Choice for Sport and Other Data Collection

E10-Choice-Q&A Session: Choice for Sport & Other Data Collection-4 March 2025

Q&A Session: Choice for Sport & Other Data Collection

Tuesday, 4 March 2025

Questions & Answers:

Q1. How does FCFS work?

https://help.edval.education/portal/en/kb/articles/e10-choice-form-type-sport 

https://help.edval.education/portal/en/kb/articles/e10-sport-selections-using-the-sport-type-dataset

 Q2. Can I turn FCFS on after I've already opened a Sport form? 

Q3. How does the waiting list work?

https://help.edval.education/portal/en/kb/articles/e10-sport-selections-using-the-sport-type-dataset

Q4. Does a student who is on a waiting list receive an email confirmation if they are then booked into that sport later?

Q5. What do I do if I need students to submit a sport choice before the form is open?

https://help.edval.education/portal/en/kb/articles/e10-choice-upload-preferences-from-etz-file-to-the-webserver

Q6. Can I get students to choose a sport for all terms in the one form?

https://help.edval.education/portal/en/kb/articles/choice-e10-choice-choice-sport-selecting-multiple-sport-options-for-different-terms-semesters-using-an-electives-dataset

Q7. Where should my sport classes go once they're created?

https://help.edval.education/portal/en/kb/articles/e10-how-to-set-up-sport-classes-overview

https://help.edval.education/portal/en/kb/articles/e10-how-to-set-up-sport-classes-multi-year-vertical

Q8. When testing using Peter Pan, does this data appear in submission history to test the full process?

https://help.edval.education/portal/en/kb/articles/e10-choice-publish-test-forms-email-or-export-student-webcodes

Q9. Is it possible to omit the Parent/Carer Signature at the bottom of the submitted form - as we have a separate letter for them to sign and teachers are entering the subject preferences into Edval Choice?

https://help.edval.education/portal/en/kb/articles/e10-choice-configure-forms

https://help.edval.education/portal/en/kb/articles/e10-choice-basic-html-to-use-on-forms-and-emails

Q10. Do the subject units have to be displayed or can you opt to not show this to students?

Q11. How would you show an offline class?

https://help.edval.education/portal/en/kb/articles/e10-elective-data-courses

Q12. Is it possible to configure the Choice form to prevent a sport which has been selected in the first preference dropdown from appearing in any of the following dropdowns?

Q13. How do you show students that their subject selections have been granted?

https://help.edval.education/portal/en/kb/articles/edval-choice-communicate-subjects-granted-to-students-by-email

 

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