Five classes, five set-ups
Picture a host who teaches five different classes in a week: a beginners' class, a mixed-level class, a weekend workshop and two evening sessions. This is an example, not a real person.
Each class has its own place, price, number of spots and conditions. Every term the host sets them all up again. A price gets copied from the wrong class. A request arrives and the host has to work out which class it was for.
The classes are not the hard part. Remembering which setting belongs to which class is.
What actually goes wrong
- Every term starts from scratch. The same details are typed again, and small mistakes creep in.
- Settings leak between classes. The price or the place of one class ends up on another.
- You lose track of what is on. Several classes at different times are hard to see in one view.
- Requests arrive from everywhere. It is easy to miss one.
How it works on Sociogram
1. Build each class once. Create the activity as usual. On step 2, "Make it yours", switch on Save as template for next time. You can keep up to 20 templates.
2. Start the next term from a template. When you create a new activity and you have templates, step 1 offers Start from a template. Tap one and the form fills in. You can also open My activity templates from the You tab, where you can start an activity from a template or delete it.
3. See what a template keeps. It keeps the title, what the activity is, whether it is in person or online, the place or the join link, the description, the cover photo, the price and how you collect it, the number of spots, the age range, the languages, the conditions, how people join, whether it is public or private, and Ladies only. It does not keep the dates.
4. Set the dates again. A template does not keep your Repeat setting. On step 2, choose Repeat again: Daily, Weekly (pick the days) or Dates. Choose how often, and when it ends. Dates are added up to 8 weeks ahead. Also check Allow waiting list (it is on unless you switch it off), because the template does not keep that either.
5. Each date stands on its own. Every date of a repeating class is its own activity, with its own spots, waiting list, reminder and chat. A full Tuesday does not block Thursday.
See everything you host
On the You tab, My activities lists everything you host and everything you have joined or asked to join. Under Hosted by you you see your classes, with Upcoming and Past tabs. Rows are grouped by month, and every date of a repeating class is its own row. On the web you can also sort by date, soonest or latest first, or by title, A to Z.
It is a list, not a weekly grid. It is there so you can check what is on and open any date.
See every request in one place
If your classes are open by request, each request appears on that activity's page. Join requests on the You tab collects the people who are asking to join your activities and your clans, so you do not have to open each class to find them.
Make a timetable easy to keep
These are suggestions, not rules.
- Name each template after its class. The title carries over, so make it the title people will see.
- Put the conditions in the template. Up to 10 short points, such as "Bring a mat", are kept for next term.
- Start the term early. Activities can be created up to 5 months ahead.
- Delete templates you no longer use. The limit is 20.
What this does not do
- It does not copy your dates or your Repeat setting. You choose them each term.
- It does not show a weekly grid. My activities is a list grouped by month.
- It does not link your classes together. Each class and each date is its own activity.
Good to know
- Every activity on Sociogram is for people aged 18 and above.
- Sociogram is invite-only. A member invites your UAE mobile number, and you sign in with that number. You can look at the public activities first with Explore Sociogram.
Questions people ask
How many templates can I keep? Up to 20.
What does a template keep? The activity itself: title, place or join link, price, spots, ages, languages, conditions, how people join, public or private, and the cover. It does not keep the dates or the Repeat setting.
Where do I find my templates? On step 1 of the create flow under Start from a template, and under My activity templates on the You tab.
Can I see all my classes in one place? Yes. My activities lists what you host, with Upcoming and Past, grouped by month.
Does a full class affect my other dates? No. Each date has its own spots and its own waiting list.
Run the whole week from one place
Sociogram is the invite-only network for real plans across the UAE. Ask a member to invite your mobile number, or look at what is on first.
