School configurations for a new year

Administrators should check the items below to ensure they are updated before the school data is imported. Most plugin settings can be accessed via the "School → Radix Plugins & Blocks" menu. The following settings are essential for your system to work properly.

1. Check if the term dates and school year are correct on Core Plugin settings. Date formats must be like YYYY-MM-DD. The dates on this page are usually copied from the previous year, so please pay extra attention to the year.

   

2. Check to make sure grading cut-off and category hiding dates are correct on Assignment Plugin Settings. These dates determine the grading window end date for each term, and the date grading categories are made hidden in the activities.

   

3. Check to see if the assignment restrictions have been set up correctly on Assignment Plugin Settings.

4. Add/Update your school holidays on Non-school days/holidays setting. These dates are used in various places on the site, such as assignments, lesson plans, weekly progress emails, attendance, and the school calendar. You may choose to show the non-school days on the Radix LMS calendar if you are not synchronizing your public school calendar with Radix. (Note: Do not add non-school days if your school is automatically importing data from your SIS)

5. Check to see if the non-returning staff is already disabled; if not, disable them via School → Users → Staff. You may also permanently delete the non-returning staff.

6. Disable/Withdraw any non-returning students School → Users → Students. This is only necessary if your school is not re-importing all student data yearly.

7. If you have made any changes to your student code of conduct, make sure to reflect those updates on your discipline plugin settings and form settings via School → Discipline → Discipline form settings

8. If your attendance codes have changed or a new one needs to be added, please contact Radix support to have them added/updated for you.

It is strongly recommended to review the rest of the plugin settings listed under Radix Plugins and Blocks to ensure they are configured the way you want them.