How to navigate your calendar

This will be useful if: 

You are a Driving Instructor User of the Secure Licence booking platform.

You are trying to: 

Understand how to use the basics of your calendar.

Overview:

Keeping your calendar up to date will set you on the right path to delivering a great learner experience. The Secure Licence calendar offers a great deal of flexibility whilst still being super easy to use. It is important to understand some of the basics before getting into the nitty gritty. 

How to navigate your calendar

Step 1.

Log in to your instructor account.

Step 2.

From the menu, select Calendar

Step 3.

In the top right, you can change the view by clicking on any of the Day | Week | Month buttons
 

Step 4.

In the top left, you can move day to day or week to week or month to month using the < > buttons
 

Step 5.

In the top left, there is also a Today button which will bring the view back to today.

Step 6.

On the left hand side, you can view the time of day in 15 minute increments.
 

Step 7.

To turn Smart Scheduling View off and on go to Calendar Settings.  For further information on Smart Scheduling click here.

Step 8.

There are 9 colours in use in the calendar view, they are as follows:

Grey with diagonal lines = closed, no learners can book directly into your calendar

White = open, but not a booking time shown to learners

Green = booking times available for learners to book

Yellow = driving lesson booking

Light blue = invited learner booking

Light yellow with a darker outline = proposed booking

Dark grey = personal event

Pink = Time Off 

Purple = extra open hours

Red line = the current time

Step 9.

You can click on any of the existing calendar bookings to view the details and make changes.
 

Step 10.

Click anywhere on the calendar to Create an Event OR in the top right, click Create Event.

You will then get the option to choose the type of event. 

For all support articles relating to using your calendar, click here.