Staff Guides
Learn how school staff can manage activities, events, and communication within SchoolsBuddy.
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Managing Activities (Preference Based)
- Making changes after publishing (applicable to Instant Book & PTC)
- Groups/Activities with no or not enough requests - ON HOLD or COMPLETE?
- Deleting a Container in SchoolsBuddy
- Archiving a live group / Removing a duplicate group
- Preference - Creating events and attendance lists (registers) mid term for groups that are new or were on hold
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Creating Parent Teacher Conferences / Parents' Evenings
- Creating an Onsite Parents' Evening / Parent Conference/ PTC
- Online Parent Teacher Conference / Parents' Evening / PTC settings
- Creating an Online Parents' Evening / Parent Conference / PTC using Embedded Video
- Creating an Online Parents' Evening / Parent Conference / PTC using Meeting URL's
- Parents' Evening / Parent Conference with both Online and Onsite appointments
- Managing Teachers Classes for Parent Teacher Conferences / Parents' Evenings
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Managing Parent Teacher Conferences / Parents' Evenings
- Adding classes for a teacher after meetings are published
- Removing a PTC Booking for a Parent
- How can staff view their schedule for a parent evening/parent teacher conference?
- Deleting Events for a Parent Teacher Conference
- Cancelling a Parents' Evening / Parent Teacher Conference Session (one appointment)
- Cancelling a Parents' Evening / Parent Teacher Conference Session (more than one appointment)
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Wrap Around Care / Holiday Camp Bookings
- Creating Block Bookings For Each Day Of The Week 🎬
- Setting up Individual Bookings 🎬
- Staff Discounts For Wraparound Care
- Removing Students from Bookings and Attendance Registers (Instant Book)
- Creating A Holiday Club 🎬
- Clone Container (Instant Book or PTC)
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Sports Teams
- Sports Portal - Quickstart Guide to Basic Settings
- Sports Portal - Creating a Sporting Fixture
- How to Create a Sport Event with Notify Only
- Sports Portal - Overall Navigation
- Sports Portal - How to add a group in Sports Portal
- Sports Portal - Which communication type should I use?
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School Trips
- Trips Portal - Understanding the Basics
- Trips Portal - How to change a parent's consent or decline
- Where should I create/manage my school trips - Trips Portal or Instant Book?
- Trips Portal - Creating a Trip Event that requires Parent Consent
- Trips Portal - Creating a Trip Event without Parent Consent
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Transport
- SchoolsBuddy Transport — Transition to Vectare
- Vectare Transport Integration
- Viewing Live Route Data
- Setting Up GPS for Transport Tracking
- How to Enable GPS Tracking on Your Device
- Where to Find Live GPS Tracking Information 🎬
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Billings & Payments
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Communications (Parents / Staff / Students)
- Email Templates – Understanding the Use by Module
- Automatic notifications
- Sending Messages From SchoolsBuddy
- Sending Parents an SMS Message
- Other Forms of Communication
- Attachments and Pictures in Emails
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Groups
- Reception - Creating a Custom Group
- Adding additional Staff to a Group
- Adding/Removing Students to a Group