# Arranging your sidebar and focus spaces

> Academium SMS Help › Your workspace
> Web page: https://helpcenter.academium.com.ng/academium-sms/article/sms-sidebar-and-focus-spaces
> Last updated: 2026-10-06

The sidebar on the left lists every module your role can use. You can arrange it to suit the way you work. Your arrangement is personal: it does not change anyone else's sidebar.

## Rearranging and hiding items

1. Turn on rearrange mode from the sidebar.
2. Drag items to reorder them, at any level.
3. Hide items you never use. Hidden items stay in their place, ready to show again.
4. Turn rearrange mode off.

A group whose items are all hidden is hidden too. **Dashboard** and **School Settings** always stay in place.

To go back to the original sidebar, choose **Reset**.

> **Note:** Hiding an item only tidies your sidebar. It does not take away your access: links to that page still work.

## Focus spaces

The **focus filter** at the top of the sidebar narrows it to one area of the school:

| Focus | Includes, for example |
| --- | --- |
| All Modules | Everything |
| Academics | Academics, exams, attendance, the front desk |
| People | Students, parents, staff, human resources and payroll |
| Finance | Fees, family wallet, transport, hostel, school accounting |
| Operations | Gallery, events, extracurricular, inventory, printables, reports |
| System | Devices, branches, School Settings |

The **Dashboard** is always shown. Each focus space only shows what your role can access, and your own arrangement still applies. Search is not affected by the focus filter.

Academium opens with **All Modules** each time.

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