Pre-Applicant Open Days

Used by events teams to run pre-applicant open days where students book their own programmes of activities to explore your campus on the day

40 articles in this collection
Written by Steph Stevens, Dom Yeadon, and Laura Montgomery-Hurrell

All about Pre-Applicant Open Days

Written by Laura Montgomery-Hurrell
Updated over a week ago

Pre-Applicant Open Days Permissions

See who can do what in the Pre-Applicant Open Days app

Written by Laura Montgomery-Hurrell
Updated over a week ago

Getting started in Pre-Applicant Open Days

What is the Pre-Applicant Open Days App?

A brief overview of Pre-Applicant Open Days (POD)

Written by Steph Stevens
Updated over a week ago

How does a student make a booking?

Using the Pre-app Open Days booking form

Written by Steph Stevens
Updated over a week ago

What are Special Pre-Applicant Open Days Touchpoint Mail Merge Fields?

How to use "Booking Ref" and "Event Date" merge fields

Written by Steph Stevens
Updated over a week ago

How do I create an On The Day Booking?

Work around those students who don't book ahead

Written by Steph Stevens
Updated over a week ago

How do I use the Walk-in Pre-App Open Day booking form?

Capture the details of new students who turn up on the day

Written by Steph Stevens
Updated over a week ago

What happens when a student edits their open day booking?

Things the student might see when they edit their booking

Written by Steph Stevens
Updated over a week ago

How does Slow Release work for an open day time slot?

Creating drip-down time slots for an activity

Written by Steph Stevens
Updated over a week ago

Setting up Pre-app Open Days

How do I set up an Open Day? Start here.

Get started in creating a Pre-Applicant Open Day event.

Written by Steph Stevens
Updated over a week ago

How do I set up a Faculty Event?

Use Faculty Events to show Pre-Applicant students department specific parts of your establishment

Written by Steph Stevens
Updated over a week ago

How do I add activities?

Setting up things for your Students to do on their Open Day

Written by Steph Stevens
Updated over a week ago

How do I publish an Open Day?

Publishing the Open Day

Written by Steph Stevens
Updated over a week ago

Pre-Applicant Open Days: Glossary and Structure

Get an overview of how POD events work

Written by Steph Stevens
Updated over a week ago

How do I set up my Open Day Booking Form?

Get started with your Pre-Applicant Open Day booking form settings

Written by Steph Stevens
Updated over a week ago

How do I control the courses on my Pre-applicant Day Booking Form?

You can use Course Tags to limit the courses shown on the booking form.

Written by Steph Stevens
Updated over a week ago

How do I clone a Pre-Applicant Open Day?

Duplicating a successful open day configuration

Written by Steph Stevens
Updated over a week ago

How do I add 'Special Requirements' to my booking form?

Collect access requirements on you Pre-Applicant Open Days booking form

Written by Steph Stevens
Updated over a week ago

How can I use Programme Preview in Pre-Applicant Open Days to check my setup?

Check how your POD day looks to Students with the Programme Preview

Written by Steph Stevens
Updated over a week ago

How do I close bookings for a specific course for an Open Day?

Making a specific course unbookable in AOD and POD

Written by Steph Stevens
Updated over a week ago

Tailor schedules using Course Groups in Pre-app Open Days

Create more specific booking options for each course

Written by Steph Stevens
Updated over a week ago

Other questions

How do I Grab students who have booked or attended a specific Open Day?

How to send comms to specific Pre-Applicant Open Day students

Written by Steph Stevens
Updated over a week ago

How do I cancel a Booking?

How to cancel a student's booking on their behalf

Written by Steph Stevens
Updated over a week ago

How to cancel a Pre-Applicant Open Day event

A run through of the best practices in closing an event

Written by Laura Montgomery-Hurrell
Updated over a week ago

How do I close bookings on my Open Day?

Setting a Last Booking Date

Written by Steph Stevens
Updated over a week ago

Where can I add text to the Pre-applicant Open Day programme?

Add explanation and greetings to your POD programmes

Written by Steph Stevens
Updated over a week ago

Setting up Mobile Entry Pass on a touchpoint (POD)

Learn how to send students their Pre-Applicant Open Day booking barcode via email

Written by Steph Stevens
Updated over a week ago

What is the Capacity Issues tab in Pre-Applicant Open Days?

How to tell if your POD event has too many people

Written by Steph Stevens
Updated over a week ago

How do I set up Conversion Funnels in Google Analytics for POD?

Bring your Pre-Applicant Open Day data into GA for deeper analysis

Written by Steph Stevens
Updated over a week ago

Which season should I use for Course Groups in Pre-applicant Open Days?

Using the current year will show the next year's courses too

Written by Steph Stevens
Updated over a week ago

How do I set a maximum party size?

Use this to control how many people the applicant can bring with them

Written by Steph Stevens
Updated over a week ago

How do I compare booking performance?

Use Reports to analyse booking performance

Written by Steph Stevens
Updated over a week ago

How do I enable Multiple Course selections and Subject filtering? (Optional)

Allow your students the option of selecting many courses of interest

Written by Steph Stevens
Updated over a week ago

Why can't I see an activity under the faculty registrations in Pre Applicant Open Days?

Students may have yet to book onto that activity

Written by Steph Stevens
Updated over a week ago

How do I use Grab to Invite Students to a Pre-Applicant Open Day?

Use grabs and ad-hocs to send students into POD for an invite

Written by Laura Montgomery-Hurrell
Updated over a week ago

Marking Attendees

Event Attendees in POD

Marking attendance after the event - who turned up?

Written by Dom Yeadon
Updated over a week ago

How do I confirm Attendees?

Marking students attended or not attended to trigger Touchpoints

Written by Steph Stevens
Updated over a week ago

How do I set up Fast-track registration with Mobile Entry Pass? (Intermediate)

A brilliant way to quickly scan and mark your attendees as arrived

Written by Steph Stevens
Updated over a week ago

How do I use the Opticon PX-20 Barcode Scanner?

Using the hand-held barcode scanners

Written by Steph Stevens
Updated over a week ago

How do I use the Opticon PX-20 in Batch Mode?

Using your barcode scanner to mark students as Attended for an Open Day

Written by Steph Stevens
Updated over a week ago