> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.zionapp.co/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Student getting started

> How a student signs in and uses the portal to track homework, goals, grades, progress, the calendar, activities, and notifications

Zion's student portal gives you a self-scoped view of your own school record. Everything you see here belongs to you: your homework, your PACE goals, your grades, and your progress. You never see another student's data.

<Note>
  The student portal is only reachable if your account is set up with the student role. If you sign in and land somewhere other than your dashboard, ask your administrator to check your account role.
</Note>

## Sign in

<Steps>
  <Step title="Sign in">
    Sign in with the credentials your school gave you. Zion takes you straight to your dashboard at `/student/dashboard`.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Read your dashboard">
    Your dashboard greets you by name and shows two things up front: a card with the count of homework items due today (or "All caught up! No homework due today." if there are none) and a Today's Goals card listing each PACE goal due today with a status pill: Met, Keep trying, Absent, Excused, No attempt, or Pending.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Check your attendance">
    Below the goals card, your dashboard also shows your own attendance for the last 30 school days.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Check today's homework and mark it done

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Homework">
    Click "View Homework" from the dashboard, or navigate to your Homework page. The Today tab is selected by default.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Find your item">
    Each homework item shows the subject, PACE, and page range. If an item is past due and still not marked, it carries an Overdue badge.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Mark it done">
    Click "Mark Done" on the item. It updates immediately and moves into the Done tab, which keeps your most recent 30 completed items.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Switch tabs as needed">
    Use the Upcoming tab to see what's coming next, or the Done tab to review what you've already completed. Items your teacher has verified, or that were marked as missed, show as a read-only status chip instead of a button.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Check your goals and streak

Your goal history lives on the Goals page.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open goal history">
    From the dashboard, click "View goal history" under Today's Goals, or navigate to your Goals page.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Review your streak">
    You'll see your current met streak (consecutive days you hit your goal) at the top.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Scan the last 30 days">
    Below the streak, a 30-day list shows one status per day: met, missed, non\_attempt, or pending. This is read-only. You can't edit your own goal record.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Check your grades

Your Grades page shows your finalized PACE scores, grouped by subject.

| What you see                                                                    | What it means                                                                                                                        |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| A number                                                                        | The PACE has been finalized and you passed it. If you passed on more than one attempt, the highest passing finalized score is shown. |
| N/A                                                                             | The PACE has been finalized but every finalized attempt failed. Zion never shows a failing percentage here.                          |
| Awaiting moderation, Under external review, Under review, Returned for re-entry | The PACE is still moving through moderation and doesn't have a finalized score yet.                                                  |

<Info>
  Self-test readiness checks aren't included in this list. Only graded PACE results appear.
</Info>

## Check your progress

Your Progress page is read-only and shows two things:

* A 30-day chart of your goal-achievement rate, from 0 to 100 percent.
* A projection card for each subject, showing PACEs completed against your termly target, an on-track, at-risk, or off-track status badge, and your current weekly pace against the pace you need to hit your target.

If you don't have progress data yet, the page shows a plain empty state rather than an error.

## Subscribe to the calendar

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Calendar">
    Navigate to your Calendar page to see upcoming events for your own learning centre plus any organization-wide events. Events you don't have visibility for (staff-only or admin-only events) are excluded.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Read an event">
    Each event lists its title, date and time (or an all-day marker), and a type badge. You can't create, edit, or delete events from here.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Subscribe">
    Click "Subscribe" to open the calendar subscription page. Copy the private ICS feed URL shown there and add it to Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, or Outlook to keep your school calendar synced automatically.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Browse activities

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Activities">
    Navigate to your Extracurriculars page to browse the activity catalog for your centre plus any organization-wide activities.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Open a detail page">
    Click an activity card to see its full detail page.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Show interest">
    Use the show-interest control on the catalog or detail view to register your interest in an activity.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Read notifications

Click the notification bell in the header, then click "See all" to open your full notification history. This shows every in-app notification you've received, not just the recent ones in the bell dropdown.

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Student Portal Overview" icon="graduation-cap" href="/features/student-portal/overview">
    What the student portal covers and how access is scoped
  </Card>

  <Card title="Homework" icon="book-open" href="/features/homework/overview">
    How homework assignment and verification works across the school
  </Card>

  <Card title="Goal Check Overview" icon="target" href="/features/goal-check/overview">
    How daily PACE goals and status pills work
  </Card>

  <Card title="Calendar Overview" icon="calendar-check" href="/features/calendar/overview">
    How the school calendar and ICS subscription work
  </Card>
</CardGroup>