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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 7 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
- 1Click Academics under Learning in the sidebar
- 2Click More in the page header, then Add year — the First day of school, Last day of school and Year name are filled in with the usual dates
- 3Change the dates if yours differ; the Year name follows the first day until you type one
- 4Under Split into, keep Two semesters or choose trimesters, quarters, or one term — the terms are listed with their dates
- 5Under Days off, untick any holiday you stay open for and add your spring break dates
- 6Click Add year — the year, its terms and its days off are saved together
- 7A year that already exists with no terms shows Make the terms on its card: choose the split and click it
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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