an email to each instructor (to the email address stored in the timetabling application in Course Timetabling → Input Data → Instructors) with his/her individual examination schedule
Send Individual Student Schedule Reports to All Involved Students
The email addresses used are the email addresses imported in the XML import described in Student Information under Students in http://www.unitime.org/uct_interfaces.php)
CC
Enter email addresses that should get the reports in a copy
BCC
Enter email addresses that should get the reports in a copy but should be hidden from other addressees
Subject
Subject of the email that will be sent out
Message
Enter any message needed for the email report distribution.
Note: When individual reports are being generated and sent out, the addressees in the Address field will get only one email for all individual instructor reports and/or one email for all individual student reports (the reports will be all in one document), while the addressees in the CC: and BCC: fields will get a copy of each email generated (each email for an individual student or instructor)
If Email is not checked, the report(s) will be generated and available through the application, in the current screen
Operations
Generate (ALT+G)
Generate selected reports and deliver them as selected in the Output section of the screen
Note: It may take some time to generate the requested report or reports (especially for the verification and individual schedule reports). If you are emailing the reports, you do not need to wait for this page to return.