Bright Panda

Bright Panda User Guide

Everything you need to run your school on Bright Panda, one step at a time, with examples. New here? Start with the Quick Start Guide: about 30 minutes to your first registration.

  1. 1Sign in and find your way aroundSigning in, the left menu and the Dashboard.
  2. 2Set up your school profileSchool identity, time zone, locations, policies and coupons.
  3. 3Get paid: connect StripeConnecting your Stripe account, payouts, and what customers pay.
  4. 4Create your activitiesThe classes you teach, before you schedule them.
  5. 5Instructors and staff accountsWho can sign in, what they can do, and plan limits.
  6. 6Semesters and classesSchedule a term of weekly classes and manage its sessions.
  7. 7Camps and eventsMulti-day camps, workshops and one-off events such as birthday parties.
  8. 8Your storefront and how customers registerThe public page where customers choose classes and pay.
  9. 9Customers, students and enrollmentsContacts, adding students, enrolling them by hand, and leads.
  10. 10Class day: rosters and attendanceTaking attendance and what happens when a student is absent.
  11. 11Makeup classesCredits, requests and booking a student into another class.
  12. 12Payments, orders, discounts and reportsOrders, refunds, gift cards, expenses and the reports you can run.
  13. 13Communicating with familiesMessages you send, and the messages Bright Panda sends for you.
  14. 14Your Bright Panda subscriptionThe free trial, billing, cancelling and what happens next.
  15. 15Questions and troubleshootingQuick answers to common questions.

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