Periods and modules
Configured under Options inside a level, and part of the premium plan.
Before entering the first mark you need to define two things: how the year is divided and how the report card is organised into blocks.
You do it once a year and it orders everything else.
Periods
These are the stretches the year is divided into for grading: terms, semesters, half-terms, or whatever your school uses.
Each period is a column on the report card.
| Field | What it's for |
|---|---|
| Name | What it's called. For example, "1st Term". |
| Start date | When it begins. |
| End date | When it ends. |
They aren't decorative: they're what determines which period a grade belongs to. If they overlap or leave gaps, marks can end up in the wrong period.
Check that one period ends right before the next begins.
Even if the second term is months away, defining them in one go saves you having to stop mid-year.
Modules
These are the blocks the report card is divided into. For example, "Curriculum areas" on one side and "Behaviour" on the other.
Each module has its own periods. Useful when different parts of the report card are assessed on different rhythms: subjects each term and behaviour twice a year, say.
Modules exist for schools that split the report card into blocks. If that isn't you, defining the periods is enough.
It isn't a per-report-card setting: it changes how every student in the level's report card looks. Best decided before you start entering marks, not mid-year.
How they relate
It goes from general to specific:
The level has modules
The report card's blocks. If you don't use modules, there's just one.
Each module has periods
That block's stretches of the year.
Each period is a column
And every mark sits where a subject crosses a period.
The level's other options
Under Options there's also a general settings screen that changes how the level behaves: what families are shown, what permissions teachers have, and how some things are named.
Each option applies only to the level you're working in. Anything you don't touch keeps the platform's defaults.
If your level is early years
An early-years level has one extra screen, for configuring the indicators its reports are filled in against.
