Sections accommodate the item(s) added to a checklist. An item is a set of a certain question and - depending on the item type - the possible answers for that question. As items cannot be added independently to a checklist, only within a section, it follows that a checklist always contains at least one section.
A section may contain one or more items that target the same skill competence. Thus sections are used for categorizing/ grouping questions and serve as means for arranging questions according to different skill areas.
In turn, performance can be analyzed based on different sections, thereby providing means for observing performance along skill areas.
When on the tab of the desired part (checklist), without any section added, clicking an item in the New Item panel will automatically create a section that can contain the added item. |
Item types are discussed in detail here. |
Section abbreviation is necessary for generating a Skill Development Report. The abbreviations correspond to different skill areas and the report itself is constructed according to scores achieved within Sections having the same Section abbreviation. |
Learners' Case total score is calculated according to the weights provided for each Section. Therefore, Section weight provides means for differentiating between skill areas, if necessary. |
Hiding an item does not affect Data Entry: the items included will be displayed and can be answered by the user filling out the checklist. |
Items can be given specific tags thereby linking them to create a unit called Virtual Section. With the help of this feature, you can regroup certain items of the Case to a separate Section, and review the results for this Section in certain reports.
Like common Sections, a Virtual section is also a group of items - which items are already present in the Case. Thus, respondents do not have to 're-answer' the questions of a Virtual section, since these responses are already saved.
Tagged questions can be included in different sections or even parts, but then be observed as one Section at score calculation (e.g. one of the Sections can be that of the FON, the other one of the SP part).
With this setup, the scores for the items appearing both in the SP/FON part and the Virtual Section will count with double effect in the reports. |
Learn more at How to Create Virtual Sections - Tagging. |
For further information, visit our Case Manager and Cases - How to pages, or watch our Case Manager Training Videos. |