In this tutorial, we'll cover how to set your account settings. Your account settings control many of the basic features and defaults for your account, and this should be the first step you complete in setting up your account.
To go to the Account Settings page, click the Account & Settings option in your navigation menu. Then click the Account Settings option.
The account administrator is the person in your company who is responsible for your Teachworks account. Notifications will be addressed to this person.
Enter your company name which will be displayed throughout your account and for emails sent from your account. Your email address is used for sending emails and as your admin username.
Enter your company's phone and address. The address will be included on your invoices.
Use the localization settings to control your time zone, currency and date & time formats.
You can also customize the terminology used for teachers, employees, students, families, and events.
Choose the default page users go to after logging in and set the logout redirect to direct users to your website after they log out of their account.
These settings control how your calendar and events are rendered. You can control the default view, color-coding, visible hours, time slots, and more.
These settings allow you to enable or disable features related to setting costs and wages. You can read the descriptions under each field for more information.
If you bill any of your customers using the Package billing method, you can choose to track packages by lesson or hour and how to treat missed lessons.
Use these fields to set prefixes for your invoices and credit notes, set the first invoice number.
You an use these two fields to control how lessons are displayed on your invoices and whether or not to display a discount column.
You can enable invoice reminders and payment receipt emails.
Use these fields to set default values for your invoices including the sales tax rate, tax treatment and instructions.
These settings allow you to control what types of information are visible in customer accounts.
Use these settings to control profile photos and scheduling settings in teacher and staff accounts.
You can enter a different email address for sending notifications from your account. The Lesson Reminder Lead Time controls how far in advance lesson reminders are sent.
If you email lesson notes to clients, you can choose to set the teacher's email addres in the "Reply-To" field for these emails so that replies will be directed to the teacher.
You can upload your company logo, which will be displayed on your invoices and your login page. Read the details below the field for size recommendations and limits.
Once you've completed the form, submit it to save your settings.
For instructions on all Teachworks features, refer to the Teachworks Knowledge Base.