E10: 3.2 Aurora College Creating Group Class Data

Modified on Thu, 27 Nov at 10:19 PM

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preamble
Aurora College Class Data Template
Creating the classes
Updating the course colours

Preamble

Aurora College started as NSW's virtual selective school servicing rural and remote students in Stage 4 and 5. It has grown to encompass a non-selective Stage 6 cohort.

The aim is to allow students to enjoy a depth of study that was not previously available to them. Lessons are delivered online synchronously to students in their school, by teachers in similar settings.

Aurora College Class Data Template

Each year Aurora College supply a template of the assignment of groups and classes to periods on their timetable.

This should be checked each year for minor changes.

Once all students applying to enrol in the Aurora College classes are accepted and allotted in to actual classes a final template will be supplied to the Home Schools.

Here is part of the 2026 Aurora College template.

It is important to note that for a student enrolling in Aurora, in Year 7, 8, 9 or 10, a total of twenty-two (22) periods will need to be assigned to this, regardless of whether a student is in Group1Green or Group2Navy.

This is made of eight (8) periods for English, eight (8) periods for Mathematics and six (6) periods for Science.

If a student is enrolling in Aurora for a subject in Year 11 or 12, a total of eight (8) periods are required per subject. For these, generally they are four (4) periods online and four (4) periods offline.

Creating the classes

The 10G year level is special in nature, as it is the one to which all Home School classes in years 7 - 10 will be linked to, so construction of your Master grid can occur in an accurate fashion. Hence, it is vital that the creation of classes in this year level occurs. It can also be done by using a csv file import.

If you wish to create the class data for the 10G Aurora year level, you do this in the Class data (F6) screen, and select 10G in the filter on the top right of the screen.

If this is your first time using Aurora, then the 10G year level should be blank, like this.

You should ensure that the entries you make in the etz file match your school structure, in regards to either a 6 period day or 5 period day.

If you have a 6 period day in your Home School grid structure, then the entries you need to enter should look like this.

The order of data entry for creation of these is:

1. Add the Course Code.
2. Add the Subject name. When prompted, select Create, to make the new subject.
3. Add the Faculty. When prompted, select Move all classes.
4. Add the #Per.
5. Add the spread.
6. Add the Line numbers.
7. Add the Periods entries. You can double click in the Period cell and select these on a grid view if you prefer.
8. Select None for the TeacherPref.
9. Select None for the RoomPref.

If you have a 5 period day in your Home School grid structure, then the only differences occur for the 10GNone class. These differences are:

- #Per is 6.

- Periods are Mon5,Wed5,Fri5.

Updating the course colours

For consistency of files and ease of assistance when dealing with the Tes Timetable (Edval) support team, we suggest using particular colours for these classes.

To set these colours, double click on the course code for 10Gp1Green. This will bring up the colour picker window.

Select Colour canvas, and enter either RGB values of 108, 255, 182, or the code #6CFFB6. Updating one will update the other.

The values to update the colours of the other classes are:

10GP2Navy use the RGB values of 0, 99, 154255 or code #00639A.
10GNone use the RGB values of 192, 192, 192 or code #C0C0C0.

The 10G Class data screen should now look like this.

As the periods for the Year 10G classes have been hard coded to the periods when they need to occur, they will automatically appear on the timetable in the appropriate locations. This can be seen in either the Year Timetable (F7) screen, or on the Mastergrid (F11).

Importing/Creating 10A and 12A

The importing of csv files or creation of the class data for the other year levels can now be performed in the same manner.

Note that the colours for all the courses in these year levels may need to be defined also. They can be defined to match your Home School subjects as per the colour in their respective KLA's.

You are now ready to add the Class data in the Home School year levels for students who may be enrolled in Aurora College classes.