Settings

Current Term

This setting (along with Current Year) sets what the current term and year is for the school.  This governs what grades students are in, along with a number of other critical functions.

Current Year

This setting (along with Current Term) sets what the current term and year is for the school.  This governs what grades students are in, along with a number of other critical functions.

School ID (DBN)

This setting governs what the School ID is.  This is used in the generation of some exports.  It is best to set it just to ensure forward compatibility even if you don't use any feature that makes use of this settings in the status quo.

The default is blank.

School Name

The school name is used on the front page (for unauthenticated users) of Talos and is a great way to differentiate between different schools' Talos implementation.

The default is blank.

Permissions

Course

• View Course
  • Allows a user to view the course list, and the active course list, as well as details regarding a course.
  • Recommended for your school's schedulers, along with anyone you wish to be able to see a course catalog.
• Add Course
  • Allows a user to add a course.
  • Recommended for your school's schedulers.
• Change Course
  • Allows a user to edit a course and its eligibility rule.
  • Recommended for your school's schedulers and anyone who would need to change the rules for a course (department chairs perhaps).
• Delete Course
  • Allows a user to delete a course.
  • Recommended for your school's schedulers.

Section

• View Section
  • Allows a user to view the section list, and associated information on a section's detail page.
  • Recommended for your school's schedulers and anyone who you would want to be able to pull a class list.
• Add Section
  • Allows a user to add a section.
  • Recommended for your school's schedulers.
• Change Section
  • Allows a user to change a section.
  • Recommended for your school's schedulers.
• Delete Section
  • Allows a user to delete a section.
  • Recommended for your school's schedulers

Teacher User

• Change Teacher User
  • Allows a user to change the mapping between a teacher and a user.
  • Recommended for your school's Talos administrators.

GC User

• Change GC User
  • Allows a user to change the mapping between a guidance counselor and a user.
  • Recommended for your school's Talos administrators.

Transcript

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  • Allows a user to view the "Grades" tab on a student's detail / dashboard page.  If this permission is granted to a student or parent, they will only be able to view this information on users that they have permission to view.
  • Recommended for students, parents, and staff.