Adding a course

This article will detail how to setup courses and publish a Course page on your website.

If you want to set up an online course, please refer to the Setting up an online class/webinar article.

Setting up courses

Steps

1. Navigate to Setup > Bookings > Services

2. Click Add New Service

3. Enter service name
4. Under Run as Course, check " Enabling this option allows you to run this as a course"

5. A range of new options will appear:
a. (Optional) Enter a Course Summary
b. (Optional) Select the Maximum Attendees allowed to book
c. (Optional) Select the Course Length (days) if the course spans multiple days.
d. (Optional) Select a Course Signup Form (for more details see the Course signup forms article. If a course signup form already exists, then you can select it here)

6. Set course length and pricing for single or multi-day courses:

a. Single day courses
Enter the price under the relevant length. You can enter multiple prices at different lengths if the course has variable lengths.

If a longer length is needed, select the Add (or Manage if a previous price has been added in already) link in the Other column.

Set the price and length accordingly.

b. Multi-day courses
Enter the TOTAL price of the course, under the length for EACH SESSION. The system will only charge once, and allow you to schedule multiple sessions of the specified length. For example, this 3-day Course has three 2 hour long sessions, with a total price of $350:

Reminders for multi-day courses

You can turn off the reminders for subsequent days by going to the Options tab and uncheck the option Send reminders for subsequent days of this service.

7. Assign staff to the course so it is able to be scheduled in the calendar. Refer to Scheduling a course article for more details.

8. Click Save

Publishing a course page

The public can book a course both from the calendar/schedule (once it's been scheduled), and from a dedicated Courses page accessible from the main menu. A specific course page will allow you to publish information about the course, as well as automatically show all upcoming course dates.

The following section outlines the 2 step process in publishing your Courses.

Steps

1. Navigate to Setup > System Settings > Business Detail

2. Click the Pages tab

3. Under Client Web Pages, check the Courses checkbox. You can adjust the terminology from the dropdown on the left to suit the type of Course you offer.

4. Click Save

5. For the Courses menu item to show up from the above steps, we need to ensure that the Course has information to display. Navigate to Setup > Bookings > Services

6. Select the course you wish to publish a page for

7. Click on the Publish tab
8. Select the Publish on Service Page checkbox
9. Enter the content you want displayed for the course in the text box

10. Click Save