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By Infospeed Ltd.

Autumn 2009

Dear Friends,

Welcome to our Autumn 2009 newsletter. In this issue we focus on some of the new features in Class, and we invite you to attend one of our free presentations on the Attendance module and particularly on the 10 Day Absence Rule enforced by the UK Border Agency.

Other topics include a Class tip and other free sessions to refresh your knowledge of Class for all customers with a Connected Support Contract.

We hope you will find this useful and we welcome your feedback!

Sincerely,

The Class Team

Absence: UK Border Agency 10 Day Rule

Absence processing has been added to Class to meet new UK Border Agency requirements for mandatory reporting of students who breach their Visa conditions by being "unauthorised" absent from school for more than 10 continuous days. Class has been enhanced to assist you with this and this new feature has been included within the Attendance Module. We are holding free of charge short presentations on 9, 10 & 11 November to demonstrate the features of both the Attendance and Absence Recording. Each presentation will take approximately 30 minutes.
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Also, on this subject, we are working closely with a local school to finalise to Bulk File Transfer Export/Import option for the on-line SMS system and we hope to have this new feature in Class soon. A new version of Class will also be announced shortly which includes some improvements (based on user feedback) on the current Points Based System process and validation checking.

Some New Features

Group Date Wizard This new feature allows all the booking date information within a group, to be changed from a single screen. Download Information Sheet View-only Options Several areas of the system have been updated to give the option to view information that is currently in use by another user and thus locked for data integrity. Download Information Sheet

Tips & Tricks Corner!

Academic Automatic Classing - Direct from booking!

Students can be classed (into the future) directly from the booking entry.

What Courses?

Any course, although it has maximum benefit where the course automatically defines the class in which the student will be taught e.g. a course not requiring level testing.

Other options

Even with general English courses, which may require level testing prior to classing, it may be helpful to pre-class students into a "new GE students" class, so academics can clearly see the inflow of new students (and extensions) out into the future. From the automatic classing "move" screen (using the drag/drop) the students can then be moved to the most appropriate class. With imagination more useful breakdowns may be achievable!

How?

In summary (for those familiar with Class) the following is required:

• Set up any extra classes that may be required e.g. New Course X students, New Cambridge Students, etc.
• Link the class to all the relevant courses. You're now ready - all new bookings will be automatically classed!

For more information: Download the Help File on Classing .

Free Refresher's Sessions

We offer free online Refresher's Sessions to all current customers with a current Connected Support Contract, to help you make the best use of Class. These 20-minute sessions are aimed at experienced users.

Next Sessions & Topics

(UK time)

• Groups
  Thursday 29th October at 10am, 3pm and 9.30pm
• Batch Updates and Date Wizard
  Thursday 26th November at 10am, 3pm and 9.30pm
• Quick Reports
  Thursday 28th January at 10am, 3pm and 9.30pm

> More information on these three sessions

During the online refresher's session you will be connected to our Class training database and be shown various options and suggestions. Please contact us to book a place.

Welcome to New Class Users

We would like to welcome some schools who recently joined the long list of Class users:

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