Training
Booking software for Computer tutors
The "getting started with a tablet" session fills through the library and word of mouth, home visits count the travel, and the first lesson is always in person.
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The challenges facing computer tutors
Video only works if the learner can already click
Offering a first lesson remotely to someone discovering a tablet is losing the learner. The first appointment is in person; the rest need not be.
Travel is part of the price
An hour's lesson twelve miles away is not an hour's lesson. A fee by area gets settled once, at booking.
The group class has a very low capacity
Six people discovering a tablet is already a lot for one tutor. The capacity is about teaching, not about the room.
Sign-ups come through a third party
The library, the council, the community centre. Whoever signs up is not who comes, and the useful contact is sometimes a third person.
The reminder is not for someone who checks their email
With this group, a text or a call beats an inbox. The message has to be short and give the place.
How Kagenda helps
The problem
Video only works if the learner can already click
With Kagenda
Each service gets its own slots: some in the morning, others late in the day.
Hours per service
The problem
Travel is part of the price
With Kagenda
Charge for the journey automatically by distance, for appointments at the client.
Travel fees
The problem
The group class has a very low capacity
With Kagenda
Every session in one place, by day, week or month.
One central calendar
The problem
Sign-ups come through a third party
With Kagenda
Ask your questions at booking time: reason, history, expectations.
Custom fields
The problem
The reminder is not for someone who checks their email
With Kagenda
Texts and emails go out before every appointment, with nothing to remember.
Automatic reminders
The features that matter to you
24/7 online booking
Clients book from your page, even while you are with someone else or closed.
One central calendar
Every session in one place, by day, week or month.
Travel fees
Charge for the journey automatically by distance, for appointments at the client.
Custom fields
Ask your questions at booking time: reason, history, expectations.
Automatic reminders
Texts and emails go out before every appointment, with nothing to remember.
Client records
History, preferences and follow-up notes gathered on one record per client.
Hours per service
Each service gets its own slots: some in the morning, others late in the day.
Email notifications
Confirmed, moved or cancelled — both you and the client are told.
Practical guide: Computer tutors
- Three separate services: first lesson at home, follow-up at home, lesson by video. Only the third books without travel.
- Travel charges by area, shown before confirmation.
- Group capacity set low — five or six people. That is what makes them useful.
- A "who is booking, who is attending, number to call" field: with this group, the three are rarely the same person.
- A short SMS reminder the day before, with the place and the time. An inbox is not the right channel here.
- An "equipment used" field — tablet, phone, computer, operating system — so you arrive with the right examples.
Frequently asked questions
How much does home computer tuition cost in the UK?
Around £35 to £60 an hour at home, £25 to £45 by video, and £8 to £18 per person for a small group session. Set your own prices.
Is there any funding for digital skills teaching in the UK?
For individuals, no tax relief exists — there is nothing equivalent to a French crédit d'impôt for household services. Public money flows differently. Adults in England without essential digital skills are entitled to free courses at that level through the adult education budget, delivered by colleges and approved providers, and numeracy programmes fund related work; libraries, councils and charities run digital inclusion schemes with their own budgets and often commission tutors. Becoming an approved provider or subcontracting to a college changes the market you can reach. Note that teaching vulnerable adults in their own homes brings safeguarding expectations, and organisations commissioning you will ask for an enhanced DBS check with the adults' barred list.
Can I offer home and video at different prices?
Yes, as two separate services.
Can I charge travel by area?
Yes, shown before confirmation.
How do I cap the size of a group session?
With a capacity per session.
Can the reminder go by SMS rather than email?
Yes, with SMS credits. With this group it is the difference between read and not read.
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