> ## 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.

# Welcome to Zion

> Zion is a school management app built for ACE (Accelerated Christian Education) schools

Zion is a school management app for ACE (Accelerated Christian Education) schools. It covers the daily Goal Check routine, attendance, grading and moderation, behaviour, homework, extracurriculars, the library, PACE inventory, parent-teacher meetings, the school calendar, broadcasts and notifications, report cards, progress cards, admissions, analytics, billing, and dedicated portals for parents and students.

## Who uses Zion

Zion has five roles. Each one reaches a different slice of the app.

| Role          | What they do in Zion                                                           |
| ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Administrator | Full access to all school data and settings, and holds the account and billing |
| Supervisor    | Runs their assigned learning centres                                           |
| Monitor       | Works alongside supervisors in their assigned centres                          |
| Parent        | Views their own child's data                                                   |
| Student       | Views their own data                                                           |

See <a href="/reference/roles-permissions">Roles and permissions</a> for the full permission matrix.

## What Zion covers

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Goal Check" icon="target" href="/features/goal-check/overview">
    The morning and end-of-day routines for setting goals and marking progress, with reports and export.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Attendance" icon="calendar-check" href="/features/attendance/overview">
    Daily attendance marking, alerts, reports, and trend tracking.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Grading and moderation" icon="clipboard-check" href="/features/grading/overview">
    Score entry, moderation, retests, and an audit trail for every grade change.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Behaviour" icon="shield" href="/features/behaviour/overview">
    Logging behaviour incidents and reporting on them over time.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Homework" icon="book" href="/features/homework/overview">
    Assigning and verifying homework, with a completion report.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Extracurriculars" icon="users" href="/features/extracurriculars/overview">
    Managing an activity catalog and tracking student interest and participation.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Library" icon="book-open" href="/features/library/overview">
    Checkout and return, plus overdue and lost item tracking.
  </Card>

  <Card title="PACE inventory" icon="sliders" href="/features/inventory/overview">
    Receiving stock, making adjustments, and running inventory reports.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Parent-teacher meetings" icon="calendar" href="/features/meetings/overview">
    Availability, booking and requests, and documentation for meetings.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Calendar" icon="calendar-check" href="/features/calendar/overview">
    Managing school events and subscribing via iCal.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Broadcasts and notifications" icon="bell" href="/features/broadcasts/overview">
    Sending broadcasts and tracking notification deliverability and audit history.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Report cards" icon="file-lines" href="/features/report-cards/overview">
    Generating and distributing report cards, templates, and the permanent record.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Progress cards" icon="chart-simple" href="/features/progress-cards/overview">
    The printable Supervisor's Progress Card, showing a student's whole year on one page.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Curriculum compass" icon="compass" href="/features/compass/overview">
    Curriculum guidance across the PACE catalog.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Admissions" icon="graduation-cap" href="/features/admissions/overview">
    Managing applications and funnel analytics.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Analytics and predictions" icon="chart-line" href="/features/insights/overview">
    School-wide analytics, insight types, and predictive alerts.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Students and PACEs" icon="graduation-cap" href="/features/students/overview">
    Student records, bulk import, and PACE assignments.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Billing" icon="gauge" href="/features/billing/overview">
    Managing your school's subscription and payments.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Parent portal" icon="users" href="/features/parent-portal/overview">
    A dedicated view for parents to follow their child's progress and communicate with the school.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

<Note>
  Students also have their own portal. See <a href="/features/student-portal/overview">Student portal overview</a>.
</Note>

## Get started

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  <Card title="Quickstart" icon="rocket" href="/quickstart">
    Set up your school and its first learning centre.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Administrator onboarding" icon="user" href="/guides/administrator/onboarding">
    The administrator setup path from signing up to running the school day to day.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Goal Check routines" icon="calendar-check" href="/guides/supervisor/goal-check">
    The morning and end-of-day Goal Check workflow for supervisors.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Reference

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  <Card title="Roles and permissions" icon="shield-halved" href="/reference/roles-permissions">
    What each of the five roles can see and do.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Terminology" icon="book" href="/reference/terminology">
    ACE and Zion terms used throughout this documentation.
  </Card>

  <Card title="FAQ" icon="question" href="/faq">
    Common questions about Zion.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Need help

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  <Card title="Support" icon="life-ring" href="/support">
    Contact the Zion support team.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Changelog" icon="clock-rotate-left" href="/changelog">
    Recent updates and fixes.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>
