Academium SMS Help

All of these guides are also available as a plain-text index and as one Markdown file.

Getting started

• Welcome to Academium SMS
• How your school runs Academium
• Which application should I use?
• Trying the demo school
• What free mode includes
• Getting help

Setting up a new school

• Before you set up your school
• Setting up a school on a Windows server
• Setting up a school on a Linux server
• Setting up a school on the Individual Edition
• Connecting a server to an existing school
• What Academium sets up for you
• Your first sign-in as the school owner
• Adding a branch

Your school server

• Choosing your school server computer
• The server control panel
• Connecting computers to your school server
• Running the server day to day
• Backing up and restoring school data
• Monitoring the server
• Network and time settings
• Updates, maintenance and logs
• Working at school and online together
• Subscription and the admin password
• Linux control panel security and tools

Client Edition

• Installing the Client and connecting to your school
• Sharing a computer with colleagues

Individual Edition

• Setting up the Individual Edition
• Signing in with a staff sign-in code
• Working offline and syncing
• Changing how your computer syncs
• Signing out of the school on this computer

Signing in and your account

• Your first sign-in
• Signing in, your PIN and the lock screen
• Forgotten your password or PIN
• Keeping your account secure
• Your profile and details

Setting up your school

• First-time school setup
• Setting up your school: a checklist

Your workspace

• Searching Academium
• Arranging your sidebar and focus spaces
• Personal preferences
• Notifications and messages
• Calculator and notepad

My Dashboard

• Your dashboard
• The School Owner's dashboard
• The Teacher's dashboard
• Dashboards for other roles
• Catch Up
• Arranging your dashboard

Frontdesk

• Postal Record
• Call Log
• Visitor Log
• Complaint
• Frontdesk configuration

Attendance

• Taking the student register
• Employee attendance
• Exam attendance
• Importing attendance
• Birthdays

Students

• The student list and profile
• Admitting a student
• Prospective students
• Importing and exporting students
• When a student leaves
• Moving a student to another class

Parents

• Parents and guardians

Employees

• Employee List and adding staff
• Add Department
• Account Management
• Approval rules
• Staff roles and permissions
• Daily greetings

Academics

• Classes and sections
• Subjects
• Class Timetable
• Teacher Timetable
• Promoting students at the end of the session
• Sessions and terms

Exam Center

• How exams and results work
• Exam Setup
• Exam Hall
• Mark Distribution
• Exam Schedule
• Entering marks
• Positions, comments and authorising results
• Results recycle bin
• Importing marks
• Grading ranges
• Rating learners and junior reports
• Setting up junior assessment
• Comment templates
• Sending Surepass CBT results to Academium SMS

Student Accounting

• How school fees work
• Collecting a fee payment
• Collecting payment for a whole family
• Discounts and removed fees
• Reversing a payment
• Printing invoices and receipts
• Allocating fees for the term
• Fees Templates
• Fees Type
• Fine Setup
• Family wallet
• Scholarships

Transportation

• Transport

Hostel/Boarding

• Hostel and boarding

School Accounting

• Inflow
• Expenses
• Transaction Categories
• Journal entries
• Bank reconciliation
• Tax (PAYE and fee tax)
• Bank accounts
• Transactions Log
• Deleted Transactions

Human Resource

• How payroll works
• Running payroll
• Payroll approvals
• Payment Processing
• Bank Payment Template
• Assigning pay grades
• Approval Levels
• Pay grades
• Overtime
• Salary advances
• Appraisals and awards
• NYSC corps members
• Pensions and PFA
• Staff leave

School Gallery

• School gallery

Holiday & Events

• Holidays and events

Extracurricular

• Extracurricular activities and houses

Sales/Inventory

• Sales and inventory

Printables

• Printing report cards
• Printing student ID cards
• Setting up printables

Reports

• Reports overview
• Student reports
• Broadsheets and progress reports
• Fee reports
• Accounting reports
• Attendance reports
• Sales/Inventory reports
• Human Resource reports

Alumni

• Alumni

Devices & Access

• Devices and access

School Branches

• School branches

School Settings

• School settings
• Student Fields
• Custom Fields
• Staff Login Log
• Academium Licence