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Multi-Session Events

Build instructor-led training events that comprise multiple sessions

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Written by Michael Hughes
Updated over a week ago

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About This Feature

Multi-session events benefit guests and trainers alike. When events include several offerings of the same session, guests can choose the session that best suits their schedules.

Trainers, meanwhile, can use multi-session events to sequence related sessions. Guests need only submit one form to register for all sessions in a program. This is especially useful when guests are expected to attend all sessions of an event––during new employee onboarding, for example.


Create a Multi-Session Event

On the Events page, select New Event.

In the event builder, enter the details of your first session, and then select Add Session at the bottom of the form. Doing so loads a new event form under the one you just filled out. You can add up to ten sessions of a single training event.

To remove a session, select Delete Session.

Continue entering session details, and then choose how you want guests to RSVP:

  • By selecting one session to attend (recommended for events with multiple time slots).

  • By confirming attendance for all sections (recommended for related, multi-part events).

When you're done creating sessions, select Create Event. This loads your new event's overview page where you can edit settings and invite guests.


Add Sessions to a Single-Session Event

If you've already created a training event but want to add sessions to it, visit the event's overview page, and then select Add Session in the details pane.

In the dialog that appears, enter the details of the associated session, and then select the user's RSVP behavior, as described above.


Manage Multi-Session Events

In addition to the usual event settings, the overview page of a multi-session event has two tabs, sessions and guests. The sessions tab shows all sessions associated with a particular event. Select a session to view its overview page.

The guests tab shows all guests invited to an event, regardless of the sessions they chose. When multi-session events allow guests to select the session they want to attend, the table displays their choices.

When guests are expected to attend all sessions of a multi-session event, the table only shows guest names and RSVPs.


Use the Session Overview Page

Events have overview pages; so do the sessions they contain. Select a session from the event overview page to see its own overview page. Here, you can:

  • Edit session details such as name, location, and schedule information.

  • Add follow-up content. Because content is associated at the session level, you can customize each session with its own post-event content.

  • Manage RSVPs and attendance information.


Invite Guests to Multi-Session Events

To invite guests, select Invite from the upper right corner of the event overview page.

Add the people or groups you want to invite, write a custom message if you wish, and then select Invite.

Alternatively, you can copy a registration link from the overview page. Share this link via email or chat message, or post it anywhere you want guests to see it.

📝 Note: You can't invite guests to specific sessions of an event.


Guest Experience

Guests receive invitation emails after being invited to an event; these emails contain an RSVP link. When invitees select the link, they're taken to a page in Seismic Learning on which they can accept or decline the invitation. Here's an RSVP page from which guests can select the session they want to attend.

And here's what the same page looks like when guests are expected to attend all sessions.

After selecting I will attend or I will not attend, the guest’s RSVP status is updated on the event roster and the session overview pages.

After guests accept an invitation, they receive confirmation emails that contain ICS files. By importing these files to Outlook or Google Calendar, guests can automatically add event information to their calendars.


Multi-session event cards: When events have multiple sessions and/or instructors, such information is reflected on the event cards of a guest's My Training Events page.


Frequently Asked Questions

Q. How many sessions can I add to an event?

A. You can add up to 10 sessions.

Q. Can I add different kinds of follow-up content to individual sessions?

A. Yes. Content is associated at the session level, so you can customize each session with its own post-event content.

Q. When multi-session events permit guests to choose their own session, can they elect to attend multiple sessions?

A. No, guests can only attend a single session.

Q. Is the Zoom integration compatible with multi-session events?

A. Yes. Each session has its own Zoom link, however.


Questions? Contact the Support team at support@lessonly.com

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