Present and late
Present ($) and Late ($) bill the lesson. Present, use make-up and Late, use make-up spend a make-up credit instead of billing it again.
Attendance
Take attendance in seconds, and let billing follow
Ten statuses decide what is billed, what is credited and what becomes a make-up lesson, so one tap after each lesson keeps every family’s account right.
Flexible attendance
Mark attendance from wherever you are in the app.
From today’s agenda, the calendar or a student’s page, one lesson or a whole day at a time.
From today’s agenda
Take attendance beside each of today’s lessons on the home page.
A whole day at once
Tick the lessons that are done and set them all as Present ($) together.
One lesson at a time
Set the status, change the price and write lesson notes in one drawer.
Take attendance from any web browser, with nothing to install.
Sonely is a web app, so the computer at the front desk and the laptop in your teaching room both work. Families use the portal in their phone’s browser.
Lesson notes
Write lesson notes that go home the same day.
Each lesson has notes for the student and family, and private notes only teachers see. Start from a template, look back at earlier notes in the History tab, and email the notes to the student or parent when you save.
Families read them in the family portal, under their attendance records.
Ten statuses
Choose what each missed lesson means.
Besides Unrecorded there are ten statuses. The ones marked ($) are billed.
Present ($) and Late ($) bill the lesson. Present, use make-up and Late, use make-up spend a make-up credit instead of billing it again.
Absent, notice given takes the charge off. Absent, no make-up ($) bills it. Absent, issue make-up ($) bills it and gives a make-up credit. Absent, use make-up spends a credit.
When you cancel, Cancelled, issue make-up ($) bills the lesson and gives a credit, and Cancelled takes it off the bill.
Took cash or a cheque at the lesson? Tick Paid at lesson and the payment is recorded with the attendance.
Absent
Absent, notice given takes the charge off. Absent, no make-up ($) bills it. Absent, issue make-up ($) bills it and gives a make-up credit. Absent, use make-up spends a credit.
Cancelled
When you cancel, Cancelled, issue make-up ($) bills the lesson and gives a credit, and Cancelled takes it off the bill.
Paid at lesson
Took cash or a cheque at the lesson? Tick Paid at lesson and the payment is recorded with the attendance.
Make-up credits
Make-up credits that keep their own count.
A credit is given when a status says so and spent when the student takes the make-up. Each student’s balance is kept for each teacher.
Limit how many credits cancellations in the portal can earn, and let unused credits expire after the number of days you choose.
Families see their credits in the portal and use them to book an open lesson, inside your rules.
Credits from attendance
A credit is given when a status says so and spent when the student takes the make-up. Each student’s balance is kept for each teacher.
Limits and expiry
Limit how many credits cancellations in the portal can earn, and let unused credits expire after the number of days you choose.
Families book their own make-ups
Families see their credits in the portal and use them to book an open lesson, inside your rules.
Overdue attendance
No lesson left unrecorded.
Lessons that ended without attendance show in an Overdue attendance banner, for each teacher and for the office.
Select all, set them as Present ($) and apply. Open any row to change one student.
Student attendance, Lessons taught, Billable hours and Make-up credits reports, as PDF or Excel.
Flagged on the home page
Lessons that ended without attendance show in an Overdue attendance banner, for each teacher and for the office.
Finish it in one go
Select all, set them as Present ($) and apply. Open any row to change one student.
Reports when you need them
Student attendance, Lessons taught, Billable hours and Make-up credits reports, as PDF or Excel.
Cancellations
Let families cancel within your rules.
Allow cancellations in the family portal and set a deadline. Before it, a cancellation can give a make-up credit; after it, the lesson can still be charged.
Families read your policy, and see what will happen, before they confirm.
Attendance records
Families see every lesson and its notes.
Parents see each past lesson with its status and the teacher’s notes in the family portal, so nobody has to ask what was covered.
One studio system
Attendance feeds invoices, payroll and reports.
Each status flows into the family’s account, the teacher’s payroll and your reports, so you never type a lesson in twice.
More you can do with attendance
Group notes
Write one note for every student in a class, plus a private one.
Note templates
Save the notes you write often and start from them next time.
Lesson history
Read a student’s earlier notes while you write today’s.
Email notes home
Send the notes to the student or parent when you save.
Change your mind
Change a status later, and the bill and the credits follow.
Paid at lesson
Record cash or a cheque taken at the lesson.
Frequently asked questions about attendance
For anything else, contact us.
It depends on the status you choose. Absent, notice given takes the charge off. Absent, no make-up ($) bills it. Absent, issue make-up ($) bills it and gives the student a make-up credit for another lesson.
A credit is worth one lesson at the student’s usual length. Credits are counted for each teacher, can expire after the number of days you set, and show in the Make-up credits report and, if you like, in the family portal.
Yes. Change the status and Sonely undoes what the old one did to the bill and the credits, then applies the new one. Invoices you’ve already issued stay as they are; the family’s balance changes.
If you allow it. Turn on cancellation in the family portal, set a deadline, and choose what happens before and after it, such as a make-up credit or a charge.
Yes. Tick Paid at lesson in the attendance drawer and the payment goes on the family’s account.
Teachers with permission take attendance for the lessons they teach or cover, and admins can take it for any lesson.
Plans and pricing
Attendance is part of every Sonely plan, including the free one. Sonely is free for one teacher, and each extra teacher, admin or staff login is $12 a month. Students are unlimited.
Every lesson, every status
Included
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