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STEP ONE: Setup Event

Create Your Event

When you first log in to yourpickAtime, accountyou'll from the pickAtime home page, you will beland in the Admin tool and on the Event Reports page.


Steps to Create a New Event

  1. Select Events/Preview from the Events/Preview button on the pickAdminUI sidebar (left side). sidebar.
  2. Click on the green Add button.
  3. Enter in a name for your event,event for example,e.g., "Fall 2026 Conferences."Conferences.
  4. Select type of Simple PTA
If you have previously used pickAtime, you will then have a pull down where you can select a template from one of your previous events. The template will determine the starting settings (from the UI Setup, Notification Setup, and CUI Messages pages) for your event. Select the event timetype: zone.Simple PTA. Optionally,(If youyou've canused addpickAtime before) Select a Template from the pull-down, based on a previous event. This carries over your starting settings from UI Setup, Notification Setup, and CUI Messages. Select your event's time zone. (Optional) Add a Date and Location.

Once saved, your event will appear as a new row in the Events list.


About the Date and Location for your event. Fields

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    Adding Event Details

    Use the Event Details box on the screen to fill in anyadd event-specific information thatyou'd you may wantlike to usedisplay inon the display of your scheduler or in your emails for this event. Any text that you addinclude in theemails.

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    Removing ina your Notification Setup. The macro for thePrevious Event Details is $(E_DESCRIPTION).

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      Deleting multipleYour dates for your Parent‐Teacher Conferences, you do not need to create multiple events. Any event can have any number of dates on it.Contacts

      Deleting your Contacts

      To remove all contacts (parents, teachers,parents and students)teachers from your account,account:

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      Use this button will bring up a pull‐down where you will have the option of deleting your contacts by administrative access level. You would use this button if you wouldyou'd like to removeclear allout previous parent login information frombefore youra parents.new Note,event.

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