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Add an academic year and grading terms

A 60-second screen recording of a real school doing exactly this — and the same 6 steps written out below, in the labels you'll see on screen.

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How to add an academic year and grading terms

  1. 1Click Academics under Learning in the sidebar
  2. 2Click More in the page header, then Add year, and enter the Year name, Start date, and End date
  3. 3Click Add year to save
  4. 4On the year's card, click Add term and enter the Term name, Start date, and End date
  5. 5Click Add term — repeat for each grading period
  6. 6Click Set current on the year and term you're teaching in now

Part of School setup & the year cycle

Configure the school once — branding, years and terms, classes, staff, roles — then let the June rollover wizard carry it all into the new year.

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Do it yourself in the live demo

Follow these steps in a real sandbox school — admin, teacher, family, and student views. Sample data resets daily.