Using Here Comes the Bus (HCTB) activity categories, you can group your activities into hierarchical categories that can help you manage them. For example, you might create an activity category named "Music Programs," in which you place subcategories of "Orchestra," "Band," and "Choir." In those child categories, you would place individual activities for music competitions or performances your students need to travel for (and thus your HCTB account holders want to track).


Note: For more details about Here Comes the Bus activities, see the articles in the folder HCTB Activities.


To create a new activity category, follow these steps:


  1. Click  >> Activity Categories.
     
    The HCTB Activity Categories screen will appear.
      
  2. Click  at the top right of the screen.
     
    The Add New Activity Category screen will appear.
         
  3. Type the name for the activity category in the Name box, such as Athletics.
      
  4. If the new category is a subcategory of a main category, select the check box to the left of the name of the parent in the Parent Category list.
     
    If it's a primary category itself, leave the default selection of None chosen.
     
  5. On the right side of the screen, in the Out of Category list, click the check boxes to the left of the activity names you want to assign to the category.
     
  6. Click .
     
    The activities you selected will appear in the In Category list.
    Note: If you need to remove activities you added, select their check boxes in the In Category list and click .
  7. Click  at the top right of the screen.
     
    A success message will appear at the top right, and you'll be returned to the Activity Categories screen, where your new category will be displayed in the list.
    Note: You can also add activities to the category when they are created or edited. See Adding a HCTB Activity or Editing a HCTB Activity for details.