# Getting started

> From a new account to a site students can book.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Create your account">
    Sign up at [aula.sferarc.com](https://aula.sferarc.com) with your name, email and a password.
  </Step>
  <Step title="Set up your teaching site">
    Choose a **site name** and an **address**: 3 to 63 lowercase letters, numbers or hyphens. The address becomes `address.aula.sferarc.com`. Pick a plan; Free is enough to start.
  </Step>
  <Step title="Write your profile">
    In **Profile**, add a headline, a few lines about how you teach and a photo. Students book people they can picture.
  </Step>
  <Step title="Add a lesson type">
    In **Lesson types**, describe what students can book and what it costs. You can also offer a trial lesson, free or discounted, once per student.
  </Step>
  <Step title="Set your hours">
    In **Availability**, enter the hours you teach in a normal week, in your time zone, and your booking rules. Students see the times in their own time zone.
  </Step>
  <Step title="Make the site yours">
    In **Site**, set the tagline, accent colour, logo, default language, time zone and currency.
  </Step>
  <Step title="Share your site">
    Use **View site** to open it, then send the address to your students. They create an account on your site and book from your profile.
  </Step>
</Steps>

The **Overview** page tracks these steps under "Get your site ready" until they are done.

## Running a school [#running-a-school]

A school is a site with several teachers. In **Teachers**, invite a teacher by email. Each invitation holds a seat until it is accepted or revoked, and each teacher creates their own profile, hours and lesson types. Owners and admins manage the site settings and billing.

## After the first booking [#after-the-first-booking]

Lessons, the calendar, students, homework, messages and reviews each have a page in the dashboard. Students follow the same lessons, homework, vocabulary, credits and messages from their area on your site.

## Next steps [#next-steps]

The [teacher guide](/docs/teacher) has a page for every dashboard section, and the [student guide](/docs/students) is what to send students who ask how booking works. Each dashboard page has a **Help** link in the sidebar that opens the matching guide page.