Adding families and students
Every dancer in your studio has a student record. The family is linked to it. Here is how to add one.
Add a student
1. Open Students in the left menu.
2. Click Add a student.
3. Enter the student's name. Preferred name and date of birth are optional, but the date of birth lets DanceTide show
ages and filter groups by age.
4. Under Parent or guardian, add who to call: their name, relationship, email and phone. You can add more people later
from the student's Family tab.
5. Check Invite them to the family app if you want the parent to sign in. This needs an email. They see their child's
schedule and can report absences. Pickup permission is separate.
6. Click Save student.
The Add a student form
What the Students page shows
The list shows each student's groups, guardian and whether an emergency contact is on file. Filter by group, by app
access or by what is missing.
A Needs action panel at the top lists students whose family invitation is still waiting.
The Students list
The student record
Open any student to see their record. The Overview tab lists what is still missing, such as a photo, care information or
signed forms. The other tabs cover family and contacts, emergency information, schedule, tuition and forms.
A student record with missing information listed
A few things to know:
- Ask family for N items (for example Ask family for 3 items, where the number matches the list) sends the linked
guardian a private message listing what is missing. The email alert only says there is a new message.
- Studio notes are staff only. Families and teachers never see them.
- Mark inactive keeps the record but takes the student out of the active list.
Siblings
Add each child as their own student. Link the same parent to each one from the Family & contacts tab. The parent then
sees all of their children under one sign-in.