Algo Staff Walkthrough

Staff Instructions:

• Login to the schools Algo page with link and password provided by technician

• You will probably get this scary screen:

• Open

  

• It is okay if you do, just select Advanced at the bottom and then proceed

• User Dropdown select: OFFICE

Scheduler Tab:

• You can program single and recurring events from here

• Schedular → Schedules tab shows all current schedules for the school Algo. You can make any changes you wish here and nothing is implemented unless you click SAVE at the bottom (No Autosave).

• All schools have default Normal Day and Early Mon schedules.

• For a new schedule click Create Schedule and then click Add Event. You can also change the color of the schedule.

• Description: can be whatever you want. Ex, Start B1

• Time: set event time 24 hour format

• Audio: these are preset bell chimes that can be experimented with

• Page Zone: unless specifically needing the event to chime somewhere set to ALL CALL

Calendar:

• Open calendar (upper left of page).

• Choose the desired schedule in the drop down to the upper right of the page usually normal.

• Choose single for single day addition or recurring for schedule spanning multiple days.

• Go to the bottom of the page and your day cycle, usually weekly and select Mon to Fri checkboxes to ring those days. Make sure every one weeks to the right of it is selected as well.

• Make sure end date is set in the future on the correct date usually last school date ex: Jun 25 for 2025 year.

• When all previous steps are done then left click in the whitespace in the calendar itself preferably on the start date of when you want the schedule to start running and you should see the days auto populate with the selected schedule name.

• MAKE SURE TO CLICK SAVE AT THE BOTTOM IF YOU ARE SATISFIED.

Implementing created schedules:

• If you want to program schedules or single or recurring events for certain days. Create the schedule like mentioned above then go to the calendar tab and choose it from the –Select & click date to set— drop down menu (upper right of screen). Then click around the calendar for plotting single day items

• For recurring events just choose the desired schedule and click Recurring beside the drop down then add in the recurrence schedule that opens at the very bottom of the page. When the schedule is filled out properly click the calendar above and you should see your changes populate.

Status tab:

• Shows the next scheduled event. Good for knowing when the next bell is to ring

To stop bells from ringing on a certain day:

• Go to the Calendar tab under the schedular tab

• At the top right under –Select & click date to set— choose the None Clear option from the drop down

• When that is selected go to the calendar and left click on the date(s) you need the bell’s not to ring

• Then click SAVE at the bottom when you are sure the changes are correct.

To test the different default audio tones:

• Go to this website and download the pack from Algo.