Introduction


All secondary students and their parents have access to elements of SEQTA using their own login accounts. This login gives access to the teaching and learning programmes, learning resources, homework, assessment tasks and the results of marked and released assessments.

Teachers at JSR need to ensure that their SEQTA Programmes are set-up correctly and elements surrounding assessments are updated as needed. This document outlines the steps to achieve this and meet the SEQTA “Minimum Requirements” as set by the School.


SEQTA Programmes


To enable visibility of the SEQTA Programme, the following Settings need to be applied:

NOTE: Where programmes are “shared” between numerous classes and are being used by a number of teachers, then these setting should be applied by the teacher that is responsible for the SEQTA Programme. This will ensure that no unnecessary double-up of programmes will occur.

1) In the Cover page section of the Programme, ensure that the following are ticked and selected

a) Lesson outlines

b) All resources

c) Teachers can decide whether to show

i. All lessons and cover page

ii. Current and past lessons and cover page (Only the cover page is not to be selected).

2) Below these settings is the OUTLINE section and the SEQTA Learn and Engage OVERVIEW sections. The requirements for these sections vary depending on whether the SEQTA programme is for:


  • The Primary School
  • Middle School (7-9)
  • Senior Secondary (10)
  • Senior Secondary (11-12)


The instructions for manipulating the content in the OUTLINE and the OVERVIEW can be found in step 3 (page 4), but please first read the requirements for each year level on the following pages…


Middle School (7-9)


OUTLINE:


The content of the outline is not visible to students and parents in SEQTA Learn or Engage. The content entered here is the course descriptor that appears on the report. This information should be entered here by the HODs in each learning area.


OVERVIEW:

The content of the Overview is what is seen by all students and parents when they first click on the course in SEQTA Learn and Engage.

  • The Course Outline needs to be inserted in this section, with the following wording “Please click on the link below to see a detailed copy of the Course Outline.”
  • The pdf of the Course Outline is to be inserted below this heading. When preparing the pdf, you need to make sure that the Curriculum Adjustment Plans, Moderation and Reflection sections are excluded from the SEQTA version of this document. The full version containing this information will need to be saved in Central Copy - Teaching and Learning Programmes.
  • Below these documents, teachers are welcome to add a short introduction to the course, or any important notes about what equipment to bring to each lesson, or any other important information that the teacher would like parents and students to easily view regarding this course.


The end-result should look something like this:



Senior Secondary (Year 10)


OUTLINE:


The content of the outline is not visible to students and parents in SEQTA Learn or Engage. Given that the year 10 reports, do not include a course descriptor, nothing is needed in this section.


OVERVIEW:


The content of the Overview is what is seen by all students and parents when they first click on the course in SEQTA Learn and Engage.

  • The Course Outline needs to be inserted in this section, with the following wording Please click on the link below to see a detailed copy of the Course Outline.” 
  • The pdf of the Course Outline is to be inserted below this heading. When preparing the pdf you need to make sure that the Curriculum Adjustment Plans, Moderation and Reflection sections are excluded from the SEQTA version of this document. The full version containing this information will need to be saved in Central Copy - Teaching and Learning Programmes.
  • Below these documents, teachers are welcome to add a short introduction to the course, or any important notes about what equipment to bring to each lesson, or any other important information that the teacher would like parents and students to easily view regarding this course.


Senior Secondary (11-12)


OUTLINE:


The content of the outline is not visible to students and parents in SEQTA Learn or Engage. Given that the year 11-12 reports, do not include a course descriptor, nothing is needed in this section.


OVERVIEW:


  • The Course Outline, Assessment Outline and Syllabus document are to be inserted on the Cover Page, in the “SEQTA LEARN AND SEQTA ENGAGE OVERVIEW visible to students and guardians” section. It is to be at the very beginning of this section, with the following wording “Please click on the links below for a copy of the Course Outline, Assessment Outline and Syllabus”
  • The pdfs of these 3 documents are to be inserted below this heading. These are then visible to parents and students as soon as they click on the cover page. Note: Previously this was to be placed in the first lesson of Term 1, Week 1.
  • Below these documents, teachers are welcome to add a short introduction to the course, or any important notes about what equipment to bring to each lesson, or any other important information that the teacher would like parents and students to easily view regarding this course.


The end-result should look something like this:


Senior Secondary (11-12) VET Courses


OUTLINE:


The content of the outline is not visible to students and parents in SEQTA Learn or Engage. Given that the year 11-12 reports, do not include a course descriptor, nothing is needed in this section.


OVERVIEW:


  • The Delivery and Assessment Plan as stipulated by the RTO, needs to be inserted in this section, with the following wording “Please click on the link below to see a detailed copy of the Delivery Assessment Plan.”
  • The pdf of this Delivery and Assessment Plan is to be inserted below this heading.
  • Below this provide a list of the UOCs delivered in the course.

