Reuse Elentra components year over year
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Note: Preparing for a new academic year will depend on how your organization currently uses Elentra, but the following check-list may help you organize your tasks.
General Setup
- New Curriculum Period; new Block Schedule
- New Cohort(s)/Class List(s)
- New Photos

Courses for a New Year
- New Course Enrolment
- Copy Curriculum Tags
- Create Units
- Create/Copy Course Groups
- Copy/Update Gradebook
- Configure Logbook
- Course Website

Events for a New Year
- Create a draft schedule and copy events forward as appropriate
- Update content
- Update event details via CSV
- Update event resources after draft schedule has been published

Rotations for a New Year
- Create new rotation schedules
- Copy existing rotations as appropriate

Managing Assessments
- Copy and update forms as needed
- Copy and update distributions as needed
- Exams: Determine whether you will create new exams or whether identical exams will be used in the upcoming year

Curriculum Tag Changes
Curriculum tag changes vary from year to year at different institutions. Some times curriculum tags are being retired and others are being introduced, sometimes one tag is replacing another tag, sometimes the coding of tags is being updated, etc.
Lottery
There is no copy function in Elentra for lotteries at this time. You will need to rebuild your lottery for a new school year.
Competency Based Education
- EPAs
- Forms
- Assessment Plans
