Admin Dashboard

1. Review the booking (subject, grade, address for in-person, lesson date & time when provided).
2. Returning students are auto-verified with their previous tutor when you open this page (unless they asked for someone else). The dropdown shows ↩ previous for them.
3. New students (first booking): the dropdown defaults to ⚖ suggested — the tutor with the fewest active bookings, so new work is shared evenly until counts match.
4. Verify assigns the tutor and confirms the booking details. The system stores the tutor’s lesson time so the same tutor cannot be verified again for another booking that overlaps that time — this prevents double booking. If you try, you’ll get an error to choose another tutor or ask the student to change the slot. Students can pay anytime after booking; verification is separate.
5. Tutor calendar blocks (red slots they set themselves) are a separate hint: they mark “I’m not free then.” Booked lessons are enforced at verification time as above.
6. Manual / offline payment (WhatsApp bookings, EFT, or Yoco paid outside the normal link): use Record payment for … on that row — it names the learner the booking is for. Upload proof (image or PDF) and/or paste the Yoco link and payment details, then save. The booking is marked paid for tutors and dashboards.
7. Emails — expand Communications on each booking card to see what was sent (awaiting payment, payment confirmed, etc.) and open full history in Communications.

After verification, students with a Google login pay from their dashboard; for learners you booked manually, use Record payment for … when you have proof.