1. The Student Sorting Kit An Introduction On all slides, click the mouse to go on Press Esc to end

2. Utilities Sheet Press the buttons to: Rearrange students in various orders Build the application to your specifications Check the student details for errors Generate Balance and Feeder Information Analyse friendship links Assign the students to classes

3. List Sheet Use this sheet to store: Student names Their characteristics Their Feeder details Their Friends and “Keep-Aways” Their classes after they have been assigned Any extra information about them

4. Balance Sheet Use this sheet to: Check the number of each Factor present in your student population before sorting Check the balances of each Factor after the students have been assigned to classes

5. Friends Sheet Use this sheet to view: The friendship groups you have created The characteristics of each friendship group

6. Linkview Sheet Use this sheet to: View the friendship links you have created Check for ignored friendship links

7. Feeders Sheet Use this sheet to view: Your complete list of feeder schools The balance of students from each feeder

8. Restrictions Sheet Use this sheet to: Pin students to one class Limit students to certain classes Limit destination classes by student choice Limit destination classes by Curriculum needs

9. Targets Sheet Use this sheet to: Specify the target numbers of students in each class if equal class sizes are not required

10. Factors Sheet Use this sheet to build the application to your own specifications. Choose: The number of classes to display The number and type of Factors to balance The categories making up each Factor The relative “weight” of each category The number of restriction factors The number of friend columns The number of keep-away columns