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Summary Management

Last Updated: 03/03/2022

After clicking on the Teaching portal, selecting the Runperiod and clicking on the desired Curriculum Unit, click Summaries in the left side menu.

The system presents the management page of the curriculum summaries. Curriculum summaries can be viewed using filter fields. By default, the summaries created by the teacher himself are shown. On this page, notice is shown if there are classes on the calendar whose date and time are earlier than the current one and have no summaries defined.

View summaries

For viewing the summaries, perform the following procedures:

  1. Access the Fénix platform at https:/fenix.iscte-iul.pt/
  2. Access the “Login Page” tab and authenticate using the Iscte account credentials (e.g. xxnes@iscte-iul.pt and password in the case of Shale Ximenes user).
  3. Click the “Teaching” tab.
  4. Choose the “Run period“.
  5. Click on the “Curriculum Unit“.
  6. Select the “Summaries” option from the left side menu.
  7. Optionally use filter fields:
    • Type(s) – allows you to indicate whether you want to view the body of the table of contents;
    • Ordering – allows you to sort the summaries by the date and time of the lesson;
    • Class type – allows you to filter the summaries by class type (Laboratory, Theoretical, etc.);
    • Shift – allows you to filter the summaries by turn (Type/class);
    • Teacher – allows to filter the summaries indicating the teacher who created them.

Note: Summaries are grouped by weeks.

Insert summary

The summary can be created from the start date and time of the class by any teacher of the curricular unit or by his/her guardian.

The table of contents can also be created by importing a lesson plan or another summary, however, you can only import data that already exists in Phoenix.

To insert a summary, perform the following:

  1. Access the Fénix platform at https:/fenix.iscte-iul.pt/
  2. Access the “Login Page” tab and authenticate using the Iscte account credentials (e.g. xxnes@iscte-iul.pt and password in the case of Shale Ximenes user).
  3. Click the “Teaching” tab.
  4. Choose the “Run period“.
  5. Click on the “Curriculum Unit“.
  6. Select the “Summaries” option from the left side menu.
  7. Click “Insert new table of contents.”


  8. In the class calendar, click “Insert Summary” on the line corresponding to the respective lesson.
  9. In the window shown:
    • Select the “Room” where the lesson took place.
    • Indicate the “Number of students” who attended the class.
    • If you want to import a lesson plan into the summary, choose the “Lesson plan” option.
    • If you want to import a previously created table of contents into the Phoenix system, select the “Previous contents” option.
    • Indicate the “Title” of the summary. If you want to change the language, choose the “Language“. By default, the Portuguese language is shown.
    • If you want to insert the “Title” of the summary in another language, click on “Add new language” and indicate the language in which you are entering the “Title“. You can Remove” this field only from the second language.
    • Insert the body text of the “Summary“. In this field is made available an editor that may or may not be used for formatting the text – it is recommended to use it.
    • If you want to insert the body of the “Summary in another language, click on “Add new language” and indicate the new language. You can Remove” this field only from the second language.
    • Define who can query the table of contents in the “Visibility:” field
      • Public – any user who sees the Summaries section of the UC public page.
      • Only uc enrolled – only uc students and their faculty. Naturally, it requires each other to authenticate in the Phoenix.
    • Click the “Save” button to create the table of contents and return to the summummum summummum sit-in page.

Notes

  • If there is a need to record the summary of a replacement lesson, the teacher can insert it by creating a replacement class.
  • Summaries of replacement classes and extraordinary classes can only be entered after the creation of the respective replacement classes or extraordinary classes in the Class Calendar.
  • A replacement class can only be created after a scheduled lesson has been marked as not taught in the Class Calendar.
  • The summary of a class that is taught on a date not foreseen in the class calendar and does not replace a normal class should be inserted by pre-creating an extraordinary class.
  • It is recommended to create summaries also in English aimed at students enrolled in mobility programs (ERASMUS, etc.).
  • If you do not see the Insert Summary feature, on the line corresponding to the lesson in which you want to insert the table of contents, verify that the start date and time of the lesson have not yet occurred or that the table of contents has already been created.

Edit summary

Only the teacher who created the summary can change it. To change a table of contents, perform the following:

  1. Access the Fénix platform at https:/fenix.iscte-iul.pt/
  2. Access the “Login Page” tab and authenticate using the Iscte account credentials (e.g. xxnes@iscte-iul.pt and password in the case of Shale Ximenes user).
  3. Click the “Teaching” tab.
  4. Choose the “Run period“.
  5. Click on the “Curriculum Unit“.
  6. Select the “Summaries” option from the left side menu.
  7. Click “Edit“.
  8. Change the table of contents.
  9. Click the “Save button to record the changes you entered.

Delete summary

Only the teacher who created the summary can delete it. To delete a summary, do the following:

  1. Access the Fénix platform at https:/fenix.iscte-iul.pt/
  2. Access the “Login Page” tab and authenticate using the Iscte account credentials (e.g. xxnes@iscte-iul.pt and password in the case of Shale Ximenes user).
  3. Click the “Teaching” tab.
  4. Choose the “Run period“.
  5. Click on the “Curriculum Unit“.
  6. Select the “Summaries” option from the left side menu.
  7. Click “Delete“.
  8. Confirm the intention to delete the table of contents by clicking “Yes“.

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