student record system sits:version 8.2.1 guide - Swansea University

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TABLE OF KEYS AND FUNCTIONS Function Keys Gold Keys Purpose F1 Ctrl & H Help F2 Ctrl & D Details F2 or Ctrl & D again to Accept the code F3 Ctrl & A Previous Screen F4 Ctrl & Q Quit a Screen F5 Ctrl & R Retrieve F6 Ctrl & S Store F7 Clear Field F8 Previous Field Shift & Tab F9 Ctrl & M Error Messages F10 Activate Menu Bar F11 Ctrl & P Print Screen F12 Clear Screen Ctrl & A Accept Ctrl & E Erase Ctrl & C Copy Field Ctrl & K Keyboard Help Ctrl & V Paste Field Alt & Print Screen Copy Screen Ctrl & Z Zoom WILDCARD SYMBOLS Often the user might want to retrieve more than one record, possibly all records in the system or even a group of records. This can be achieved by using characters, which are referred to as “Wildcards”. Function Keys Gold Keys = Ctrl Purpose PF2 Ctrl & ? Single Digit wildcards used when retrieving records by code e.g. LA-3?? This will retrieve all Level 3 Law modules. PF3 Ctrl & * “*” Wildcard – a general wildcard which can be used on any field, text or codes. PF4 Ctrl &!= “=” Equal To “!=” Not Equal To DEL Ctrl & > “>” Greater than (>D*) Ctrl & < Ctrl & | Ctrl & Further examples are given below: “
PF3 KEY LOCATED ON THE NUMERIC KEY PAD TO THE RIGHT OF THE KEYBOARD You must add an * (asterisk) immediately after the student number in any window except for or as well as the CAPS screen. This wildcard symbol identifies the student’s complete record eg 123456/1--123456/2-123456/3, (3 courses) for it is possible for a student to be enrolled on more than one course. HOW TO RUN A NEW SEARCH FROM THE IMMEDIATE TABLE Press the F12 function key to clear the screen; this makes the screen available to run a new search. You can also exit the STU screen by pressing F4 or Ctrl & Q to Quit but this means you would have to open the STU window again. USING THE TOGGLE FUNCTION If you intend running regular searches, Toggle is a useful tool; it also makes searching far easier. To do this: With any window open and BEFORE you begin to add your search criteria: • Select Save Profiling from the Misc Menu, Add your criteria • Do Ctrl & R or F5 to retrieve the data • To run a new search press F12 to Clear the screen • Open the Misc menu and now choose Load last Profile, Change or Add criteria as required PRINTING You can choose to screen dump records to a default or selected printer. For example: • Open the STU window then input the Student number and do Ctrl & R (F5) to retrieve the record. • Select Print Screen from the Misc option menu. The Print Screen dialog box opens, choose Screen form the Print Screen/Form/All options Click on the 3 dots to choose one of the Printer attributes model options eg Printer, click on OK and finally click on Print. (If you retrieve a group of records, you should decide whether you want to print All or the Individual (Form) EXIT THE SYSTEM Choose to close each screen by • Press Ctrl & Q to Quit Session or F4 to Close each window until you are prompted with the System message “already at top menu – exit menu system? (Y/N). Choose Yes If you choose to exit at any other point from the system, it will give a prompt message “Are you sure you want to Exist the Application Y or N”. Choose Yes. CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD To change your password go to the Main Menu screen, enter PWD in the select menu option box then press the TAB key. Enter your current password and press OK, on the next window enter your new password and press OK once more, finally Verify your new password. You can press the Main Menu button to go back to the opening screen. - 3 -
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