Cycle Maintenance - General tab

Use the General tab to maintain details about academic and co-curricular cycles including:

  • description
  • season type
  • season dates.


 Opening the General tab

To open the General tab:

  1. Select Module > Students > File/Semester Maintenance.
    Tip: You can also access the current student functions by clicking .

    The Student File/Semester Term Maintenance window is displayed.

  2. Click .
    The Cycle Maintenance - General tab window is displayed.


Cycle Maintenance - General tab key fields

Field

Description

Description

Description of the cycle.

Season Type

Type of season for the selected semester, term, or reporting period. You can select either:

  • Date for seasons based on a date range.
  • Numbered for seasons based on numbers such as Semester 1.


Note: You can only have one numbered season active at any stage, but any number of active date-based seasons.

Season Start Date

Date the season starts.

Season End Date

Date the season ends.

Actual Term

Actual term.
 

Note: The actual term may not match the reporting period, which may be known as the term, report number, half-term or semester, depending on your organisation.

Meaning

Displays any SynergyMeaning information attached to the record. See SynergyMeanings in the System maintenance manual.

Season Active

Whether the season is active.