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Track a school resource

A screen recording of Pearspark doing exactly this in a sample school, and the same 7 steps written out below in the labels you'll see on screen.
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How to track a school resource

  1. 1Click Resources under Library & resources in the sidebar
  2. 2Click Add resource
  3. 3Enter a Name, pick a Category (equipment, room, digital or material) and a Location
  4. 4Under How is this tracked?, choose Individual items with barcodes (or Counted stock for consumables) and set Number of items to create
  5. 5Click Add resource to save — each item gets its own barcode
  6. 6Open the resource and click Print labels on the Items card to print barcode labels for just its items (the Print labels button on the Resources page prints every item in the school)
  7. 7Staff can now book it: in Reserve, open the Resources tab, search for it, click Reserve, then Reserve again to confirm

Part of Library, resources & reservations

Barcode labels you print yourself, a scan station for checkout, holds families place from home, shared equipment reserved with dates instead of arguments — and the textbooks, shelf counts, and supply cupboard that come with all of it.

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