An academic period in the Academic Module represents a defined timeframe during which academic activities, such as courses and exams, take place. For example, in a school setting, the "2023-24 period" spans the entire academic year, organizing activities across terms. In a college, the "1st semester" denotes academic period dedicated to courses and assessments within a particular discipline or program.

You need to create an academic period before you move to other modules like student or employee or finance.

To access academic periods, navigate to Academic → Period from the left sidebar menu. Users with the period:read permission will be able to view all periods.

To create a new period, click the "Add Period" button. Each period is associated with a program, so you will need to choose the program first. Then, name the academic period and optionally provide an alias or description. You can also assign a unique code and shortcode to the period. Each period requires a start and end date to define its duration. Lastly, you can enable or disable registration for the period.

To create an academic period, the user must have the period:create permission. To edit a period, the period:edit permission is required, and to delete a period, the period:delete permission is necessary.

You can filter academic periods by clicking the filter button. There are also options to print, generate PDF, and export the data to an Excel sheet.

Once you create an academic period, it will be available in the header menu, allowing you to navigate between different academic periods. Users must have the period:change permission to access this option. Every logged-in user must have an academic period selected to work with the application.

After selecting the academic period, all data related to students, employees, exams, and other modules will be displayed based on the chosen academic period. This ensures that the information you are working with is relevant to the current academic timeframe.

You can create a period as default by clicking on the set as default period. The default period will be used whenever a new student or employee is created and it will be set as default for that user.