Marks Return system - the two main screens
This page describes the two main screens used in the marks return system - the admin page and the class return page - and what the features and functions of those screens are.
Overview
The Marks Return system has two main pages: the admin page and the class return page.
The admin page contains information about all existing (previously-started) returns for the classes that the user has access to, including returns started by other people (see Managing Returns). New class returns can also be started from this page.
The class return page shows the students who are registered for the class, and is where marks are entered.
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The admin page
Search and filter options
Text search box
The red box shows the text search box. The text search box can be used to search for an existing return by class code. You can search using the whole class code or just part of the class code, eg, you can type 906 in the search box to look for MP906.
Please note: this search box is case sensitive.
Filters
The green box shows the filter for Active/Inactive returns. Inactive returns are returns where no more changes can be made, ie, the exam boards have all taken place.
The purple box shows the filter for Transferred/Not Transferred returns. If changes have been made to a return and saved but not sent to the student record system, they will show as Not Transferred because there are outstanding updates still to send.
Existing returns
Class code and Return Title
The Class code column shows the class code of each return. Each return is represented on one row; therefore, you might find multiple rows with the same class code, however with different return titles and other characteristics. You can read more about this in Managing Returns.
The Return title shows the title of the return. The importance of naming returns consistently within a department or school and creating only one return per student attempt is discussed in Managing Returns and Preparation for Return.
Active and Transferred
The Active column shows whether a return is still active (the exam boards have not yet been completed).
The Transferred column shows whether there are any outstanding changes in the return which have not yet been sent to the student record system.
It is recommended that you check that all your returns are transferred to the student records system before the University's marks return deadline.
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These columns show who last worked on the return and when they worked on it, allowing colleagues to communicate more easily over marks return.
Actions
This column gives a number of options:
- View: opens the current version of the return in a page which cannot be edited.
- Edit: opens the mark return and enables editing capabilities. This button will take you to the Class Return Page.
- Version history: opens a record showing each version of the return, where you can view the changes made at various stages of its completion, as well as when and by whom the changes were completed.
- Transfer history: opens a record showing each transfer of the return, where you can view the marks transferred at each stage.
Page numbers
As the number of mark returns grows, the list will become paginated. You can access different pages by clicking on the numbers that appear on the top or bottom of the page.
Start a new return
This section allows you to start a new return by selecting the class code from the dropdown list.
The Class Code drop-down menu will only contain the class codes of classes, for which you have the Electronic Marks Returner role in Pegasus.
If you have this role already, your permissions should be transferred automatically to the new Marks Return system and no additional action is required.
The class return page
In yellow is the filter by group tool, which allows you to filter the list of students according to the groups set up in Myplace.
This tool pulls the groups created in the corresponding MyPlace class. To view how to set-up groups in MyPlace, please read the Auto-creating Groups and a Grouping and Manually Creating a Group and Adding it to a Grouping support articles.
In orange is another dropdown menu, which allows you to filter the list of students based on whether or not they have had a pass mark approved at an exam board. This filter is most useful for completing returns for resit boards when you can filter the class to show only the students who do not have a pass decision in the student record.
Based on the filters applied, on the far right (next to the search and filter boxes), you will be able to see the number of students that is currently being displayed out of the total number enrolled on the class.
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