Manual

Please note: Our manual is ALWAYS a work in progress, because our software continues to get better and better. Below you will find links to videos and blog posts. If you would like to see a topic covered in more detail, just ask! 🙂

When it comes sending email, especially mass email, there are some important considerations. Failure to maintain a good reputation can mean that many of your customers simply do not get the message! 🙁 Here are some reasons an email may not get through, and an how to protect your reputation: Spam Reports We all know…

If you are planning to setup Holidays in DSM, it is recommended that you set them up in advance, and maybe soon after you add classes. When you set a holiday (ex. Dec 25, Christmas), the system will delete any schedules you have setup for classes, but you still could then go back and add…

Ready to become a DSM superhero and clone a season in one click of the mouse? Let’s do this! 🙂 Let’s suppose you have finished all of your classes for the this year, and you want to setup next year’s classes, and let’s also suppose that for the most part your classes will be the…

If your school or studio has requirements in order to participate in a class, Dance Studio Manager makes it possible limit registration until the prerequisite is completed. In the online client, if the student has not taken enough of the prerequisite classes, they will not be able to register for that class. And if an…

Here follows a guide to getting started with Private Lessons. There are a few parts of the program that you will want to review. These include: Also see: Setting Up Private Lessons Creating Sales Items for Private Lessons First, go to Settings > Sales Items, and click Add New, and you will see something like…

In this tutorial, we will be going over many of the most commonly used features of the Online Client to help you get everything setup. Logging In If you additional assistance, of course we are ready to help. In DSM, you have a folder name like … clients.dancestudiomanager.com/name-of-your-studio/admin/ …which is the area you log into…

In DSM, there is a section called Pages. It is located in the left side menu under Settings. If you click Add New, You will see Agreement – Creates a box when creating an account. This box will not allow the user to proceed with creating an account without ticking the box. Student Agreement –…

Here is a recent question from one of our DSM clients: Our instructors take attendance with each class by a paper print out then they give it to me to enter. Is there an easier way for me to go in and check “present” without having to go to each individual student account? Yes! Go…

While we offer many, many ways to create discount systems, pricing grids, hourly rates, etc… sometimes you still need a way to Override the the tuition that is charged, and just set it to what you need it to be with tuition override! Perhaps you need to waive fees for a teacher attending classes or…