How to create, edit, and close courses
Creating a course will organize all of your services, pricing, and wages that you provide. When you schedule lessons, Ayotree will keep track of all student costs, staff wages, and reflect the changes in the reports. How to create a Course Go to Scheduling Tab Courses and click on Courses List Navigate to the right side and click on +Add a new course button Enter your course information. Set your schedule type Click Add Schedule Click Save (https://stPopularWhat are schedule types?
There are 4 different ways for you to schedule and dispense your courses. First, decide if your course requires booking. When a student books a course, he or she reserves a seat in the class by either scheduling it with the school admin or through the student portal. Booking If this course requires students to make reservations for the class, then you have two options. Private - 1 student iSome readersHow to enroll students
How to enroll students When you enroll a student, Ayotree will add the student into the course and create an invoice. Once payment is complete, the system will provide the students access to the course. On the backend, it will automatically track the student's attendance, compute the payments, and send emails. Go to Scheduling Tab Courses and click courses list Navigate to the right and click the more button on the course Click Enroll Students Update informationSome readersHow to set up the teachers' availability schedule for admins
You have the option to have the admin setup the teachers' availability or give permission to teachers to set their availabilities themselves. Setting up the teachers' availability schedule allows the system to check the teacher's availabilities times before scheduling the course. How to setup the teachers' availability schedule Go to Scheduling tab and click on teacher availability schedule Click on the teacher's name On the upper right section, select the day, start time, and enSome readersHow to set teacher's personal leaves
When a teacher needs to be absent from teaching a lesson they can add a Leave and the lesson will be canceled. Leaves can be for 1 day, a few hours, or an extended amount of days. Leaves will remove lessons from schedules and calendars and automated emails will be sent oSome readersHow to close a course
Closing a course before/after the course end date or moving a course to the closed courses page without deleting the course. This way, you can still check the related data like attendance, the courses the student finished, the course information, etc. It will keep your course list clean when you close the finished courses. Go to the Scheduling Course(s) Course List page Find the course you want to close Click on More button Click Close Course button. Close courseFew readersHow to create course categories
Course categories will help organize your courses. Ayotree created language categories as an example for language schools. Follow the instructions below depending on if your school is a language or nonlanguage school. How to create course categories for language schools Go to Tools tab and click on Settings Select Course Categories tab Click Add New + Add new category How to create course categories for non language schools If language categories do not relate to your schooFew readersHow to manually enroll students and send an invoice
Manually enrolling the student will also create an invoice for the student. The invoice will be automatically sent to the student via email. How to manually enroll students Go to Scheduling tab Courses Course List Navigate to the right and click on the more button of the specific course you want to enroll students. Click on Edit Course Navigate to the button of the screen and click on the Enroll student button Select the enrollment type and invoice type Click oFew readersWhat are tuition, hours, and lessons enrollment types?
There are 3 ways to charge a student for enrollment Tuition Hours Lessons 1. Tuition It has one amount for the enrollment fee that students will pay for a course. Example: English 101, 10 September, 2015 -10 September, 2016: $1000 USD 2. Hours: Students can purchase certain hours of study they want to study for a course, and if the student is out of time but has not completed the course, the student can purchase additional hours of study. After each lesson andFew readersHow to edit the enrollments?
You can edit the enrollment for the three areas below. Status to Open or Close Enrollment title Fees When you want to edit the enrollment for students, you can follow the steps. Go to Scheduling Courses Enrollments Find the the enrollment you want Click on More button Edit it You can edit the status to Open or Close Change Status (https://storage.crisp.chat/userFew readersHow to set up scheduling rules and permissions
The scheduling settings allows you to edit the scheduling rules and permissions to fit your school's operation. This section gives you the ability to allow users to set their own availability schedules, prevent students from entering the virtual classroom if they have not paid the invoice, gives teachers the permission to reschedule lessons on their own, and much more. It is recommended that you go through each of the settings to ensure that it aligns with your school's rules. How to edit sFew readersHow to use the weekly scheduling calendar
To be able add, edit or delete lessons by clicking on the day and time on the Weekly Scheduling Calendar Go to Scheduling Timetables Weekly Scheduling Calendar Classroom View Add a lesson On a blank spot on the grid click a specific day and time An add lesson pop up screen will appear Fill in the details of the new lesson Click save Editing a lesson Click on a lesson Makes tFew readersHow to delete a course
After your students finish their courses, and if you don't need the related course data such as attendance, online assignments, transcript, etc, you can delete the course from the course list page. The course information will be deleted from your school It can help you have a cleaner course list There are 2 ways to delete a course: Go to Scheduling Courses page click the More buttonDelete course Delete it directly on the course list page (https://storage.crisp.chat/usersFew readersHow to add an assistant teacher to a course
Assign an assistant teacher into a course to help the main teacher. In this case, the Main teacher takes leave, and those lessons will transfer to another teacher. The assistant teacher will continue to follow the lesson with the substitute teacher. The assistant teacher only get paid when their status is Present in the lessons. When they enter the lesson, there will be a check-in button, and after 15 mins a check-out button will appear under course availability. The system will automaticallyFew readersHow to use the course curriculum feature
