Applicable to institutions in the United Kingdom onlyExam Seat Allocation Rules Settings

The Exam Seat Allocation Rules Settings screen allows you to configure rules for exam seating allocations.

Exam Seat Allocation Rules Settings screen

The fields on the Exam Seat Allocation Rules Settings screen are described in the following table.

This field Holds this information...
Default flow direction

The way that candidates are allocated seats. Select from the following:

  • Snake - proceeds on one line of seats until the end is reached, and then returns in the opposite direction on the next line

  • Stripe - proceeds on one line of seats until the end is reached, and then returns to the start of the next line and proceeds in the same direction on that line
Default number orientation The direction in which seats are filled from the starting position specified in the room layout seating arrangement.
Exam gapping

A setting that can be used to create a gap between cohorts of candidates sitting different exams within one room.

Select whether to start seating on the next line of seats, or to leave a gap of a specified number of seats.

This setting should only be set to a non-zero value when it is applied in combination with candidate ordering rules that have Sitting as one of the higher-order columns used to seat candidates, otherwise a large number of empty seats can result.
Candidate ordering

The rules that are used to order the candidates for seating. The list is ranked by priority.

Select whether each column should be in ascending or descending order from the drop-down menu in the Direction column.

Ascending or Descending drop-down

Use the Move up and Move down buttons at the top of the screen to re-order the list, and the Add order and Delete order buttons to add or remove the selected order.

Add order, Delete order, Move up and Move down buttons

Click the Re-allocate button to apply changes.

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