Pro plan. On the Free and Solo plans you see a preview of this in the plugin, with Start free Pro trial and See plans. Compare the plans.
When you need it
- You run a programme over several weeks, such as “Self-assessment in six weeks”, and people sign up for all of it.
- You want one price for the whole course and a fixed number of places.
Before you start
- Courses come with the Pro plan. On Free and Solo you can set one up and keep it, and it is offered to visitors once you have Pro.
- You need a class booking set-up to put the course in. See Make a booking set-up.
Step by step
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Open CaliDiary → Classes and courses, choose the Classes tab and press Add class.
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Tick This is a course: a set of dates booked together as one. The price becomes Price for the course.
[Screenshot to come] It will show: The Add class window with “This is a course: a set of dates booked together as one” ticked, Name “Self-assessment in six weeks”, Price for the course 240.00, Booking set-up “Workshops”.The Add class window with the course box ticked and a price for the whole course (Classes and courses → Classes → Add class) -
Give it a Name, choose its Booking set-up, enter the Price for the course and the Usual length (minutes) of each date, then press Add class.
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On the course's card (marked Course), set:
- Places on the course;
- People can join after it has started, and if so whether Late joiners pay for the dates left (pro rata);
- Refund rules shown to customers (optional), such as “Full refund up to 7 days before the first date”.
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Press Save course.
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Under Add weekly dates, choose the First date, the time it Starts and the number of Weeks, then press the Add … weekly dates button. The dates appear in the list below.
[Screenshot to come] It will show: The course card (tagged Course): “Course: 0 of 15 places booked”, Places on the course, People can join after it has started, Refund rules, Save course, and Add weekly dates with First date, Starts and Weeks 6, and the six dates listed with Remove.A course's settings and its six weekly dates (Classes and courses → Classes (course card))
Tips
- You can only make a course when adding a class: an existing class can't be turned into a course.
- Once someone has booked, the course's dates can't be added or removed, so they stay as customers were told.
- Refunds are recorded by hand on each booking. The refund rules are shown to customers so they know them before booking.
- Passes can't be used for courses.
Common problems
“This course has bookings, so its dates stay as customers were told.”
Dates are fixed once people have booked. To change one date's details, use Change on that date: see Change or cancel a class date.
My course is saved but visitors can't book it
Check your site is on Pro (CaliDiary → Plans), the course is in a class booking set-up and that set-up is on your website.
I can't find the course tick box
It is only in the Add class window. Press Add class to make a new course.