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Set up academics before you open admissions, enrollment, grading, or billing. Classes, enrollments, and grades all depend on the academic period you create here.

Setup order

1

Create the academic calendar

Add the academic year, terms, and academic periods. Classes and enrollments are created at the academic period level.
2

Add stages, levels, and grading periods

Add academic levels for grade or year levels. Add grading periods when teachers record grades in separate windows such as prelim, midterm, and final.
3

Create programs and curricula

Add colleges and departments if your school uses them, then create programs and attach curriculum versions.
4

Create courses

Add course records once. A course describes what is taught; a class describes when, where, and by whom it is taught.
5

Open classes and sections

Create classes for the period, assign teachers, set schedules and rooms, then group students into sections.

Academic hierarchy

RecordUse it for
Academic yearThe top-level school year, such as 2026-2027.
Academic termA major division of the year, such as First Semester or Quarter 1.
Academic periodThe instructional window where classes, enrollments, and grades happen.
Academic levelA student’s grade level or year level.
Grading periodA grade entry window inside an academic period.

Programs, curricula, and courses

Programs describe a course of study. Curricula describe the required courses for a program version. Courses are reusable subject records that can be offered as classes in any period.
A program can represent any course of study your school organizes around, such as a level, track, or department.

Classes and sections

A class is a scheduled offering of a course. It includes the period, teacher, schedule, room or resource, capacity, and reservation rules. A section is a fixed group of students who take classes together within a program or level.

Reservation rules

ReservationMeaning
OpenAny eligible student can enroll while seats are available.
Reserved for a sectionOnly students in that section can enroll.
Reserved for programsOnly students in selected programs can enroll.
Check teacher, room, and schedule conflicts before enrollment starts. Fixing conflicts after students are enrolled usually requires manual class changes.