Houseplay

Setting Up Your School

Houses, grades, students, records and your team.

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Tutorial

Complete the organisation setup wizard

Choose year levels, carnival and event types, houses, and placing points for your school.

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Set up houses and colours

Add, edit and delete school houses and choose their colours.

 Tutorial

Set up grades and year levels

Add, edit and delete grades or year levels using your school’s names.

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Set up carnival types

Add, edit and delete carnival types in your school settings.

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Create and edit event types

Create, edit and delete event types, choosing how competitors enter and how results are measured and ranked.

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Set up venues and lanes

Create, edit and delete venues, including their lanes and house assignments.

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Create divisions and allocate points by placing

Create, edit and delete divisions and set their placing points.

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Prepare a student file that will import cleanly

Check the columns, school values and student IDs in your register before importing students.

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Import students from CSV or Excel

Add or update students from a CSV or Excel file, choose whether to remove missing students, and check the import preview.

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Add or edit a student manually

Add a student to the school list and correct their details later.

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Delete students individually or in bulk

Remove students who have left, and recognise when an active carnival result prevents deletion.

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Import school records

Import historical school records from CSV or Excel and verify them in the school record list.

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Add and maintain school records manually

Add a school record by hand and correct its details later.

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Invite a team member and manage their role

Invite a colleague as a marshal and change an existing member’s organisation role.