Create a course curriculum map with lesson plans, topics, materials and attach it to a course for teachers to follow during the course duration. CREATING COURSE CURRICULUM STEP 1: Go to Scheduling Course Curriculum Curriculum Builder Click +Add New to add a new Course Curriculum Title and Learning Level Click +Add New to add a new Course Curriculum Title and Learning Level. (https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/5876b58d9455bc00/imagem9elxi.pngFew readersHow to schedule courses
When you schedule a course, you are assigning the teacher to the course. Ayotree will update the teachers calendar and notify them of the change (can be activated). Also, the system will begin keeping track of attendance and payments. How to schedule courses Go to Scheduling tab Courses Course List Navigate to the right and click on the more button of the specific course you want to schedule or create a new course Click on Edit Course Navigate to the button of the scFew readersHow to add an event and send emails on the school calendar
The school calendar helps you add an event and send emails. Step 1: School/ Course Calendar: Click on the School Calendar button on the homepage to view the school calendar. By clicking on an empty space (space that doesn’t have a lesson already) on the school calendar, an event/meeting can be added. School Calendar Link By clicking on a space (space that doesn’t have a lesson already) on thFew readersHow to set a teacher's special availability schedule
Teachers can set additional days that they are available to teach in addition to their normal availabilities. This will allow admin to schedule/add the teachers to courses/lessons that are not on their normal availability schedule. Example: Normal Availability: Mon-Fri 8am-5pm Special Availability: Sept. 5th-12th 6pm-10pm STEP 1: Go to Scheduling Teachers' Availability Schedule Click on the teacher's name Select Special Availability in the Type drop-down boFew readersHow to substitute a teacher on leave
Add another teacher to cover a lesson if the main teacher puts in a Leave. STEP 1: Go to Teacher's Personal Leaves page Fill in the information Checkbox the Substitute Needed Click on Add a Holiday/ Leave button to Save. Fill in the information. Checkbox the Substitute Needed. Click on Add a Holiday/ Leave button to Save. STEP 2: Click onto the Substitute Teacher button to chooFew readersHow to delete or cancel a lesson
When students/teachers can't attend a lesson and the lesson needs to be canceled or deleted. A lesson can be deleted in two ways: Option 1 Go to Scheduling Courses Lesson(s) Find the lesson Click the Cancel Lesson button. Find the lesson and then click the Cancel Lesson button Option 2 Go to the Homepage Scheduling Timetables Click School Calendar (Or you can finFew readersHow to add a current course in advertise course?
Allow students to register for the current courses of the school. STEP 1: Click on Scheduling Advertise course Add a Current course. STEP 2: To add details of the course and the course available on the list. Click on + Add a new Current Course. STEP 3: Add more details and then click on Add Course. (https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/5876b58d9455bc00/imFew readersHow to use student leaves
When a student knows ahead of time that they will not be able to attend a lesson, the admin or student can create a leave. Creating a leave for a student will automatically mark a “Leave” on the attendance for a teacher, which excuses the student for that lesson, and teachers can’t mark them absent. Leaves must be set before the lesson starts. If the Enrollment type is Hours then usually students can make up this lesson at a later day and time if any makeup lesson was added. FFew readersHow to set school holidays
To set school holidays so that lessons will be removed from the timetables and scheduling or select courses that are excluded from specific School Holidays. Follow the steps below. STEP 1: Go to Scheduling Leaves & Holidays School Holidays. Cilck on +Add a School Holiday button. Cilck on the +Add a School Holiday button STEP 2: Enter the Holiday title, Start and End DFew readersHow to create booking schedule course
How to create a booking schedule course? Create a course where students can book a private lesson There are 2 types of bookings Teacher's availability (Most common method) Special booking schedule (Helps schools plan for future bookings) Teacher’s Availability: is scheduled and can be booked according to a teacher's available days and times. Allows student booking by the teacher, gender or nationality. After creating the course and enrollment processes, teachers or administratorsFew readersHow to create multiple course packages
Creating a package with a multi-course will have one registration for each student. It will automatically enroll a student for the next course after the previous course has expired. Example: Learning Package: IELTS Courses in the package: Listening, Reading, Writing Listening (Start date: 1st August and End date 31 August) Reading (Start date: 3 September and End date: 30 September) Writing (Start date: 1 October and end date: 31 October) After registration, theFew readersHow to allow students to buy lesson/hour credit
Activating the 'Allow users to buy lesson credit' feature enables your students/parents to purchase lessons independently, eliminating the need for you to generate manual invoices repeatedly. Active 'Allow users to buy lesson credit' option Go to Course list choose the course and click on 'More' button Edit Tick the option 'Allow users to buy lesson credit' Add Pricing on Price list CFew readersHow to take attendance for a tuition/hours enrollment type
Right before a lesson begins the buttons to submit attendance will appear on the Lesson’s page for Admins and Attendance tabs for teachers on their pages. Tuition: this type of enrollment payment is usually paid in full for a certain amount of lesson with a start and end date. Attendance is taken for record purposes and also if a student wants to make up a lesson at a different day and time. Taking attendance usually does not affect the tuition payment amount. Hours: Taking attendanFew readersHow to temporarily move a student to another course or lesson
To move a student to another course or lesson for only one lesson. STEP 1: Go to SchedulingLessonsthen search for the lesson that the student(s) are currently in--> Click Edit Lesson Search for the lesson that the students are currently in then click Edit Lesson STEP 2: On the Edit Lesson page select the student(s) who you would like to move to another course/lesson thenFew readersHow to use course availability calendar
Enroll students into a set schedule course on a calendar that will give you details like the days and times of lessons each week, a number of seats remaining, the teacher, duration of lessons, and the classroom number of that course. This calendar will only show information about the course. The Scheduling Type is Set. STEP 1: Create your Set Schedule Course in the Add Course page Make sure to add the teacher and classroom. Go to Timetables Course Availability CalenFew readersHow to update/edit lessons?
