Getting Started
Understanding Grade Levels and Academic Progression in openSIS
Introduction Grade Levels help institutions organize students academically within openSIS. They define the academic stage or level at which a student is currently enrolled and play an important role in scheduling, attendance, grading, reporting, and ...
Understanding Academic and Administrative Data Flow in openSIS
Introduction openSIS is designed to maintain connected academic and administrative workflows across the institution. Information entered into the system flows through multiple modules and processes throughout the student lifecycle. From admissions ...
Understanding Student, Staff, and Parent Portals in openSIS
Introduction openSIS provides separate portals for administrators, teachers, students, and parents. Each portal is designed to provide role-specific access to information and workflows within the institution. This role-based portal structure helps ...
Understanding School Years and Marking Periods in openSIS
Introduction School Years and Marking Periods form the academic foundation of openSIS. Almost every academic and administrative workflow within the system depends on this structure being configured correctly. Attendance, scheduling, grades, report ...
Understanding Courses vs Course Sections in openSIS
Educational institutions often organize academics differently. Some structure courses by subject and grade level, while others organize them by program, semester, department, or academic pathway. To support these different academic models, openSIS ...
Understanding Academic Structure in openSIS
Overview The academic structure in openSIS defines how your institution organizes: school years calendars terms grade levels periods courses scheduling grading attendance Before students and teachers can begin using the system effectively, these ...
Understanding User Roles and Permissions in openSIS
Overview openSIS uses a role-based permission system to control what users can view and manage inside the platform. Each user is assigned a Profile Type, which determines: accessible modules available actions view/edit permissions menu visibility ...
Importing and Exporting Data in openSIS
Overview openSIS provides a centralized Data Interchange area where administrators can bulk import, update, and export institutional data using Excel or CSV files. This helps schools: onboard large amounts of data quickly reduce manual entry migrate ...
Understanding openSIS Navigation
Overview openSIS uses a role-based navigation structure designed to help administrators quickly access academic, operational, communication, attendance, grading, billing, and reporting workflows. The platform navigation is divided into: Left ...
Understanding the Administrator Dashboard
Overview The Administrator Dashboard provides a centralized overview of your institution’s daily operations. From the dashboard, administrators can monitor attendance, student performance, communication alerts, billing insights, referrals, ...
openSIS Initial School Configuration – Complete Step-by-Step Admin Setup Guide
Overview When you log in to openSIS for the first time, you’ll see a First-Time Setup screen with a quick checklist. Completing these steps unlocks the core menus and prepares your school for scheduling, attendance, grading, and reporting. Step 1: ...