Add Details for Academic Periods

Create academic periods and add the period details that mirror your institutional academic calendar and course offerings.

1. From Student Central, click Search, then search for Academic Periods.
2. Click Create Academic Period and complete these fields:

   Field	Value
   Start and End dates	Provide appropriate values.
   Name and Code	Give a unique name and code. The code identifies a unique period record when you import and export data between environments.
   Period Type	Select a period type.
   Weeks of Instructions	Provide a value based on how you want to manage the course.
   Tags	Assign tags to academic periods to differentiate different types of academic periods such as semesters and trimesters. The tags you can assign to an academic period are the tags that are associated with the Academic Period tag group.
   Description	Provide information and help identify similar named periods.

3. Click Create.