Booking your conference, step by step
From the school's email to the video meeting, in four steps.
On this page
1. Get into your account
Your school sends one of two emails:
- "Set up your SchoolConference account" — the school has already created your account. Click Set my password, choose a password, and you are in. The link lasts 7 days; after that, use Forgot password on the sign-in page with the same email.
- "You're invited to join …" — click Accept invitation and register with the email the invitation was sent to. If the link does not work, the email also contains a code you can type on the register page.
Cannot find either? Check spam for a message from SchoolConference, or ask the school office to resend it.
2. Wait for "conferences are open"
When the school opens booking you get an email, and the conference appears on your dashboard under Upcoming conferences. Times are first come, first served.
3. Book a time
Open the conference. There is a tab for each of your child's classes — each tab is one teacher. Pick a time, choose which child (if you have more than one in that class), tick another parent if they are coming too, and Confirm.
You get a confirmation email straight away. If you have more than one child, or a child with more than one teacher, book each one separately; the page greys out times that would clash with a meeting you already have.
4. Join on the day
Open My Bookings. From 15 minutes before your time a Join Meeting button appears; press it and allow your browser to use the camera and microphone. There is nothing to install and it works on a phone. Before then you will see "Your meeting starts in N minutes".
You also get a reminder email the day before (you can change when in Profile & Reminders).
Need to change it?
My Bookings lets you move a booking to another open time with the same teacher, or cancel it, right up until it starts. Both email you the change.