Student Systems

External examiners setting up terms and coverage

Guidance on setting the terms and coverage details in the updated external examiners role

 

The terms and coverage facility in now located under one link called "External Exmainers" as seen below.

  • Click on the External Examiners Link.
External examiners link
  • You are presented with a dynamic search field. Begin entering the name or code for your External Examiner, once the dymanic list returns the relevant examiner click the blue Go Button.
  • *if your external examiner does not appear please contact studentsystems.ed.ac.uk*
enter external examiner
  • The Summary page for the external examiner is returned.
  • on the summary screen you have two edit buttons.
  • The blue button titled "Edit Examiner" allows you to amend their details.
  • The blue button titled "create a term" allows you to create the record of what programmes and course the external examier will be review and the date period they will be in the position of external examier for said programme.
  • Click The blue button titled "Edit Examiner".
summary external examiner

 

  • The "Edit Examiner" sections allows you to edit and amend all the details surround title, name, address and contact information.

 

edit external examiner summary

 

  • Once you are satisfied will the information click the blue "Save" button at the bottom of the page.

 

Examiners details
examiners details fields for edit

 

  • You are returned to the summary page.
  • If an existing term of coverage is present in the "Term Details..." container you can click on the Grey "View" button to review these details.

 

summary external examiner

 

  • Click  the Grey "View" button.
  • The terms and coverage are displayed.

 

terms and coverage

 

  • If you want to create a multiple terms and coverage for this external examiner click the blue button titled "create a term"

 

summary external examiner

 

  • You can now set the type from the drop down menu.

 

summary edit

 

  • Using the "Start Date" and "End Date" fields you can set the period the external examiner with cover.

 

EXTERNAL type start and end

 

  • Having set the type and start and end dates you can then use the dymanic fields to enter all the relevant programmes and course against the External Examiner.

 

edit terms and coverage

 

  • Once complete Click the blue "Save" button and the details will be store and you will be returned to the summary page.

 

summary external examiner