If you don't see this feature in your account just yet, stay tuned! It's coming soon! 🎉
With brightwheel's Sign-up feature, providers can send digital sign-up sheets to families in minutes—no more chasing down families or managing separate sign-ups outside of brightwheel.
Whether it’s parent-teacher conferences, program events, admission tours, sign-ups for classroom materials and snacks, or more, Sign-ups make coordinating simple and streamlined for both staff and families.
How Sign-ups work
Admins, Managers, and Staff with parent messaging permissions can create Sign-up forms with specific slots, then share it directly with parents via link sharing.
From their accounts, parents can sign-up, add notes, and cancel if needed. Providers have full control to manage these forms by closing, reopening, duplicating, or deleting them.
You can customize your sign-up form with different slot types to fit your specific event or activity.
Create a sign-up form
Log in on the web
Click Paperwork in the sidebar menu > Sign-ups
Tap + Create new, then input details and available slots
When finished, click Save. Turn on link sharing to copy the link to share with families.
Note: When creating Sign-ups, you'll have the option to make slots visible to staff for extra help with planning and scheduling. Staff & Lead Staff have permissions to create and edit only the Sign-up sheets they create.
Send sign-up forms to families
Once a sign-up form is created, you can share it with individual families via link sharing by copying the link and sending it out in messaging, newsletters, or elsewhere.
Log in on the web
Click Paperwork in the sidebar menu > Sign-ups tab
Next the Sign-up, select Actions > Share
How Sign-ups work for prospective & touring families
You can share a Sign-up form link with new families, such as for tours or open house events.
They'll be prompted to create an account and student profile, automatically generating a new student profile in your brightwheel account. This lets you manage them through the admissions pipeline, message, and monitor their progress.
View who signed up
Providers can see who signed up by clicking view on the specific sign-up form
Visit View & manage family slot sign-ups to learn more.
Types of Sign-ups
Item slotSign up for bringing items (e.g. supplies, snacks) | |
Time slotSign up for an event or activity happening on a specific date and time (e.g. party RSVPs, field trips) | |
Recurring slotSign up for events or activities that repeat regularly (e.g. open house/tour slots) | |
Time seriesSign up for events that have multiple times on a day (e.g. parent-teacher conferences) |
FAQs
What access do staff have?
What access do staff have?
While only Parents can use the Sign-up feature for program activities, staff can assist admins with creating and managing the Sign-ups.
Role | Create Sign-ups | Edit & manage their own | Edit & manage others’ |
Admins & Managers | Yes, has full access to all Sign-ups | Yes | Yes |
Lead Staff & Staff | Yes | Yes, if they created the Sign-up, they will have full access to edit and manage it. | No. They will only have view access if granted permission by the creator or Admin for a Sign-up. |
Staff without Parent Messaging | Does not have access to Sign-ups | N/A | N/A |
Can parents cancel their sign-ups?
Can parents cancel their sign-ups?
Yes, Admin can remove parents from slots and parents can cancel their sign-ups.
Will sign-ups link to calendar events?
Will sign-ups link to calendar events?
This feature does not yet link to calendar events; however our product team is actively exploring this feature option.
Can I request a payment with a sign-up?
Can I request a payment with a sign-up?
No, we recommend sending individual invoices as you normally would.
Can I print physical signup sheets?
Can I print physical signup sheets?
Not yet, however our team is exploring this as a potential addition to this feature.