Academic setup fundamentals

Academic setup in Skolar connects several pieces: school year, class group, subject, course, and evaluation periods. If that structure is incomplete, scheduling, attendance, and grading workflows break later.

What should be configured first#

Before operating the academic module, confirm:

• active school year and school terms
• school classes or groups
• subjects and prerequisites
• courses assigned to classes and teachers
• evaluation periods

School classes and groups#

Classes depend on the correct school term. If you later move a class to another term, Skolar can also move linked enrollments to that term.

Subjects#

Subjects should be defined carefully because they later affect:

• courses
• grade cards
• prerequisites
• print order
• schedule solving

Courses#

A course connects:

• subject
• teacher
• class group
• evaluation periods
• course workstream activity

Evaluation periods#

For each course you can create:

• ordinary periods
• one final period

Important rules:

• ordinary periods are numbered automatically
• only one final period can exist
• linked attendance creates the attendance criterion for that period
• a period cannot be deleted once it already has grades or criteria

Recommended workflow#

1. Define the school year and school terms.
2. Create the class groups for that year.
3. Register or review the subjects.
4. Create courses by linking class, teacher, and subject.
5. Create the ordinary periods and the final period where needed.
6. Enable linked attendance only in the periods that should use it.