Admins can rename academic terms in Settings > Academic Terms, for example to move from terms to semesters. A term can only be removed if no classes are linked to it. Classes from other terms stay visible, but tasks, deadlines and attendance only start when the class's term begins.
For school admins: change your academic terms and understand what teachers and students see for classes in past and future terms.
Rename or remove a term
Go to Settings > Academic Terms.
Edit the academic year for the programme.
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Rename the terms you want to change.
Editing an academic year and its terms. Remove any term you no longer need. You can only remove a term that has no classes linked to it. Terms with linked classes must stay, but you can rename them.
Select Save Changes.
Changing term dates affects the classes, tasks and attendance linked to that term. Check what is linked before you edit dates.
Seeing Semester 1 and Semester 2 classes at the same time
This is expected. Teachers and students can see classes from past and future terms. They cannot set tasks, deadlines or attendance in a class until its term starts.
If seeing both sets of classes confuses people, archive the Semester 2 classes until the term begins:
Open the class and select Edit Class Settings.
Tick Archive this Class and save.
When the term begins, open the class settings again, untick the box and save to unarchive it.