Note: All pages below are subject to having relevant Roles and Permissions.

Departments group Subjects together for various purposes.

If you are looking to create a Group of Departments instead please see How to Create a Faculty.

From the left Menu select Groups, then from the Group Type, select Department from the dropdown list and New.

The Groups to create field will be set to Department by Default. Complete the Name, Description and Start Date, which are all are mandatory fields marked with a *.

The Department can be edited and an End Date added any time.

Click Save or to add a Head of Department or other Department Staff at this time, select Save and Edit.  

A new page will be displayed with Basic Group Details, Associated Staff and Subjects.

Associate Staff

Note: Teachers will also be automatically associated with a Department through Subjects within that Department.

In the Associated Staff panel click on the Add New Record option. Then from the dropdown lists select the Staff Name, the Role and the Start Date, untick the End Date tick box to add an End Date, then under the Actions column click the tick.

Repeat to add Additional Staff.

Staff can be Edited or Deleted by clicking on the Pencil, to Edit or the Dustbin, to Delete under the Actions column to the right of the member of Staff.  

Add Subjects

In the  Subjects panel click on the Add New Record option. Then from the dropdown list select the Subject and the Start Date, untick the End Date tick box to add an End Date, then under the Actions column click the tick.

Repeat to add Additional Subjects.

Subjects can be Edited or Deleted by clicking on the Pencil, to Edit or the Dustbin, to Delete under the Actions column to the right of the Subject.

When complete click the Save button top left of the page.