Sonia: "Show Students" Settings

Define what information students can see about their mentor, supervisor, and placement officer, as well as information available during site review/preferencing

Aug 3, 2026
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The "Show Students" Settings in Sonia

This feature is for defining which pieces of information students will be able to view with respect to:

Personal Details
Details about their Site Contact, Mentor, Supervisor and Placement Officer
Their Site Research and Preferences

Configuring the settings

These settings are found in School Options > Online > General tab > scroll down to the "Show students" section.

See table below screenshot for a detailed description of each checkbox.

Setting Text	Purpose	Setting Section
Next of Kin details	Students will be able to see (and possibly edit) Next of Kin (Emergency Contact) details on their My Details page. The ability to edit is set elsewhere.	Personal
Check details	Students will see a Checks tab in Sonia Online to keep track of outstanding and/or validated Checks	Personal
Attendance	Students will be able to see/enter their Timesheet entries (based on other settings)	Personal
“----- to all”	Students will be able to see any of the selected information for site contacts (even if not allocated to the site)	Site contact
“----- to allocated”	Students allocated to the site will be able to see the selected information	Site contact, Mentor
[all of the items listed]	Students will be able to see the information selected	Supervisor
Google search	When Students view the list of sites for review or preferencing, the info icon will appear next to the site name. When they click the icon, a Google search with that site’s name will appear (in another tab) to assist with researching that site.	Site research/preferences
Position filters	Students will be able to filter based on position details if position level details have been added to the placement request (i.e., Mentor, Days). Students will also be able to filter on site custom fields for which they have at least read-only permission.	Site research/preferences
Site contact in details	Students will see the contact details for the contact tagged as Student Contact during review/preferencing	Site research/preferences
Distance to site	Students will see the distance between their address and the site’s (if the addresses on the Student and site are accurate). The distance is calculated shortest distance between the 2 points (“as the crow flies”).	Site research/preferences
Mandatory fields	Students will see any mandatory Checks required for this placement. Checks could be on site, placement request, or placement level.	Site research/preferences
Excluded site toggle	Students will see a checkbox at the top of the list of sites that says “Show" (or hide) sites for which I am not eligible”	Site research/preferences
Number of places offered at site	Students will see how many available placements the site has confirmed.	Site research/preferences

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Sonia: "Show Students" Settings

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The "Show Students" Settings in Sonia

Configuring the settings

These settings are found in School Options > Online > General tab > scroll down to the "Show students" section.

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