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# Parent App - Student Options

## Entering student subject options online

#### To return to the full list of Parent App guides, [click here.](https://support.vsware.ie/parent-app-overview?hsLang=en)

### Student Options

This feature allows you to submit next year’s subject preferences directly to the school from your VSware account. 

The school will open the the Student Options feature at certain times of the year when subject option choices are being decided on. If this feature is not available to you, it is either not the correct time to enter the options, or the school has decided not to collect the options via online parent accounts.

When you enter the preferences, they can be viewed by the administration staff of your school. The VSware software optimiser will use these preferences to calculate subject option lines and will try to get the best result for the greatest number of students.

 

#### Entering student options on the App

 o get to Student Optionspage, select the 3 bars at the left of the page\>your **Student's name** from the **'Your Students'** dropdown and then click **'Student Options'**. From here, it is the same as the browser page just resized. 

#### Entering student options Browser

To get to Student Options page, select your c**hild's name** from the parent dashboard or from the 'Your Children' dropdown and then click '**learn more**' under **Student Options**. ![](https://support.vsware.ie/hubfs/image-Jun-26-2020-03-23-40-16-PM.png)

Entering you're child's options is straightforward.

- For each subject choice, select a subject from the **dropdown** boxes in order of the highest priority if preference.
- Hit **Confirm** and the choices will be saved and sent to the school.

![](https://support.vsware.ie/hubfs/blob-Jun-29-2020-10-58-10-14-AM.png)

#### Changing your choices

- If your child changes their mind directly after submitting options, they can amend their choice up until the closing date by clicking **I've changed my mind!**   
  ![](https://support.vsware.ie/hubfs/blob-Jun-29-2020-11-04-19-45-AM.png)
- You can also come back to the main student options screen later and update the preferences, provided that this is done *before* the due date. Simply amend the list and hit **Confirm** again.

 

#### Allocated subjects

Once the options are completed, the school can choose to show the allocated subjects to parents. When these subject choices are published, the Options screen will change to an allocated subjects screen that will look like below

                   ![Screenshot\_20260609-110953](https://support.vsware.ie/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot_20260609-110953.png?width=389&height=779&name=Screenshot_20260609-110953.png)

 

 

 

**Click to View a [Video Demo Parental Web (Desktop) App to enter Subject Options](https://vsware.wistia.com/medias/n7yo7lck0k)

Alternatively, you can view a  [Video Demo of Parent using Mobile App to enter Subject Options](https://vsware.wistia.com/medias/nr3tejf165)**

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