Report Writer 3: write the reports

Name: Report Writer 3: write the reports
Uploaded: 2026-10-21
Duration: 1 min 6 s
Description: Write the whole class’s reports from your marks and notes, add the personal comment, track each report’s status, then print or download.

In about 2 minutes, learn how to write reports with the Report Writer.

Video, 1 min 6 s, with subtitles

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What you’ll learn

How to write reports for the whole class
How to change the tone, length and wording
What each report status means
How the name key puts names on printouts only

Read the transcript

When report time comes, your marks and notes are already here. Press Write reports for the whole class. Each report gets its statistics, like attendance, results and homework, filled in for you, with a comment for each subject.

Choose the tone and length, and press Write again for different wording. The personal comment is yours. It's the part only you can write.

If you're stuck, press Suggest an opening line. Each report has a status, so you can see where you are: needs teacher comment, ready, with head teacher, or finished. Then print them all, save a PDF, download one Word file for the class, or copy a report as text.

Used numbers instead of names? Load your name key file when you print, and the names appear on the printout only. They're forgotten when you leave.

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1. Which part of the report is always yours to write? The personal comment The attendance figure The school name

Right. The personal comment is the part only you can write.Not quite. The answer is “The personal comment”. The personal comment is the part only you can write.

2. You used numbers instead of names. How do names appear on the printout? Load your name key file when you print Type them into every report They can’t

Right. Load your name key file when you print; the names are forgotten when you leave.Not quite. The answer is “Load your name key file when you print”. Load your name key file when you print; the names are forgotten when you leave.

3. How do you get different wording for a comment? Press Write again Delete the class Start a new year

Right. Choose the tone and length, and press Write again.Not quite. The answer is “Press Write again”. Choose the tone and length, and press Write again.

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