Markbook showing class full name instead of short name

Feature Requests
1

Showing the full class name in report may be better, esp parents and students, not knowing what the short name stands for

2

I think those in parenthesis (ELEMENTARY ENGLISH) is the Full name of the Class/Subject.
It can be discussed during the Student/Parents Orientation, to avoid confusion.

3

Not really, those in parenthesis is the full name of the course, not the class. In the above example, the course the Elementary English (EEN) while the class is TEST1 (short name). I am showing the screenshot a real course and class in this reply, the course is still EEN, but the class is “Grade 1B Super Minds 1”, short name (G1BSM1). As you can see from the markbook, parents only know its an English course, but difficult to tell which class it is.

[Markbook]

[Course]

[Class]

4

@garyc
There must be a purpose (programming/coding) why “Short Name” has to be used instead of the Full name.

In my case, I made trials and experimentations, and come up to my own “short name” coding as well. Like the following

1ENGLA = English Language for grade 1
1ENGRE = English Reading for grade 1
( i place 1 as prefix since Subjects/Courses are arranged alphabetically.

Now we have 7 Claases/Sections in Grade 1. So i coded it this way:

ENGLA101
ENGLA102
ENGLA103
ENGLA104
ENGLA105
ENGLA106
ENGLA107

To identify that English Language Grade 1 Cleass 01 up to Class 07.

Hope this helps :smiley:

5

These subject and Class coding can be explained during Parents Orientation at astart of School Year. This can also be written on the students’ Diaries for quick reference.

6

Hello, the logic is as follows: the short form of the class (e.g. course short name.class short name) is used throughout the system, as space is often at a premium. We show it hear as it is familiar to staff and students. The course name, as @radzjacer points out, is in parenthesis, and is there for parents.

We could add class name too, but I think it might end up being too much information.

Cheers,

Ross

7

Hi both @radzjacer @admin

sorry have been very busy lately ,
yes, I understand the reason for having the short name and in fact having short name similar to what radzjacer suggested. In my case, I was making a printer-friendly version of the Markbook, and use it as a transcript (since we dont have one at this moment) therefore the full course names are more suitable. Looks like I just have to change the php code in order to show the full name on Markbook. Thanks for all your suggestion and explanation though

Best regards