Class cancelation etiquette question

If I have a class scheduled for tomorrow that no one has signed up for, what are best practices for cancelation?

The other class has one person in it, and I’m fine with coming for that one person (I need to make more spiders anyway)

I haven’t tried to teach anything since covid started, so I’ve not seen this issue come up :blush:

Also, is there an ready way to offer a class online from the space?

AFAIK nobody has objected to cancelling classes that were empty.

IIFW, I’d put a link to the not-cancelled class into the description of the class you plan to cancel and then I’d cancel the empty class.

EDIT: You cannot edit the description after you cancel it, that’s why I suggest adding the link before you cancel.

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Maybe explicitly add “canceled” to the class title, too?

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Can you reschedule to next week. I’m off all week and would love to make some spiders!

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If the class is cancelled in the system, it used to disappear from the calendar. Students registered did not get automatic notifications. I do not know if this has changed.

Mike’s idea is the best. Edit the title to let everyone know. iirc, the event creator can modify this. @Bill, right?

As for students registered, please let them know if the class did not make. Even for a free class, everyone’s time is valuable and must be respected.

This year the MakerSpace adminstration decided that if a minimum of x students are not present, they do not pay the teacher for their time and expertise. That’s fair. It is obviously fair that the same standard apply to the teacher’s commitment to the that session. Respect your time and expertise.

Reschedule, advertise more so more people hear about the event/class. It’s a great, fun class and you @Sarah_Hustwit teach it well. Lots of joy and laughter and insight.

I mean, really, who doesn’t want to make spiders and scorpions??

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