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Getting started with Akadaa

Sign Up Your School and Start Setup in Akadaa

Sign up your school on Akadaa, choose your school type, create your administrator login, and set up the basics in one go with the starter pack.

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4:23

Getting started with Akadaa

Set Up the Academic Year and Semesters in Akadaa

Add a new session in Akadaa, give it its semesters (or terms), fix dates, and make it the current session, so fees, results and timetables follow it.

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Getting started with Akadaa

Set Up Faculties, Programmes and Courses in Akadaa

Set up your college in Akadaa from the top down: a faculty, a department, a programme, its courses, and the lecturer for each course.

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Getting started with Akadaa

Add Students or Import a Class List in Akadaa

Add one student, import a whole class from the list you already have, or enrol accepted applicants, each with an admission number and their own login.

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5:48

Getting started with Akadaa

Edit, Withdraw and Bulk Update Student Records in Akadaa

Fix a student's details, withdraw a leaver with a reason, update many students at once from a spreadsheet, and add late arrivals from a pasted list.

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Getting started with Akadaa

Link Parents to Their Children in Akadaa

Add a parent and link their children, link a child who joins later, and import a list of parents by admission number, fixing a row Akadaa couldn't match.

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Getting started with Akadaa

Give Every Parent a Login in Akadaa

Give one parent a login on the spot, create logins for everyone at once (a link by email, or printed slips for phone-only parents), reset a lost slip, and see both kinds of sign-in on a phone.

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3:35

Getting started with Akadaa

Add Staff and Give Them Roles in Akadaa

Add a staff member in Akadaa, tick the roles their job needs, and see their first sign-in on a phone.

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Getting started with Akadaa

Staff Roles and Access in Depth in Akadaa

What a staff member's role, designation and ticks really do, a teacher who is also the bursar, where you're signed in, and what to do when someone leaves.

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Getting started with Akadaa

Set Your Grading Scale and Weights in Akadaa

Check your grading scale and pass mark in Akadaa, then set how much each assessment counts, so every course adds up to a hundred.

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Getting started with Akadaa

Set Up School Fees and Assign Them in Akadaa

Create a fee in Akadaa, assign it to your students with a due date, check the school bank account parents pay into, and see the new fee on a parent's phone.

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Getting started with Akadaa

Add Your School Logo, Colour and Modules in Akadaa

Upload your crest, set your school colour, check the details that print on receipts, share your school's QR code and web address, and switch on the modules you use.

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Running a primary or secondary school

Set Up Classes, Subjects and Subject Teachers in Akadaa

Set up a primary or secondary school's classes and arms, their subjects, and the teacher for each subject in Akadaa, so every teacher sees the right classes.

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