Class Season

The Season is the top tier of the program hierarchy. Within the Season there will be Levels and within the Levels there will be the individual Classes. The Season settings control options for online registration, deposits, required memberships and Season reporting.

1. The first step you will need to consider when setting up a new season is to check your class product fee that you will be using for this season. Make sure the price is correct and labeled appropriately.
2. Once this is done, go to the Programs menu and select Seasons. Click "+ New Season".
3. Choose Location. Label the Name of the season (for example, Volleyball Classes Spring March-June 2016). It is very important to have a consistent naming convention that all employees creating seasons use for all locations).
4. Select the Class Season type.
5. Enter in your start and end dates for the season. If you have classes starting on different weeks, choose the date for the earliest class and the end date for the last class.
6. Select the Program, if any. This is important for integrating with the Dash Online  Program Finder efficiently. 
7. Description: When the customer is in Dash Online and scrolls over the Season name, they will see the Season Description. You can put what the season dates are going to be or how many classes there will be for example.
8. If you do not have a deposit required then leave blank. If you do require a deposit for your registration, this information will be displayed in Dash Online. When a class is created online, customer will be required to pay the deposit or in full in order to sign up.
9. Registration Form: If you would like to have your customers receive a pre-set form of questions that you have created to fill out prior to registration, you can choose which form to add to this season.
10. Registration Email: You can create an e-mail template (Settings menu > Customers section > Email Templates) to send to all your customers that register to give them pertinent information about the season they just signed up for.
11. Payment Plan: Turn this on if you would like to offer a financed payment option. Need existing Payment Plan created to assign.
12. Store Credit Card: Check here if using deposits or require customers payment information to be saved for payment plans. The credit card is saved to their profile on the admin side (not available for their future use on Dash Online).
13. Require Membership Renewal: Check here if your program requires an active membership through the end of the season.
14. Online Registration: If you choose not to have customers be able to add themselves to class rosters, check the disable all online registration box. Otherwise, enter in the start and end dates that you want your customers allowed to sign up on-line. 
15. Season History: For reporting with the Season Dashlet. 
16. Click the "Save new settings" button.