The Behaviour Settings panel is where a school can define what Behaviour information they want a parent to be able to view in the MCAS Parent Portal.
This guide explains the following sections in the panel.
For more information on MCAS see here and for Behaviour see here.
Access: the minimum permissions required to access Behaviour Settings in MCAS are found in the MCAS Module dropdown from Config>Setup>Roles and Permissions. For more information see How to Edit a Role and its Permissions
Navigate to Config > MyChildAtSchool > Behaviour
IMPORTANT: remember to click the top-left Save button if making any amendments in the panel
Behaviour
- Enable Behaviour Module – choose whether it will be Enabled or not, Enabled will display the Widget on the Parent Portal. Note Events need to be selected in order to show in the Widget.
- Behaviour Title – choose the Title for the module
- Behaviour Module Subtitle – choose the Subtitle for the module
Detentions
- Enable Detention Module – choose whether it will be Enabled or not, Enabled will display the Widget on the Parent Portal, note Event types need to be selected in order to show in the Widget.
- Detention Module Title – choose the Title for the module
- Hide Detentions for YearGroups – Select which Year Groups will NOT see their Detentions
Note: To let Parents or Students know about Detentions scheduled for that day see How to Create a Watchlist.
Events
- Display Events Legend – tick to display the Events Legend
- Event Types – This relates to the ‘Adjustments’ or points given to Events.
- Positive is more than or equal to 1, Neutral is 0, Negative is less than 0
- Select which Event Adjustment Types will be visible in MCAS and rename them if needed, in addition select a colour for each
- Visible Events – tick to Display All Events or untick and click to select the Events to display from the dropdown list
- Display unprocessed events in MCAS (not recommended) – ticking this option will display ALL Behaviour Events processed or unprocessed
- Show Total Points (YTD) – select to display the Total Points for the Academic Year
- Show Total Points (All Time) – select to display the Total Points for All Time
- Show Selected Action Totals – select to display the selected Action Totals
Actions
Tick the Show Selected Action Totals option and then click to select which Actions will be displayed, by dragging them from the left column into the right column.
Display Information
On the Display Information (on tool tip) section, select which Behaviour fields are to be displayed to parents, the Displayed Name and Position from top as the order they will appear in.
Note: Consider Comments as this will be the Comment the Teacher entering the Behaviour Event has written.
This can be used in the example a school wants a parent to see that a student has been given an Event but they do not want the parent to see the Comment added to the Event.
When finished click on the top-left Save button.