Set up Learning Programme

Set up Learning Programme

Introduction

My School > Curriculum > Set up Learning Programme

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The learning program will indicate which subjects per grade and per quarter / term is offered by a school. All the Subjects and most components and assessments as set out in the CAPS document, are already pre-loaded on the system. If you need to create an extra Subject,you will have to ask the support team to create it. Please send an email request to support@d6plus.co.za. You are able to create an extra component or assessment.
The grades that still make use of the OBE-learning program, must add the subjects, components and assessments before the learning programme can be set up.
The learning program setup consists of five steps. All five steps must be done in order to set up the learning program successfully.

When you remove a task on Step 3 of the Setup Learning programme that were used in a Formula (Promotion ,Year mark and Merit mark) that task will be deleted in the Formula as well.   You need to update your formula with the new task created.

SETTING UP LEARNING PROGRAMME

  • This step is to setup the subjects, components / activities / outcomes and assessments per grade.

  • It is the school's choice to set the level for learner marks, although the assessment level is more beneficial for reporting purposes.

  • If you would like to add learner marks to subject level only, set up steps 1 and 2.

  • Should you wish to print the components for Social Sciences and Life Skills separately on the report card, set up steps 3 and 4 for these 2 subjects.

  • If you would like to enter learner marks to component level, set up steps 1 to 4.

  • If you would like to enter learner marks to assessment level, set up steps 1 to 6.

  • In this section, you have to complete all the 6 steps:

  • Click on the following buttons: My School I Curriculum Setup Learning Programme

  • Select the Year, Grade and Term


Step 1: Choose Subjects

  • Choose the subjects offered for the grade.
  • All the subjects offered for a grade will be displayed in the left block.
  • Click on the subject offered and allocate it by clicking on the "right arrow" button.
  • Click on the  "Submit" button to save the changes.
If you are making use of the Preset Curriculum to set up your Learning Programs, you only have to complete Step 1.    Steps 2-6 will be completed automatically according to the CAPS requirements.

You can still make changes to the automatic setup, but then you will not be able to use the Preset Promotion Formulas at the end of the year and will have to set these up yourself. 

Step 2: Setup Subjects

  • Set the weights for the subjects per quarter.
  • For the "Foundation Phase" the weights will always be SBA 100%, Practical 0%, Exam 0%.
  • ANA - Term 1, 2, 4: No weight and ANA - Term 3: 0.00%. It must be completed in all fields. Click on the "Accept Changes" button to save the changes.
  • For any of the Other Phases, e.g. Intersen, Senior, etc. it should be set according to the CAPS requirements, e.g. Term 1 Intersen phase SBA 100% Practical 0%, Exam 0%, but in term 4 it will be e.g. SBA 75%, Practical 0%, Exam 25%. ANA - Term 1, 2, 4: No weight and ANA - Term 3: 0.00%.
  • Click on the "Accept Changes" button to save the changes.
  • An example for Senior Phase: there might be a practical task in the term and an exam mark in Term 2, or the subjects can count more in a term than in other terms. This information is also set out in the CAPS document. The settings will then be e.g. Term 2, SBA 70%, Practical 20%, Examination 10%.  Click on the "Accept Changes" button to save the changes.

Step 3: Choose LO / Tasks / Components

  • Choose the subject to which the tasks / learning outcomes / components should be linked, e.g. Social Science.
  • The components will be displayed in the left block e.g. Geography and History.
  • Click on the components offered and allocate it by clicking on the "right arrow" button.
  • Click on the "Submit" button to save the changes.

Step 4: Setup LO / Tasks

  • Choose the subject to which the tasks / outcomes should be linked, e.g. Social Science.
  • The program will automatically calculate the components so that they add up to 100.
  • If certain components carry more weight than others, you can enter the weights manually.
  • Double click on the weight field e.g. 33.33333 and change it to e.g. 50.
  • Click on the "Accept Changes" button to save the changes.

Step 5: Choose Assessments

  • Choose the subject to which the LO / Task should be linked, e.g. Mathematics.
  • The assessments will be displayed in the left block e.g. Division.
  • Click on the assessments offered and allocate it by clicking on the "Right arrow" button.
  • Click on the "Submit" button to save the changes.

Step 6: Setup Assessments

  • It will make sense to Mathematically distribute the weight of the assessments by keeping the total to 100%.
For example:  
  1. Should you have 2 assessments, you could choose to  distribute as follow: 50 / 50 or 40 /   60 or 30 / 70.
  2. The same goes for 3 assessments, here you could distribute as follow: 33.33 / 33.33 / 33.33 or 20 / 30 / 50 depending on what assessment you feel should weigh more.
  3. The same goes for 4 assessments, here you could distribute as follow: 25 / 25 / 25 / 25 or 30 / 20 / 30 /20 depending on what assessment you feel should weigh more.
  • The value you add to an assessment will be the "Mark out of" when you capture the learner marks.
  • Click on the "Accept Changes" button to save the changes.
  • A message will be displayed on the screen asking you if you are sure you want to commit the changes.
  • If you are 100% sure that your changes are correct, click on the "Ok" button.
If there are marks captured for the specific assessment for which you would like to change the ‘Mark out of’, the system will not allow you to store the changes and an error message will appear: ERROR:  You can't change mark out of after learner marks have been entered.  (Marks will have to be removed to enable changes)

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Can additional subjects be created?
If you need to create an additional Subject, the Support Team has to create it. Please send an email request to support@d6plus.co.za.
Indicate clearly the Grade, Subject and Lurits number of the required subject.

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