Overview
This section will give gives you an overview of the time periods in Paradigm that you need to maintain every time you will open each time your institution opens/closes the Online Applicant Portal and Student Enrolment online. When If any of these time periods are not set properly, some of your Registration, Online Applicant Portal, and Student Portal will not work as intended.
Workflow
NOTE
There are three time configurations that will play a big an important role in using the Online Applicant Portal and Student Portal which are to be maintained every time you open a Course for application/enrolment, see System > Edit Time Period for more information on Time Periods in Paradigm.
1. Refer to the instructions on Edit Time Period – Edit Configuration Periodsection on how you can edit the following Time Periods in Paradigm which are related to the Applicant and Student Portal.
APPLICATION_PERIOD – This is the most important Time Period Configuration for your Online Applicant Portal. This time period defines when which period the applicant portal is open to accept applications. The first thing this time period controls control is the applicant registration screen, see Step 1 – Register Details. When Once the time period has passespassed, the applicant registration screen is locked and no new applicant accounts may be created.
UNIT_ENROLMENT – it controls the scheduled units the student can enrol in from the Course Plan.
ENROLMENT_PERIOD – a period that opens or closes the Course Plan to students [(opens and closes online enrolments for students]).