• The following examples have been achieved using the Progression Point Breakdown or the Progression Points components:

• Using the Progression Point Breakdown component in a Subject Layout allows schools to create Subject pages such as below whereby each subject can be reported on separately:

• Editing the Progression Point components allows schools to choose which Grade Rating they wish to use:

The Rating Name or Shortname can be edited by navigating to Scales then your Victorian Curriculum Scale in your academic reporting setup:

• Assessment Scale Overview (this component can be used to display descriptions of Achievement, Effort or Attitude Scales that schools may be using)

• To modify these descriptions, schools must ensure the Rating Name’s have been entered (Academic Reports/Reporting/Scales) and the descriptions are entered also (Academic Reports/Layouts/Scale Descriptions).

Learning Goals Scales

This scale displays how well a student is progressing towards learning goals that are developed in a particular unit of work. This kind of scale requires overall judgements by the teacher, by the student, or by the teacher and student.

• The following examples have been achieved using the Achievement Breakdown component (this can only be added in Subject Layouts):

Learning Goals can be achieved in one of two ways:

• By creating a new Subject, eg Maths Goals (go to Academic Reports setup/Reporting Subjects to create this).Add Strands if necessary to create subheadings and then add outcomes. These outcomes become the goals.
• Next, navigate to Assessment Schemas, select the new subject and ensure Subject + Outcomes is selected as the Achievement type: 

Once the Assessment Schema is saved, clicking Edit next to the subject followed by Edit Outcomes will allow you to select which learning goals can be added to this particular assessment schema. 

OR

• Create a new Subject, eg Maths Goals (go to Academic Reports setup/Reporting Subjects to create this).
• Next, navigate to Assessment Schemas, select the new subject and ensure Subject + Checklist is selected as the Achievement type:
• Once the Assessment Schema is saved, clicking Edit next to the subject followed by Edit Checklist items will allow the learning goals to be added directly into the assessment schema:

Note:  The benefit of using method 1 over method 2, is that it is easier for administrators to assign learning goals to multiple assessment schemas to allow for individual reporting and students that may be working above or below level. 

For example, you could turn on Year 2 and 4 learning goals for your Year 3 assessment schema in the case that a particular student needs to be reported on at a higher or lower level.

Regardless of which method you choose, edit the subject to assign the necessary Achievement Scale.

If the correct scale does not exist, go to Academic Reports setup > Reporting > Scales to create one. 

When using the Achievement Breakdown component to create learning goals, checklists, capabilities, etc, an Achievement scale is needed:

This scale displays how well a student has achieved targeted knowledge and understanding, skills and capabilities, and/or dispositions within a particular unit of work. This kind of scale requires additional overall judgements by the teacher, by the students or by the teacher and student.

The scale options in this example differ because learning progress looks different in each dimension: depth of knowledge and understanding, the level of proficiency in skills and capabilities, and how disposed students are to learn.

The following examples have been achieved again using the Achievement Breakdown component (this can only be added in Subject Layouts) and the same method as applied to Learning Goal Scales on the previous pages: 

Extra-Curricular Activities

Schools are encouraged to report to parents on extra-curricular activities undertaken by students including programs such as debating, school productions, leadership programs, sporting endeavours and community service and engagement.

The following examples have been created using the School Activities component:

Schools may choose to show all the activities or only the ones students are involved in.This component can be used in conjunction with the Activities module (advanced users), or by creating the activities manually (intermediate users).

• Navigate to Academic Reports > Academic Reports Setup > Reporting > Activities to create the Activity Groups
• Edit to add each activity or link to the Activities module. 
• Once created, edit your school’s Assessment Schemas and link to the necessary Activity Group. Only one group may be assigned per assessment schema.

Student Self Assessments

Schools are encouraged to include self-assessment by students as part of the process of reporting to parents. Self-assessment can be a powerful tool for learning.
The following example has been created using the Self Assessment component:

Please note that using this component relies on schools having setup, and students entering their self-assessment, via the Student Portal. Alternatively, schools may wish to create a new Comment Type in their Academic Reports setup, and teachers copy and paste the reflection in on behalf of their students.

• To turn on the Student Portal Self-Assessment, you must allow access by editing the reporting period and selecting the relevant year levels Academic Reports setup > Reporting Period:

Work Habits

Schools have the ability to customise work habits to suit their school environment, the current climate or to suit particular subjects.
The following examples have been created using the Attitudes to Learning Progression (AusVELS) component:

• Navigate to Academic Reports setup/Reporting/Attitudes to create Attitude Groups and Attitudes:

• Ensure you have a scale to link these attitudes to, ie Consistently, Usually, Sometimes. Navigate to Academic Reports setup/Reporting/Scales. 
• When using Attitudes, an Attitude type scale is needed. Once created, edit your school’s Assessment Schemas and link to the necessary Attitudes to Learning Group and Attitudes to Learning scale. Only one group may be assigned per assessment schema:

Note: If you have multiple Attitudes (School Values AND classroom Work Habits for example), you will need to create a manual subject for one of the Attitudes, ie Classroom Work Habits and link the attitude and scale via this subject in your Assessment Schemas.

School Values

Schools have the ability to customise school values, social skills, learning habits, etc and display them in a table as per the examples below.
The following examples have been achieved using the Attitudes to Learning component using the same method as applied to School Values on the previous page (using Attitudes and Scales in your Academic Reports setup):