openSIS Lexicon
Parent / Guardian Records
Overview Parent / Guardian Records in openSIS help institutions manage the responsible contacts connected to students. These records may include parents, guardians, emergency contacts, custody-related information, portal access, communication ...
Data & Operations
Overview Data and operations in openSIS refer to the workflows that help institutions manage records, move information between systems, maintain yearly academic continuity, generate reports, and connect openSIS with external platforms. This article ...
Portals
Overview openSIS provides different portals for different user types. Each portal shows the tools, records, and workflows relevant to that user’s role. Administrators, teachers, students, and parents do not see the same interface because their ...
Behavior & Discipline
Overview The Behavior & Discipline module in openSIS is used to record, track, and manage student behavioral incidents. It helps administrators, teachers, counselors, and assigned staff document incidents clearly, identify behavior patterns, and take ...
Staff Records
Overview Staff Records in openSIS help institutions manage employee and school personnel information. Staff records may include administrators, teachers, office staff, counselors, nurses, finance users, support staff, and other institution users who ...
Courses & Scheduling
Overview Courses and Scheduling in openSIS help institutions organize academic offerings, course sections, teachers, students, rooms, periods, and schedules within a selected school year or marking period. Scheduling connects academic setup with ...
Billing & Fees
Overview Billing & Fees in openSIS helps institutions manage student charges, payments, subscriptions, refunds, discounts, invoices, deposits, waivers, and financial records. Depending on the institution’s setup, billing may be used for tuition fees, ...
Admissions
Overview Admissions in openSIS helps institutions manage the prospective student lifecycle, from application submission through review, decision, and enrollment. This workflow may include application form setup, applicant data collection, application ...
Communication
Overview Communication in openSIS helps institutions share important information with students, parents, staff, teachers, and administrators. Schools may use communication features to send announcements, academic updates, attendance alerts, ...
Attendance
Overview Attendance in openSIS helps institutions track student presence, absence, tardiness, attendance patterns, and attendance-related compliance data. Attendance records may be used for daily school operations, teacher workflows, reports, parent ...
Grading
Overview Grading in openSIS helps institutions manage student academic performance across assignments, course sections, marking periods, report cards, transcripts, GPA calculations, honor roll, and graduation tracking. Grading terms may appear in ...
Student Records
Overview Student records are one of the core areas of openSIS. Most academic and administrative workflows are connected to the student record, including enrollment, attendance, grades, scheduling, communication, billing, behavior, reports, and portal ...
User Roles & Permissions
Overview openSIS is used by different types of users, including administrators, staff, teachers, students, parents, and guardians. Each user type has access to specific areas of the system based on their assigned profile type, role, and permissions. ...
Academic Structure
Overview The academic structure forms the foundation of openSIS. Before users begin managing students, staff, attendance, grades, scheduling, or reports, the institution’s academic calendar, school year, marking periods, grade levels, and ...