How to create terms for classes

Goal

Create an academic term (like a semester) so your classes are organized under it.

You need a team workspace for this. Click your initials at the bottom-left to see your workspaces — the one you're in has a check mark next to it. If that's your Personal Account, click the team workspace you want instead; Workspace Settings doesn't exist on a Personal Account.

Quick path

1. Go to Workspace Settings → Terms.

2. Click Add Term.

3. Enter a name and date range, then save.

Step-by-step

1. Open Terms. Go to Workspace Workspace Settings → Terms.

2. Create a term. Click Add Term, give it a name (e.g., Fall 2026) and a date range.

   

3. Save. Your classes can now be assigned to this term when you create them.

Good to know

• Terms are like semesters in an LMS — they group your classes.

• Any team member can create a term — it isn't limited to Admins. Best practice is to let your Admin handle term creation, though, so terms stay consistent instead of getting duplicated across the team.

• Terms are shared across your whole team, and deleting one is destructive. A term created inside Assignment Structure isn't private to the admin who creates it — once created, it's available to everyone on the team, and any admin or teacher can assign a class to it. Deleting a term deletes all courses, assignments, and submissions associated with it, account-wide — not just the term itself. Affected classes need to be recreated and re-associated with an active term before they reappear in the classroom. There is no undo.

Verify it's working

• The new term appears in the Terms list and is selectable when creating a class.

Still stuck?

Reach out through our contact form and we'll get back to you. (See also How to create a class and an assignment.)