Create a Year

Create a Year

To add a new class in Raising Foundation, you must either be an administrator or a privileged employee (Manage Year /Class privilege must be provided).


Note: There are two institution types, which are Higher Education and K-12Depending on the institution type, terms may differ. If you have selected the institution type as Higher Education under General settings, they will be Year (Year/Standard/Grade/Class/Program) and Class (Class/Section/Intake/Semester).

At the top of your dashboard, click the module access icon > 
Administration > Settings > Manage Year/Class > Manage Year to open the Manage Year page.
  1. In the top right, click New to create a new year




  1. In the Year name field, enter the Year name. The Year  name does not have to be unique

  2. In the Section name field, enter the section name if necessary. If you provide a section name, the full name of the Year  would then be the Year and the section name

  3. In the Code field, enter the Year code. The code for each Year must be unique

  4. In the Grading system type field, select the grading system that will be used to evaluate this year

Note: The grading system types available depend on the grading systems specified within general settings.

  1. Select the Enable elective selection check box to allow students to select elective subjects for this year 

  2. In the Name field, enter the Class name. You can create different classes  for the same Year 

  3. In the Start Date and End date fields, enter the start and end date for the Class in that year 

  4. Click the Save button to save the changes


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