Overview

After adding all your users, and resources, before adding new sessions or events, it’s best if you create time periods first. Creating time periods in Paradigm will help you organise the sessions or events view by time period.

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Note
BE ADVISED Paradigm vs RAPLA Data Entry Time Periods: The naming conventions of academic periods in RAPLA may be different to Paradigm as that information is not part of the data sync. However, having them the same would be significantly better for your end users to avoid confusion.

Time Periods section in RAPLA

All the time periods you created will be shown on the Periods Configuration Folder on the side menus as highlighted in the screenshot below, and the Period section under the Top Menu Bar will automatically be updated once the drop down menu is clicked.

Workflow

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Select the Periods Configuration Folder from the Side Menus, right click on it, select New > Period.

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A new pop-up window will appear for you to enter the details of the new time period.

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Click the Save button after filling out the details mentioned above.

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INFO: After saving the new time period, it will now appear in one of the drop down list under the Period section on the Top Bar Menu (as shown in the screenshot below).

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_{Introduction to RAPLA | 1. Install RAPLA | 2. Get Familiar with the RAPLA User Interface | 3. Create Users | 4. Add New Resources: Facility, Equipment, Staff | 5. Create Time Periods | 6. Create Sessions or Events | 7. Publish RAPLA | 8. Synchronise Sessions to Paradigm}