What each thing is
- Course: a group of sessions with the same students. For example, “B2 English with Anna” or “Thursday book club”.
- Student: a person you teach. They can be in one course or in several.
- Session: each class you teach, with its date and time. Every session always belongs to a course.
- Event: something in your schedule that isn’t a session, like a doctor’s appointment or time to prepare materials. It doesn’t belong to any course and has no students.
How the pieces fit together
The usual order is: create a course, add its students, then schedule its sessions. We walk you through each step in Create a course, Add or import students and Add a session. Your sessions and your events show up together in your calendar.The 4 course types
When you create a course, you choose its type: 1 to 1 lessons, Group lessons, Meetings 1 to 1 or Open doors. The type decides who joins the course and who can book sessions. Compare the 4 types in Which course type to choose. To book, people use your booking link: your own page where they pick a day and time. We explain it in Share or change your link. In 1 to 1 lessons and Group lessons courses, you need at least one student before you add sessions. If you import from Google Calendar, a course can arrive with sessions but no students.Where everything is
The menu on the left takes you to each part of SmartCookie:- Home: a summary of your day, with your next session and your agenda.
- Calendar: all your sessions and events.
- Courses: your courses, with their students, sessions and notes.
- Students: the list of everyone you teach.
- Payments: the bills you send to your students.
The SmartCookie menu on the left
- Profile: your details, language, time zone, membership, integrations (like Google Calendar) and reminders.
- Payments: your billing details and your Stripe connection (Stripe handles card payments). It’s a different page from Payments in the menu on the left.
- My link: your booking link and your student portal.
- Availability: the hours when your students can book.
- Help & support: write to us if you need help.
Your profile menu, at the top right