Introduction

The Subject Module handles all aspects of the subjects offered by the school. This includes setting up grades, the subjects themselves, the levels on which subjects are taught, as well as valid combinations of these subjects, grades and levels.

Features

• Set up grades
• Set up subjects
• Set up levels
• Set up SGLs (combinations of subjects, grades and levels)

Grades

Before learners can be assigned to grades, these first need to be set up. Use the Grades screen for this. Grades have of the following elements:

• Number of Grades - Indicate how many grades your school has. E.g. if your school has grades 8, grades 9, grades 10, grades 11 and grades 12, then your school has, of course, 5 grades.

• Name - Next, give each grade a unique name (e.g. Grade 8). The level of grade tells TS School how to promote learners through the grades.

Subjects

Before subjects can be taught in subject classes, these first need to be set up. Use the Subjects screen for this. Subjects have of the following elements:

• Name - Give the subject a unique name (e.g. Science).

• Description - Give the subject an apt description (e.g. Science). Although the description is the same as the name in this example, many schools use a code or abbreviation for the subject name, in which case you would then have to spell out what the subject actually is in the subject’s description (e.g. if the subject is HE, the description might be Home Economics).

• Department - Select which school department the subject belongs to.

Subject Levels

Subjects are often taken on levels. For example, your school might allow subjects to be taken on the following three levels: Lower, Ordinary and Advanced. Before learners can say what level they would like to take a subject on, these levels first need to be set up. Use the Subject Levels screen for this. Subject Levels have of the following elements:

• Number of Levels - Indicate how many levels subjects may be taken on. E.g. if subjects can be taken on lower, ordinary and advanced levels, then the number of subject levels is 3.

• Name - Give the subject level a unique name (e.g. Ordinary).

• Weight - In order to compare the academic performances of learners, the levels on which the subjects are taken need to be weighted. You need to state (as a percentage) how much harder the one level is over the first level.

SGLs

The various subjects taught are actually combinations of the following:

• Subjects
• Grades
• Levels

These are what TS School refers to as SGLs. In order for learners to choose which SGLs they would like to take, these first need to be set up. Use the SGLs screen for this. The subjects, grades and levels that where set up above are all used to produce all the school’s SGLs. Again, the SGLs represent all the subjects offered to and possibly taken by the learners.