Session 2

Written By Evan Kanouse (Super Administrator)

Updated at June 28th, 2021

Admission Events

  • Access test student > Click Login as Parent link
  • GCDS events
    • Interview Registration
    • Open Houses
    • Weekly tour options
  • GCDS might move to Veracross sign ups, but may stay with Calendly
    • Jamal wants to make a checklist item regardless
  • Group event records can be set up with a person as an interviewer
    • This list can be adjusted by the interviewer to take away or add slots as needed
  • Open House
    • Admission Candidates homepage > Checklist
    • Jamal added two Open House Checklist Items
      • Open house for Nursery – 8th Grade
      • Open house for 9th Grade – 12th grade
      • Neither Open house is set to required
    • Jamal made a category for “Visit Us” to house the checklist items
    • Creating the event type
      • Go to the calendar
      • Click the Add link on the date (hover over the day)
      • Add in…
        • Event Type
        • Description
        • Start Date
        • Start and end times
      • Click Add Event
      • To confirm events
        • Go to Admissions Homepage
        • Click the Admissions Events Pending Review query
        • Adjust the Attendance Status to Confirmed
      • The event on the calendar shows the list of students attending
        • You can add notes on the line where the families are listed
      • Person Limits
        • You can limit the number of signups, not the number of people attending
        • To limit…
          • Go to the Group Events Query
          • Add Attendees Expected field to the query
          • Run the query
          • Adjust the number of Attendees Expected column
        • To specify the event…
          • Click on the menu
          • Go to Classifications
          • Set the grades who should be active classifications
        • To add Descriptions…
          • Go to the checklist item
          • Add the description to the description textbox
        • Athletic showcase should be a separate kind of event
      • Group tours
        • System Homepage
        • Add a Group Event
        • Add Description
        • Add Abbreviation
      • Interviews
        • Jamal added the interviews along with the group tours
        • He set separate interview items for Nursery-8 and 9th grade – 11th grade
        • These are on the Admission portal for sign up

       

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