If you want to update/edit a specific lesson, you can follow the steps below: Go to the school calendar and find the lesson School Calendar Click on the lesson and update/edit the lesson Edit the lesson After changing all information you need, click on Update button Update the lesson (https://storage.Few readersHow to add multiple teachers in a set schedule course or lesson
To be able to have multiple main teachers to teach a lesson that is on the same day. Follow the steps below. STEP 1: When creating a course choose Set Schedule for the Scheduling Type. STEP 2: Click Add Schedule to start adding in the days and times, teachers, and room. STEP 3: Choose the day and start time for the lesson and then the teacher who is going to teach the first hour(s). Choose the day and start time for the lesson and then the teacher who is going to teach tFew readersHow to set non-holiday courses (excluding courses)
When the admin sets a school holiday (all the courses will automatically be removed ), but if you use the option Exclude, that means all these courses will continue on those dates, and it will appear on the schedule ( only those courses in Exclude list ). STEP 1: Go to Scheduling Leaves & Holidays School Holidays. STEP 2: After adding the School Holidays. It will go back to the School Holidays page Click to Exclude Course(s). After adding the School Holidays. It wFew readersHow to create flexible student scheduling
Create a course where students can book a group class. How to create a flexible student course? Go to scheduling tab courses courses list Click add a new course Complete the details of the course Select flexible student for the scheduling type Click Add Schedule and fill in days, times, teacher, and classroom Enroll students into the course Add students to the lesson each week Select Flexible Student and fill in the days, times, teacher and classroom (Few readersWhat is the schedule type for booking?
There are two ways for you to book private lessons. Teacher’s Availability: scheduled and can be booked according to a teacher's available days and times. Allows student booking by the teacher, gender, or nationality. After creating the course and enrollment processes, teachers or administrators must set the teaching availability days and times for teachers who are assigned to teach this course. Booking by the student must be accepted by the admin to succeed. Special Booking Schedule:Few readersHow to clone a course
To make a copy of an existing or an old course, without the schedule, teachers and students from the other course. Why do we need to Clone a course? For courses that are repeated during different terms or in the same term What will it Clone? This feature will make a copy of the course title (but creates a different course code for each replicated course), scheduling type, forum posts, online assignments, homework assignments, uploaded resources from the course of which it was copieFew readersHow to add more lessons for students?
If students run out their lesson credit, admins may need to help them to add more lessons. Go to the Scheduling Course Courses List find the specific course students enrolled and enter it Click on the button Add Lessons Add Lessons Choose how many lessons you want to add and set the fee if you want, tFew readersHow to generate automated invoices
This feature can be seen as setting invoices to be automatically sent out by a specific billing cycle. This feature is usually used when an enrollment period exceeds the number of times that invoices are processed, or invoices are processed in smaller increments (the same equal amount each billing cycle) rather than one lump sum. (Note: if using the auto-enrollment feature, then admin will not be allowed to change the start and end dates and also the invoice amount once the enrollment is saved)Few readersHow to add multiple students to an enrollment
To enroll multiple students into the course Adding multiple students to the Add Student Enrollment page will automatically create separate enrollments, pending invoices and contracts for each student listed on that page. Only add more than 1 student to the Add Student Enrollment page if all the students have the same amount of enrollment fee and term of enrollment in their contracts.Few readersHow to create flexible teacher scheduling
How to create a flexible teacher course? Create a course where multiple teachers can teach the course. The workflow is best for schools that have different teachers teach a course each day of the week. Go to scheduling tab courses courses list Click add a new course Complete the details of the course Select flexible teacher for the scheduling type Click add teachers to add them into the course Click add schedule and fill in days, times, and classroom EnFew readersHow to remove students from the course?
If you want to remove students from the course, you can follow the following steps: Go to Scheduling Courses Courses List find the course and click on Edit button Remove the students by clicking on the trash icon After removing the students, click on Save button to save the change (https:Few readersHow to set up time zones
Physical School: Time Zones for all users and Scheduling for the teacher should be set up from the current location if everyone from staff to students is studying at that location. Online School: All teachers should set a teaching schedule from their current location, and all users should be set Time Zones from their current location. Our system will automatically adjust the schedule and timetable of the user's time zones.Few readers
