Craig Dickinson
Articles
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Bulk set course Subjects and Year Groups
Each course in Arbor can have a Subject and Year Group specified. Subjects are used in the Autumn Census for Secondary Schools and are also required by many of Arbor's integration partners. Please ...
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Adding or editing Roll Call times
In Arbor, statutory (also known as Roll Call) AM and PM attendance marks are derived from lessons that happen within the Roll Call times set up on your site. For more information on how the derivat...
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Steps to take after an Edval import
After importing data from Edval, users need to set Academic Leads for courses, delete unnecessary courses, and check student enrolments as the system does not automatically enrol students into clas...
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Adding an Ad Hoc Assessment to use for Tutor Comments on Arbor Report Cards
When using Report Cards on Arbor, you may want to include a personalised comment from a child's Form Tutor (or the Headteacher). To include a comment that the Tutor or Headteacher can customise on ...
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Alps and Arbor Integration
If you use Alps to monitor student attainment and progress, you can import student contextual and teaching set data using Arbor's custom report writer templates. The instructions below will guide y...
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Setting up Pearson BTECs and using 9B and 7B files
This article covers setting up Pearson BTEC qualifications, to enable you to make entries. Please see our other guidance for other exam types here: Add exam awards and units for different qualifica...
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Reporting on Staff Abbreviations
This article explains how to view and report on staff abbreviations in Arbor, detailing the necessary permissions and steps to access the information through the Browse Staff and Timetable Settings...
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Steps to take prior to an Edval Import for next Academic Year
If you are importing next academic year's timetable via Edval, we recommend taking the following steps in Arbor to ensure the smoothest possible experience. Importing a timetable for the next Acade...
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Withdrawing Candidates from EDI Qualifications
There are three ways that candidates can be withdrawn from Award or Unit entries in Arbor: using the Entries by Student Group page via the individual Award/Unit pages directly from the candidate'...
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Managing 9B files and generating Pearson 7B Results Request files
Some BTEC qualifications have centre-specific basedata which needs to be imported into your site. You can find more information on Pearson's website here: EDI BTEC Basedata: Registration 9B And Res...