How to add a course

Courses refer to linked sessions that can be purchased individually, as a block, or both, depending on how you set them up. This can be used for training courses as an example.

1. Go to Settings > Feature choices and tick the Dashboard - Settings - Activities- Courses box.

2. Click Update settings at the bottom of the page.

3. Then go to Settings > Activities > Cources > Add course. 

Name - The full name of the Course
Display name - The name that will show up on bookings
Category - The activity category that this course belongs to
Default description 
Default duration - The duration of each session, this is the default, individual ones can be changed when scheduling
Number of sessions - How many sessions make up the course
Default number of participants - How many people are able to book onto each session of the course, this is the default, individual ones can be changed when scheduling
Booking notice period - how far before the sessions begins it can be booked

Additional booking setting
Allow individual session bookings by customers - Whether customers are allowed to book individual sessions or just the whole course
Allow individual session bookings by operators - Whether operators are allowed to book customers on to individual sessions or just the whole course
Allow late course bookings by customers - Whether customers can book on to the course after the first sessions has already taken place
Allow late course bookings by operators- Whether operators can book customers on to the course after the first sessions has already taken place

Use pro rata pricing for late course bookings- this feature will automatically calculate the cost of the remainder of a course if 1) you allow late course bookings and 2) a customer is booking part way through a course
Use course advance booking days - Whether to use the Course Advance booking days rather than the global one.
Advance booking (days in advance) - If the previous option is set to Yes, this determines how many days in advance the course can be booked

Group bookings
Default maximum group size - The maximum number of group participants that can be added to each booking. This can be set per schedule if needed.
Allow individual price band selection - This will allow you to select the price band for each booking participant.
Disable group member name entry - Select the number of bookings without entering the group member names.
Enable group member notes to be entered - Allow notes to be added for each group member.
Mandatory group member note entry for customers - Require notes to be added to each group member on customer made bookings.
Mandatory group member note entry for operators - Require notes to be added to each group member on operator made bookings.
Mandatory group member age selection for customers - This option will require the age of each group member to be selected for each booking.
Mandatory group member age selection for operators- This option will require the age of each group member to be selected for each booking.

Notes
Enable notes to be entered 
Mandatory note entry
Heading displayed above the notes
Text displayed above the notes