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title: "Beginning of Year: Administrators"
slug: "beginning-of-year-administrators"
updated: 2026-05-28T21:45:01Z
published: 2026-05-28T21:45:01Z
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> ## Documentation Index
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# Beginning of Year: Administrators

## **Management**

- Create the [instructional calendar](/v1/docs/creating-instructional-calendar) and the [reporting calendar](/v1/docs/creating-a-new-reporting-calendar) for the year.
- Update the [Remote Roster Tool](/v1/docs/setting-up-the-remote-roster-tool-version-3).
- Run [roles and rights reports](/v1/docs/running-reports-to-view-user-roles-and-rights).
- Update [user roles and rights](/v1/docs/setting-user-roles-and-rights).
- Create [user accounts](/v1/docs/creating-user-accounts).
- Manage [user accounts](/v1/docs/user-account-management).
- Delete and reactivate [user accounts](/v1/docs/deleting-and-un-deleting-user-accounts).
- Update [custom groups](/v1/docs/create-custom-groups).
- Optional: Set up [password complexity](/v1/docs/setting-up-password-complexity).
- Optional: Enable [electronic signatures](/v1/docs/authorize-electronic-signatures).
- Optional: Update [schools and departments](/v1/docs/creating-schools-and-departments).

## **Aware**

- [Code courses](/v1/docs/coding-courses).
- Configure options for [economically disadvantaged access](/v1/docs/global-access-to-economically-disadvantaged-student-data).
- Enable [teacher editing of Data Views](/v1/docs/configuration-options).
- Audit and manage [student supports](/v1/docs/managing-student-supports-for-online-testing).
- Built and edit [data views](/v1/docs/building-and-editing-data-views-for-admins).
- Use [student forms](/v1/docs/student-forms).
- Discover [LockDown Browser settings](/v1/docs/lockdown-browser-for-teachers).

## **Beacon**

- Establish and communicate course and unit definitions, naming conventions, and expectations for strategy usage.
- Enable [Curriculum Planning](/v1/docs/instructional-calendars) to allow course creation.
- Review and create new [courses](/v1/docs/courses-1) as needed.
- Review and add [units](/v1/docs/units) to courses as needed.
- Review [teacher plan templates](/v1/docs/templates) to ensure district alignment.
- Enable [Teacher Planning](/v1/docs/instructional-calendars).

## **Forethought**

- Update learning standards for the new year:
  - Updates for [Texas](/v1/docs/updating-new-learning-standards).
  - Manage and update [courses](/v1/docs/manage-the-course-tree).
  - Manage and update [learning standards](/v1/docs/manage-the-learning-standards).
  - Create [new courses with learning standards](/v1/docs/create-a-new-course-with-learning-standards).
  - Manage [scope and sequence](/v1/docs/scope-and-sequence).
- Update [options, lesson planner templates, decorators, and lesson checklists](/v1/docs/setup-options-decorators-and-checklists).
- Assign [delegates](/v1/docs/managing-delegates).