Parents can use this guide to learn how to book their Appointments for Parents Evening. This includes Booking Manually or using the Quick Book option with the Parent Portal on a desktop view or from the Parent Portal App.
Containing:
- Booking Appointments Manually
- Using the Quick Book Option
- Booking Appointments Manually with the MCAS Parent App
- Using the Quick Book Option with the MCAS Parent App
- Online Parent Meetings
See also How to use the MCAS Parent Portal – Bromcom
Login to the MCAS Parent Portal desktop view from http://www.mychildatschool.com then from the left Menu select the Parents Evening option.
This will open the Parents Evening page displaying available Appointments that can be booked in the red blocks.
Booking Appointments Manually
The available Appointments are displayed in red Blocks, click on a Red Block to Book your Appointment. Then from the available listed Times click on the word Book to the right.
The Booked Block will then be removed from the Appointments list and displayed below as Booked. To remove the Booking click on the X to the right. The Appointment will then display at the top again ready to be Booked again.
If the Time you wanted has already been Booked by yourself or another Parent, it will display as Not Available and cannot be Booked.
When all of the Appointments have been Booked there will be no red Blocks displayed and the Bookings will be listed.
Clicking on the Print icon will allow you to Print all of the Booked Appointments.
Using the Quick Book Option
Clicking the Quick Book button allows Appointments to be Automatically Booked. When selected enter the Time you would like for your first Appointment then click the Find Bookings button. All of your Appointments will then be selected, to deselect a time untick the box, when finished click the Book Bookings button to save the Appointments, which will then be displayed.
To remove the Booking click on the X to the right. The Appointment will then display at the top ready to be Booked again using the Manual or Auto-Booking options.
Booking Appointments Manually with the MCAS Parent App
Select Parents Evening from the menu.
Select the Parents Evening you would like to book sessions for from the list.
This will display a list of all the teachers you are able to book sessions with. Click Book next to the name of the Teacher you would like to book an Appointment for.
This will load a list of available times. Click on the slot you would like to book (a tick will appear on the right hand side to confirm your selection) once you’re happy, click Done.
Your selected time will then appear in green next to the Teacher.
Using the Quick Book Option with the MCAS Parent App
Select Parents Evening from the menu.
Select the Parents Evening you would like to book sessions for from the list.
This will display a list of all the teachers you are able to book sessions with. Click Book All Now at the bottom of the screen.
This will open a time picker, select the time that you will be arriving for the parents evening and click Done.
This will then automatically allocate Appointments to you based on the booking rules set up by the School. If there are any Appointments that you are unhappy with and would like to manually review, untick them using the tick boxes to the left. Once only those Appointments that you are happy with are selected click Confirm & Book.
The appointments will then display in green to indicate they are confirmed. Any Appointments that you unticked will be available to book manually.
Online Parent Meetings
If Google or Office365 integration is active, the option to hold Online Parents Evening Meetings has been added. When active Meeting Invites will be sent out by the School.