Build your class booking system.

How to build your class booking system

1. 1

   Describe the job

   Keep class capacity, instructor availability and booking requests in one schedule.

2. 2

   Review the first version

   Choose how the class coordinator records the class and how the instructor reviews the next step.

3. 3

   Refine the views

   Ask First to adjust the fields and views for the people who will use the app.

4. 4

   Test before sharing

   Walk through the process with a sample record and check who owns the next action.

What to include in your class booking system

• Keep the class in context

  Keep class, instructor, capacity, booking request, acceptance and waitlist together so the next person can understand the request or record.

• When the next step needs a decision

  A class has one remaining place and two requests. Keep requests distinct from confirmed places and record the next waitlist position.

• Keep waitlist visible

  Keep a waiting request separate from an accepted class place.

• Choose what each person needs

  Give the class coordinator a working view and the instructor a review view. Keep class and instructor attached to the decision as the work moves between them.