Product manual
Clear answers for every driving school workflow
Use the same verified guide for launch, daily operations, staff training, and troubleshooting. Each article names the audience, plan, prerequisites, expected result, and what can change publicly.
Start Here
Start here
The recommended order for setting up a driving school workspace.
Launch checklist
Use the launch checklist to finish the main setup items before publishing your website or opening online booking.
Owners and tenant admins · All plans What do the dashboard cards mean?Dashboard overview
The overview shows your launch progress, current lessons, upcoming lessons, new enrollments, and documents waiting for review.
All dashboard staff · All plansSchool Setup
School setup
Business profile, locations, service areas, instructors, vehicles, and hours.
School profile
Your school profile controls the main business information used across the dashboard and public website.
Owners and staff with settings access · All plans How do I add school offices or training locations?Locations
Locations are used for public contact details, scheduling filters, instructors, vehicles, and plan limits.
Owners and staff with settings access · Plan location limits apply How do I show the cities or neighborhoods my school serves?Service areas
Service areas help families understand where lessons, pickup zones, or school services are available.
Owners and website/content staff · All plans How do I add instructors and make them available for lessons?Instructors
Instructor profiles are used for internal scheduling, public instructor sections, and lesson assignment.
Owners and permitted dashboard staff · All plans How do I add training vehicles?Vehicles
Vehicles help prevent double-booking when lessons require a training car.
Owners and permitted dashboard staff · All plans What is the difference between public hours and bookable lesson hours?Business hours and lesson hours
Public hours tell families when the school is open. Lesson booking hours control which times can be shown for lessons.
Owners and permitted dashboard staff · All plansWebsite And Content
Website and content
Templates, pages, CMS, media, SEO, leads, and publishing.
Website templates
Templates control the public look and layout of your driving school website.
Owners and permitted dashboard staff · All plans How do I edit website pages without dealing with code?Website pages and sections
The website CMS lets you edit the pages and sections that already come with your selected template.
Owners and permitted dashboard staff · All plans How do I upload photos and reuse them on the website?Media library
The media library stores public website images, logos, instructor photos, vehicle photos, galleries, and reusable assets.
Owners and permitted dashboard staff · All plans How do I edit Google titles and descriptions?Website SEO
Website SEO settings help control page titles, search descriptions, preferred page addresses, and whether a page can appear in search after launch.
Owners and permitted dashboard staff · All plans Where do contact forms and website leads go?Leads and contact submissions
Leads capture public contact requests and enrollment interest from the school website.
Owners and permitted dashboard staff · All plansEnrollment And Students
Enrollment and students
Programs, packages, students, guardians, enrollments, portal access, waivers, and documents.
Programs and packages
Programs group your services. Lesson packages define lesson count, duration, price, requirements, and online purchase or booking settings.
Owners and permitted dashboard staff · All plans How do I add students and parents?Students and guardians
Student records store contact details, guardian relationships, documents, enrollments, appointments, payments, and lesson progress.
Owners and permitted dashboard staff · All plans How do I track a student after they choose a package?Enrollments
Enrollments connect a student to a lesson package and track status, remaining lessons, document status, waiver status, and balance.
Owners and permitted dashboard staff · All plans How do I collect permits, licenses, and signed waivers?Documents and waivers
Documents store student uploads. Waiver templates and signed waivers help collect and review school forms.
Owners and permitted dashboard staff · All plans What can students and parents do in the portal?Student and parent portal
The portal lets authorized students and guardians view lessons, documents, waivers, balances, and allowed booking or rescheduling actions.
Owners and permitted dashboard staff · All plansScheduling
Scheduling and booking
Calendar, appointments, availability, booking rules, closures, reminders, and conflict protection.
Calendar and appointments
The calendar creates and manages lessons while checking student, instructor, vehicle, location, and booking-rule conflicts.
Owners and permitted dashboard staff · All plans How do I know which instructors and vehicles are free before booking?Instructor and vehicle availability board
The availability board shows which active instructors and vehicles are available, already booked, or blocked for a selected lesson window.
Owners and permitted dashboard staff · All plans How do I control when students can book, cancel, or reschedule?Booking rules
Booking rules control minimum notice, maximum advance booking, cancellation cutoff, reschedule cutoff, permit requirements, waiver requirements, and self-service options.
Owners and permitted dashboard staff · All plans How do I set available times for instructors, vehicles, or locations?Availability
Availability tells the booking engine when a specific instructor, vehicle, location, or general lesson block can be used.
Owners and permitted dashboard staff · All plans How do I block holidays, time off, or vehicle maintenance?Special closures
Closures block dates and resources students should not be able to book.
Owners and permitted dashboard staff · All plans How do I remind students before lessons or document deadlines?Email reminders
Email reminders send practical messages for upcoming lessons, documents, waivers, balances, cancellations, and reschedules.
Owners and permitted dashboard staff · All plansPayments And Billing
Payments and billing
Student payments, Stripe Connect, subscription billing, exports, and refunds.
Student payments
Student payment records track package payments, deposits, balances, refunds, failed payments, and manual payment notes.
Owners and permitted dashboard staff · All plans How does the school accept online student payments?Stripe Connect
Stripe Connect lets a driving school accept payments from students and parents through the school connected account.
Owners and staff with Stripe Connect access · All plans; Stripe approval required How do I manage my Software for Driving School plan?Subscription billing
Subscription settings manage the school plan, trial countdown, user limits, location limits, Stripe checkout, and billing portal.
Owners and staff with billing access · All plans How do I export records or review changes?Exports and audit log
Exports provide CSV downloads for important records. Audit logs show sensitive dashboard actions.
Owners and permitted dashboard staff · All plansTeam And Support
Team, security, and support
Users, roles, passwords, support tickets, and safe account management.
Users
Users lets owners invite staff, assign roles, save staff photos, update roles, and deactivate access.
Owners and permitted dashboard staff · All plans Which staff role should I choose?Roles
Roles explain which dashboard sections each staff type can access and what is protected.
Owners and permitted dashboard staff · All plans How do I change my dashboard password?Password
Password settings let the current logged-in user update their own password.
Owners and permitted dashboard staff · All plans How do I ask for help from the platform?Support tickets
Support tickets are for help with billing, website, scheduling, payments, enrollment, media, account, bugs, or feature requests.
Owners and permitted dashboard staff · All plansFeature Guide
Feature guide
What Software for Driving School offers and where each feature lives.
Feature overview
Software for Driving School combines the public website, online enrollment, scheduling, student management, documents, payments, media, support, and local SEO setup in one workspace.
Owners and permitted dashboard staff · All plans What should I not assume the software does automatically?What is not automatic
This guide keeps expectations clear so schools configure their own policies, documents, and legal language correctly.
Owners and permitted dashboard staff · All plansAccount Access
Account access and security
Login, password recovery, account invitations, session safety, and access troubleshooting.
Lesson Records
Lesson progress and history
Complete lessons, record progress, control visibility, and review student lesson history.
Student Portal
Student and parent portal
Invite families, review visible records, and manage supported self-service paths.
Privacy and Data
Privacy, security, and retention
Shared responsibility for student records, exports, retention, and sensitive information.
Assistant
Driving School Assistant
Grounded product help and tenant-scoped operational guidance with human review.
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