Can I disable Editing of Comments in Staff Kiosk Assessment?
Yes, you can disable editing of Comments for specific Reporting Periods in the following Staff Kiosk programs:
Assessment > Markbook > Activity Assessment.
Assessment > Markbook > Enter Results and Comments.
Assessment > Markbook > Search Final Assessment.
Assessment > Enter Comments and Results > Activity Assessment.
Assessment > Enter Comments and Results > Enter Results and Comments.
Assessment > Enter Comments and Results > Search Final Assessment.
Example
Some schools prefer teachers to use comments exclusively from a school comment bank, without allowing any edits. One reason for this approach may be to minimise the chances of grammatical errors in reports.
Go to TASS.web Student Admin > Academic Reporting > Setup Information > Assessment Setup and click on the 'Result Periods' tab.
Select the Result Period (Reporting Period) for which you want to disable the Comments.
There are four checkboxes available for enabling and disabling comments.
Comment Flag | Untick this checkbox to remove the Comments section and prevent all users from entering Subject Comments for this Result Period in the Staff Kiosk programs mentioned above. |
You can also disable comment editing based on the Reporting User Access Levels assigned to each user in TASS.web System Admin > Users > Reporting User Maintenance or TASS.web Student Admin > Academic Reporting > Setup Information > Reporting User Maintenance.
Teacher Edit Comments | Untick this checkbox to prevent users with 'Teacher Class Access' from editing Subject Comments for the selected Result Period in the Staff Kiosk programs mentioned above. |
Restricted User Edit Comments | Untick this checkbox to prevent users with 'Restricted Supervisor Access' from editing Subject Comments for this Result Period in the Staff Kiosk programs mentioned above. |
Unrestricted User Edit Comments | Untick this checkbox to prevent users with 'Unrestricted Supervisor Access' from editing Subject Comments for this Result Period in the Staff Kiosk programs mentioned above. |
When the Reporting User Access Level checkboxes are unticked, the following comment functionality changes will occur to remove the ability to edit a comment:
The text box for the comment will be disabled.
The Comment Bank or Personal Comment Bank (if enabled) will still deposit comments into the text box.
A button called 'Clear Comment' will be visible. This will enable the user to clear the entire Comment field.
The Spell Check button will be suppressed.
The 'Format Comment' button will still function as before.