How to configure the general settings

General Settings is part of the Settings module, where you configure your institution’s basic details as shown below. The number of fields may vary depending on the plugins enabled for your institution.

Address

The first three fields make up the institution’s full address.

Institution type

Choose the institution type:

• K-12: institutions covering kindergarten through grade 12 (primary and secondary education).

With K-12 selected, the term “Class” is used throughout the interface for a year of education — Grade 7, Class 7 or Year 7, depending on your education system.

• Higher Education: universities and colleges offering education beyond secondary level, such as two- or three-year degrees.

With Higher Education selected, the term “Course” is used for the study of a particular subject, e.g. Zoology or Business Administration.

If no type is set, “Course” is used by default.

Student attendance type

Choose daily or subject-wise attendance from the dropdown.

Start day of the week

Set any weekday as the first day of the week, based on your academic calendar. This affects the Calendar module and the Timetable module when setting batch weekdays and creating timetables.

Date format

Controls how dates are displayed:

• DMY: Day/Month/Year
• MDY: Month/Day/Year
• YMD: Year/Month/Day

Note: Time is always shown in 12-hour format (HH:MM AM/PM), e.g. 11:30 AM.

Date separator

Choose the separator between date parts:

• / (forward slash)
• - (hyphen)

Language

Set the default language of the application.

Time zone

Set the time zone for your location.

Country

Set the default country.

Currency type

The currency used for the institution’s transactions.

Upload logo

Upload the institution logo. Maximum size is 500 KB and dimensions 150 × 110 px (width × height).

Moodle URL

Enter the URL of your Moodle installation (if you have one).

Include grading systems

Select the grading formats needed for exam reports.

Select theme

Set the interface colour theme.

Select font

Choose the interface font. Seven fonts are currently available.

Enable auto increment

Automatically increments student admission numbers and employee numbers.

Enable password change at first login

Users are asked to change their password the first time they log in.

Enable roll numbers for students

Enable this if you will assign roll numbers. If enabled but not assigned, roll number columns will appear empty across the system, so we recommend leaving it off if you won’t use it.

Enable Azure SSO

Microsoft Azure Active Directory single sign-on lets users log in with their Microsoft account instead of a separate username and password.

Enable Google SSO

Google single sign-on lets users log in with their Google account instead of a separate username and password.

Enable auto-logout

Automatically logs out selected user groups after a set period. Choose the duration and the groups (employees, parents, students).