A mark has two attributes: 1. value: nomark | querymark | numericmark nomark = . querymark = ? numericmark = [-][0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)? 2. flag: optional letter in uppercase When displaying marks the flag replaces the decimal point for compactness. Numeric values must be inclusively within the given range ie. minimum and maximum unless you opted for soft limit. Numeric values are stored with the specified precision. When entering marks the valid formats are: a. display format 15L5 b. value c. value flag value - d. + flag - E.g. current -> 15.5L new 17X5 -> 17.5X new 17 -> 17L new 17Q -> 17Q new 17- -> 17 new +Q -> 15.5Q new - -> 15.5
Interactively
Under Student Menu, choose Modify Student.
If you have several marks to enter, a faster way is to use Bulk Entry.
From a file - Two types of file are accepted (.upd and .csv).
Format for .upd file
- Example 1: Using StudentID (primary key in sms) as the key First column is student ids, second column is mark field and third column is marks.
3123456|examA|18| 3121212|examA|10| 3123456|examB|15| 3121212|examB|8| 3123456|examC|6| 3121212|examC|3|
- Example 2: Using other fields as the key First column is the key sms field name, second column is the key values.
ass2grp|123|ass2|20| ass2grp|456|ass2|18|
- Example 1: Using StudentID (primary key in sms) as the key First column is student ids, second column is mark field and third column is marks.
Format for .csv file, example:
- First line in the file must be comma separated sms field names.
StudentID,examA,examB,examC 3123456,18,15,6 3121212,10,8,3
- First line in the file must be comma separated sms field names.
The files must be copied to update_recs directory under $SMSDB, examples:
% cp file.csv $SMSDB/update_recs
% cp file.upd $SMSDB/update_recs
- Instruct sms to import the marks
interatively: select Student Menu → Update Student
commandline: smsupdate file.csv or smsupdate file.upd
From WebCMS3
Fields must be Open to be editable by tutors in WebCMS3
Setup/transfer marks from/to WebCMS3 with this command /home/webcms3/sms/sms_webcms3.sh
Create a cronjob for the transfer every day with this command /home/give/stable/bin/gencronwebcms.sh