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Glossary

The language of running a children’s activity business

33 plain-English definitions of the terms you’ll meet when you run classes, courses and camps in Zooza — from how a programme is structured to how make-ups, trials and payments work.

Programme structure

Programme
The top-level container that defines an activity type. It holds the pricing, payment settings, booking-form configuration, and scheduling rules. One Programme can contain multiple Classes.
Class
A scheduled group within a Programme, usually differentiated by day and time, level, or location. A Class inherits all of its Programme’s settings automatically and contains multiple Sessions.
Session
A single scheduled meeting within a Class, with a specific date and time. Attendance is recorded at the Session level. (Commonly called a “lesson” or “class date”.)
Block
A separately purchasable segment of Sessions within a single Class — used when not all clients attend every session (for example Mondays-only vs. Tuesdays-only vs. both). Each Block has its own price and clients buy only the Block(s) they need.
Venue
A physical location where Sessions take place. A Venue is assigned at Class level.

Programme types

Pay-as-you-go
A flexible programme type where clients book and pay for individual Sessions rather than committing to a full term. Often used for drop-in classes.
Membership
An ongoing programme with a recurring fixed charge and no fixed end date. Clients are billed on a regular cycle — monthly, quarterly, and so on.
One-off Event
A single Session on a specific date with no repeating schedule. Used for workshops, lectures, consultations, or special events.
1-to-1 (private) class
A class with a single attendee — an individual or private lesson.

Bookings & enrolment

Booking
A client’s formal commitment to attend a Class. It creates a payment obligation tied to one specific Class.
Enrolment
The client-facing word for a Booking — the same record, named “enrolment” in the client portal and booking widget.
Trial
A feature that lets prospective clients try selected Classes before committing to full enrolment. It automates the journey — trial booking → attendance → automated follow-up → enrolment — and tracks each trial from started to won (converted) or lost. Each trial has its own price (which can be zero) and its own registration form.
Transfer
Moving a booking from one Class or Programme to another. The original booking ends and a new one is created in the target Class.
Copy
Duplicating a booking into another Class or Programme while the original stays unchanged. Payment schedules do not carry over to the copy.
Cancellation
Marking a registration as inactive. The record stays in the system and can be reactivated later — different from deleting it.

People

Client
The person who holds the account, pays, and manages bookings — identified by their email address. A client may book on behalf of family members (the attendees).
Attendee
The person who physically attends Sessions. This may differ from the client — for example, a parent (client) books for their child (attendee). For adult learners the client and attendee are the same person.
Instructor
The person who leads Sessions — the coach, teacher, or tutor.

Attendance & make-ups

Make-up session
A replacement Session a client can attend after cancelling a scheduled Session in advance (before the cancellation deadline). The make-up credit is generated automatically on cancellation, and the client picks an available slot in any compatible class that has space.
Free credits
An allowance granted to a specific booking that lets the client attend extra Sessions without paying. Different from make-up credits, which are generated automatically by a cancellation.
Billable session
A Session that counts toward the total used to calculate a Class’s price. Marking a Session as non-billable — for example a public holiday — excludes it from the price formula.

Payments & billing

Payment plan
The configuration that defines when and how often a client is billed for a booking — one-time, monthly, quarterly, per-block, and so on.
Term payment
A payment covering a specific term or billing period, as opposed to a single Session or a full-programme upfront payment.
Down payment
An upfront partial payment collected at the time of booking as a commitment fee, with the balance charged later according to the payment plan. It can be a fixed amount or a percentage — commonly used for camps, retreats, and multi-day events.
Aliquot (pro-rata)
A pro-rata pricing method for clients who join after a class or programme has already started. The first payment is calculated automatically from the number of remaining Sessions (or days) in the billing period rather than the full-period price.
Entry pass
A prepaid bundle that grants access to a set number of Sessions (visit-based) or a credit amount (money-based). Used mainly with pay-as-you-go programmes.
Credit
A positive balance on a client’s booking that arises when they have paid more than they owe (an overpayment). It can be applied to future invoices or refunded.
Loyalty program
A set of three automatic discount and reward mechanisms: a sibling discount (for families with two or more children enrolled), a returning-client discount (for clients who re-enrol), and a referral reward (for referring new clients). Each can be turned on independently.
Inbound payment
A bank transfer received from a client that the system automatically attempts to match to the right booking — detected via bank-account data, bank email notifications, or CSV import.
Reference number
A unique identifier included with a bank-transfer payment so the system can automatically match the incoming money to the correct client booking.

Platform

Booking widget
An embeddable booking interface placed on the activity provider’s own website. The widget is the client-facing surface, so everything it shows uses client-facing terminology.
Client profile (parent portal)
The self-service dashboard where clients manage their bookings, payments, and family members — accessed via an email link, with no password required.
Feedback
Structured feedback collected from clients after Sessions or at the end of a programme, available in reports.

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