Click on the Search button under Student tab as the first step, to ensure that any previously loaded record is cleared.
Click on the System tab in the menu
Click on the Edit Time Period option in the menu
Click on Census Period from the drop down box for the time period type
Click on the Search Time Periods button.
Ensure the census date has been correctly recorded for the current period.
Click on the Reports tab from the menu.
Click on the Report Builder option from the menu
Scroll to the Saved Report Descriptions section
Click on the Global Reports drop box and select a suitable report that your institution has set up to generate a bulk student list if one has already been setup. Click on the Load Report button (Jump to Step 13).
If a suitable report has not yet been setup, in the Base Report Descriptions section, select ‘Student Course Enrolment Details’ as the Base report and click on the Load Base Report button.
In the Report Columns section, hold the Ctrl key to select multiple columns as required, ensuring that the key fields are included for the type of report you are trying to generate.
Ensure that the Base Report Parameters are correctly set to cover the required unit enrolment start and end dates and enrolment status values to produce a list that contains the required students.
Scroll down to the Format Report section. Click the Bulk Student Select radio button
Click the Produce Report button
This will take some time to run, and will depend on the scope of the list being created. Please wait for the screen to refresh and reload with a list of the students returned by the report.
Once the bulk list of students appears, click on the tick box for each student who is to receive the communication. You may choose to select all and then deselect specific students from the list, or you may choose to select only specific students from the list.
Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the Add Selected to List button. This may take a few moments to store the list in memory. Please wait for the list to appear.
Click on the Student tab from the menu.
Click on the Communication Event option in the menu (or click on the Hat icon at the top left hand corner of the screen and then click on the Communication option)
Enter the Communication Name, which will become the subject of the email, e.g. CAN - Semester 1 2018.
Select the Communication Type, e.g. Email.
Select a Communication Template Message for the body of the email
Edit the Communication Description/Email Body field to add in any additional information or updates to the body of the message. You may choose to include options from Table 2 above (each wrapped inside curly braces eg. {email_first_name} {email_last_name} ), or add text that is to appear in the main body of your email.
Set the Communication Status to Sent from the drop down menu.
Click the Save New Communications for Loaded Students button.
Click the Reports tab from the menu
Click on the Letters option from the menu
Scroll to the Commonwealth Assistance Notice report and click the Get Report button
Check the parameters in the report section and click the Create Report for Communication Events button. This will take some time to complete, while each report is generated individually. The progress bar provides an indication of the rate of progress.
Click on the Page icon to check the CAN notices are for the correct period and are attached for the correct person for a few of the records.
Click on the tick boxes for the ones that are to be sent.
Click on the Email Selected Recipients with Attachments button. This will take time to complete.
The emails have now been sent.
Check the status of the sent emails to verify whether any have not been successfully sent. These will need to be either resent or posted.