Group with a variable population

Create the courses with the option Manage as groups with a variable population allows the generation of the groups where you can later modify the students week to week (for personalized accompaniment for example).

Create a course with the option "Manage as groups with a variable population"

1. Create a course with all the teachers and classes that will work in parallel.All the groups created will be with variable population. It is not a problem if, for some groups, the number of students never changes: it will be sufficient to define the list of students as valid until the end of the year.
2. Open the course specification window [Ctrl + R] and specify the subjects, classes, etc. per teacher. If the class meetings must be accounted for as personalized accompaniment, choose the subjects labeled PA (Personalized accompaniment).
3. Tick Manage as groups with a variable population and choose the distribution mode (Complex courses).
4. The class meetings are displayed with the icon . Groups in which you can modify the students are created; they are displayed in the list of groups with the icon .

Note: it is possible to create a personalized accompaniment course with a single teacher. For this, open the specification window as you would for a complex course with several class meetings, tick the option Manage as groups with a variable population and select One class meeting per teacher.

 New  Transforming a classic group into a variable population group

It is now possible to turn a course into a variable population course even if students in the class are otherwise occupied.

From a timetable grid or list of courses, select the course, right click and choose Manage as groups with a variable population.

Modify the students of the groups for one or several class meetings

Defining the composition of the groups with a variable population week by week is conducted from the tab Daily management and absences. If you have PRONOTE.net, the teachers can put the students in their groups from Teachers Webspace.

 Prerequisite  The group was generated during the specification of the complex course; it is displayed with the icon .

1. Go to the tab Daily Management and absences > Teachers/Classes >  Timetable of the week.
2. Select the teacher or class in the list on the left.
3. In the slider located on top of the screen, select the week for which or from which you want to modify the composition of the group.
4. Select the course in a variable population course in the grid.
5. In the list of students on the right, click on the first line and select Modify the students (if you do not see the list, click on the button  on the top right to display it).
6. In the popup window, tick the students and validate.
7. In the confirmation window, indicate whether this student list is valid only for the selected week or until a date that you will specify.

Note: you can also modify the groups with a variable population from the tab Daily Management and absences > Groups >  Students.

Modify the students of a group by copying the composition of another week

 Prerequisite  The group was generated during the specification of the complex course; it is displayed with the icon .

1. Daily Management and absences > Teachers/Classes >  Timetable of the week.
2. Select the teacher or class in the list on the left.
3. On the slider located on top of the screen, select the week for which or from which you want to modify the composition of the students.
4. Select the course in a variable population group in the grid.
5. Click on the right of the first line Modify the students and select Assign the students of another week (if you do not see the list, click on the button  on the top right to display it).
6. In the popup window, select the referential week and validate.

Modify students from one group of a course to another within the same week

By default, the allocation of groups with a variable population may change from week to week, but not within the same week.

To indicate to the software that the group must not be the same from one day to the next, from Timetable > Groups >  Timetable, select one of the courses, right click  and choose Differentiate the group having a variable population: a new group is crated; you can now act on the composition of one without affecting that of the other.

 New  Create a course with an occasional variable population

The group courses with a variable population and their group can be created on the fly.

1. Go to the tab Daily Management and absences > Classes >  Timetable of the week.
2. Select one or several classes in the list on the left, right-click and choose Create a course in a group > Group with a variable population.
3. In the popup window, name the group, select the subject and the type of group.
   • if you choose to create a group with default links (classic group), only students who are free in the slot can be added to the course;
   • if you choose to create a group without any link (group of detached students), you will be able to assign all the students of the classes concerned to the course, including the students who have courses in the same time slot.
4. After validating, you switch to the group timetable. Click-drag the green frame that represents the course to the wanted location, then double-click inside to validate the creation of the course.