Cover Ninja
Cover Ninja
Instructor guide

Prioritising an instructor for cover

Prioritise the instructors you’d like to cover for you: choose your date and class, then pick your preferred instructors before posting.

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1Step 1

Choose the date

Whenever you need cover for a class, simply hit ‘Get Cover’ in the middle of the bottom tool bar.

Your venue has already programmed your classes into the app. Choose the date you need cover for and your classes for that day will appear.

Get Cover calendar showing the dates you can choose
2Step 2

Select your class

Select the class you need covered, then tap ‘Next’.

The next screen shows your class details, including the time, date, location, timetabled instructor and pay rate. This information has been pre-loaded by your venue.

Get Cover class list with a selected class and the Next button
3Step 3

Prioritise your instructors

Your venue has set its preferences for who receives cover requests. You can also prioritise instructors you’d like to cover for you.

Edit the receiving group

On your class details screen, tap the edit button beside ‘Receiving Group’.

Get Cover request details showing the Receiving Group edit button

Open your instructor list

Tap ‘Prioritise Individual Instructors’ to see the instructors your venue has approved.

Edit Receiving Groups screen with Prioritise Individual Instructors and Venue Preferences

If someone has covered for you before but isn’t appearing, contact your venue to make sure that instructor has been linked to the venue.

Choose your preferred instructors

Choose one or multiple instructors, then tap ‘Confirm’. Their names will appear in the receiving group ahead of the venue preferences.

Select Users screen with an instructor selected and the Confirm button

The first person to respond out of your prioritised instructors will be chosen. If none of them are available or eligible to cover, the app will choose someone from the venue’s pre-set preferences.

Review and post your request

Get Cover request showing a prioritised instructor above Venue Preferences and the Post Cover button

Check your class details, notes and receiving group, then tap ‘Post Cover’. Your request will go out to eligible instructors.

Return to ‘Posting a cover request’ for how to keep track of your cover.