3) Follow these steps to edit the content in the OUTLINE and the OVERVIEW sections of the SEQTA Cover Page.


OUTLINE:


These steps should be carried out by the HODs only

a) Go to the Programme Cover Page

b) Click on Edit Outline

c) Type in (or copy and paste in) the course descriptor as you would like it to read on the year 7-9 reports.


OVERVIEW:


a) Go to the Programme Cover Page

b) Click on drop down tab to open the overview pop-up window.




c) To add a resource, Click on Settings, then on Add files, and select My device.


d) Browse on your device for the location where the pdf versions of the Course Outline and any other needed documents for this year level have been saved.

e) Select each of these files in turn and click on Open. This will upload the file to the Resources lists. When finished these will show as per the diagram above.

f) If you are needing to add additional resources, you may wish to press space a few times between this and the next resource and then repeat the steps to display the rest of the resources on the Overview page.

g) Click on Save.

h) When you finish, it is always a good idea to preview what you have done and test the resource links by clicking on the Student/guardian preview and then clicking on each of the resources.

4) In the Planning (formerly Edit programme) section of the Programme, there needs to be a minimum a topic title for each week.

5) Teachers can use the Student/parent preview tab in the SEQTA Programme to get a sense of what the students will see in SEQTA Learn. This may be helpful, if you have made some formatting changes in your programme Outlines. 

The end result may look something like this:




Assessments


SEQTA Learn enables students to view any upcoming assessments on their respective screens. Students see the assessment, the due date and any details of the specific assessment task, based on what is attached to the assessment. This is controlled by manipulating the due date and flagging the assessment as “Visible”.


The results of marked assessments that have been entered into the Marksbook can also be seen by students in SEQTA Learn. i.e. Once an assessment has been marked and entered into the green section of the SEQTA Marksbook, visibility of this can be flagged for the students allowing them to see their results for the assessment. This is controlled by the teacher flagging the assessment as “Marked”.

The steps for this are thus:

a) Open up the Overview of Assessments screen of the SEQTA Programme.


What do the students see?

The students see the results on SEQTA Learn thus:



Essentially, they see their percentage mark. They also see the class average and highest mark. No individual results for other students are visible on their screens.

  • Tasks listed in the Overview of Assessment screen, should have the assessment tasks themselves attached as pdf documents to the assessment (where possible). This is done thus:

b) In the Overview of assessments screen you will now be able to click on any assessment and make changes to it. All options are now visible on the one screen.


  • Note it is important that an assessment has a Title, Weighting and Due date. It is important that this date is set correctly as this will impact on when a task shows up as upcoming.


ALL ‘take-home’ assessment tasks require the task sheet to be added as a resource in the Overview of Assessments section. Tests and in-class assessments are not to be added.


NB: If staff intend to use the same or a similar test or in-class assessment in future years then this must not be added to eLearning or SEQTA as a resource, or made available to any student. Students sometimes request these for revision purposes after the test has taken place, but if you make the decision to release the in-class assessment item it cannot be used again in future years. We have had instances of resourceful students accessing past tests in the year above them via eLearning, who then sit the exact same test in a future year – resulting in an unfair outcome.

  • Clicking on the Add resource button opens up a window like this:


Clicking on Add a file, will allow you to browse your computer for a document that you want to attach as a resource to the Assessment Task. This could be the Task itself or other resources needed to complete the task.

  • You can also add web links as a resource if these are needed for the task completion.

Once all this is done, students are able to see the task as an upcoming assessment and all added resources.

What do the students see?

The students see the upcoming Assessments on SEQTA Learn.

  • The task appears in the list of upcoming tasks for the student, as the due date has not been reached.
  • The added resources are listed and students can click on these to instantly open these on their iPads.


Direct Messaging


Teacher’s are also able to use SEQTA to send “Direct Messages” to students. A direct message is not dissimilar to sending an email, but the correspondence is done using SEQTA directly and does not necessitate knowing a student’s email address. Direct messaging is more useful for direct communication that targets individual students, unlike a forum where the communication is visible to all the forum members.


1) The direct message can be written from any of the SEQTA screens by clicking on the New message icon in the top-right hand corner of the SEQTA workspaces. i.e.


2) Clicking on this icon will open up the following:


By clicking in the Select student box and typing in students’ names will allow you to quickly select the direct message recipient(s).

  • As in a regular email, add a Subject and compose your message.
  • Clicking Send in the top-right hand corner will send the message.

3) To access your direct messages, simply click on DIREQT MESSAGES, then on your inbox.