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Catechists in a class

Do it on
Computer (Dashboard)
Time needed
3 minutes
Before you start
Administrator or Coordinator rights
When you finish
Every class has someone clearly in charge

Whoever is assigned to a class is the person who takes attendance, enters grades and handles that class's leave requests.

  1. Open the catechist list

    Go to Lớp Giáo Lý → Giáo lý viên (Catechism Classes → Catechists). Filter by class, or by status: Active, On break, Inactive, Left.

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    The catechist list with activity status

  2. Add a catechist

    Click + Thêm giáo lý viên (Add catechist), fill in the name and phone number, then assign them to the class they teach. The card reads Not assigned while they have no class.

    A card marked “No linked account” means that person cannot sign in yet to take attendance themselves.
    I am stuck on this step

    Adding here only creates a name on the list. For them to sign in and take attendance, an Administrator has to grant rights under Parish settings → Staff.

    Still not working? Message the support team and attach a screenshot of what you see.

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    The Add catechist form with Email, Saint name, Full name, Phone and Role fields

  3. Grant sign-in rights if needed

    For a catechist to open the Dashboard and take attendance themselves, an Administrator has to add them under Cài đặt giáo xứ → Nhân sự (Parish settings → Staff) with the Catechist role. See Roles and permissions.

How many people per class​

  • Each class should have one lead who carries the responsibility
  • Add a second person to cover attendance when the lead is away
  • When a catechist is away for a long time, set them to On break rather than deleting them, so the history stays

You are done when

  • The class card shows the lead catechist's name
  • That person can sign in and see their own class

Something went wrong?

The catechist signs in but cannot see their class

Two different things: assigning them to a class (the Catechists section) and granting sign-in rights (the Staff section). Both are needed.

The card says No linked account

They are on the list by name but not tied to any login account yet. Ask them to sign in to the app or the Dashboard once, then link the record.

If I change the lead mid-year, is the old data lost

No. Sessions and attendance already recorded keep the name of whoever took them at the time.

See it in the video

Stuck?