Renaming "Students" and "Classes" to your discipline's words

Adminished was built for sports clubs but coaches in every kind of group hate seeing the wrong noun on every screen. A karate sensei doesn't run "Classes" with "Students" — they run "Dojos" with "Karateka". A Scout leader runs "Patrols" with "Young people". A piano tutor runs "Lessons" with "Pupils". Club terminology lets you swap every coach-facing label to match the language your club actually uses.

What it does

Every coach surface — the top nav, the dashboard, the students list, the classes list — re-labels the words "Student" and "Class" (and a few related terms) with the nouns native to your discipline. A karate club sees "Students" and "Sensei" instead of "Students" and "Coach". A Scout group sees "Young people" and "Leader". A music tutor sees "Pupils" and "Lessons". Same database, same features, just labels that don't make you wince every time you log in.

Where the defaults come from

The discipline-default labels are set when you sign up. The signup form asks what kind of club you're running — Martial arts, Scouts & Guides, Dance, Music tuition, or General — and pre-fills the terminology based on that choice. If you picked the right type at signup you should already be seeing sensible labels everywhere; if you didn't, you can override every term yourself.

How to edit your terms

Go to Settings in the main nav.
Open the Terminology card → click Edit terms.
You'll see eight text inputs, one per term:
- Member (singular) — e.g. Student, Pupil, Young person, Karateka.
- Members (plural) — e.g. Students, Pupils, Young people, Karateka.
- Group (singular) — e.g. Class, Lesson, Patrol, Dojo.
- Groups (plural) — e.g. Classes, Lessons, Patrols, Dojos.
- Attendance / register — e.g. Attendance, Register, Roll call.
- What you call yourself — e.g. Coach, Sensei, Leader, Teacher, Tutor.
- Junior age-group label — e.g. Juniors, Minis, Cubs.
- Senior age-group label — e.g. Seniors, Adults, Scouts.
Click Save terminology. The new labels take effect immediately across every swept surface.

Reset to default

Every field has a per-field Reset to default link next to it. Clicking it puts the discipline-default value back into that single input without touching the others — so you can experiment with one term, then revert just that one if it doesn't feel right. The reset only puts the default value back in the field; you still need to click Save terminology at the bottom to persist the change.

Live preview

Below the form is a Live preview panel that updates as you type. It shows phrases like "Active Karateka", "Dojos today", "Take Register", and "Coach is called: Sensei" so you can see how a label will read in context before you commit. No saving needed to preview — just type and watch the preview update.

Scope: what your edits affect

Your terminology edits only affect your club's coach pages. A parent at a different club logs in and sees that club's labels, not yours. Coaches you invite to your team see your club's labels because they're working inside your club.

The student- and parent-facing portal currently still uses some generic words ("Students", "Classes") on a handful of pages — those will inherit your labels over the next round of sweeps.

Currently swept surfaces

As of this release, the surfaces that respect your terminology are:

The top navigation bar (the Students and Classes links).
The coach dashboard stat tiles (active members, groups today, etc.).
The Students list page heading and empty-state copy.
The Classes list page heading and empty-state copy.

What still uses generic wording

A round-2 sweep is on the roadmap to cover every other surface. Until then, the following still say "Student" and "Class" regardless of your terminology settings:

Outgoing emails (welcome, payment receipts, reminders, broadcasts).
The parent dashboard and parent portal pages.
Settings sub-pages and admin-only screens.
The Attendance, Payments, Messages, Events and Polls modules.
Help articles themselves (including this one — yes, we know).

If a specific page you rely on hasn't been swept and the generic wording is friction for your members, let us know and we'll prioritise it.

Team roles
The four staff roles in Adminished (Owner, Admin, Coach, Assistant), what each can do, and how to invite, promote or remove team members.
Public club page
How to set up your free public profile page at adminished.com/clubs/your-slug — showing your classes, events and a join button.
Club account setup
The end-to-end onboarding checklist: verify email, name your club, add a class, connect Stripe, invite parents, configure email + audit settings, test the loop.

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