Better Without It™ Program Guide

Working with Groups

In this guide: finding the right group, enrolling a student, creating sessions, taking attendance, and adding notes after a meeting.

Once a student is active, this guide shows you how to get them into a group and keep track of their meetings. Groups are where your programs actually run — at real locations and times — and everything you need lives under three simple tabs: Roster, Sessions, and Attendance.

Step 1 · Open the Groups area

Your student is active and ready, so it's time to get them into a group. Switch to the Groups area. In our example, the list shows the group BWI @North.

The Groups area, with the group BWI @North in the list — its program, location, schedule, and an Active status

Step 2 · Open the right group

Click into BWI @North. The header shows when and where it meets (for example, Monday 1pm) and its status. Everything you need is organized into three tabs: Roster, Sessions, and Attendance.

The BWI @North group header showing its Active status and schedule, with the Roster, Sessions, and Attendance tabs

Step 3 · Enroll the student on the Roster

On the Roster tab, click Enroll participant and add your student. They join the group right away, appearing in the list with a green Active status and a sessions progress bar (for example, 0 / 6).

The Roster tab with the blue Enroll participant button on the right

The Enroll participant window: search for the student, select their case, add an optional note, and click Enroll

The Roster now listing the enrolled student, Jane Doe, with a green Active status and the date they were enrolled

Step 4 · Create a session

Each meeting lives on the Sessions tab. Create one for every gathering, with a date and time, and you'll have a clean record of every session your group holds.

The Sessions tab with no sessions logged yet and the Add session button on the right

The Add session window: pick a scheduled date, then click Add session

The Sessions tab now showing the new session, Mon, Jun 22, 2026, with its attendance count

Step 5 · Take attendance

During the meeting, open the Attendance tab for that session and tick off who showed up. Every student's progress updates automatically (for example, a bar moving from 0 / 6 to 1 / 6), so you always know how far along they are.

The Attendance tab for the chosen session: mark each student Present, Absent, or Excused, then click Save

Back on the Roster, the student's sessions progress bar has moved up to 1 / 6 after attendance was saved

Step 6 · Add notes after the meeting

Once a meeting wraps up, return to the Sessions tab, open the finished session, and add a note. That way there's always a clear picture of how it went.

The Session notes window with a note typed in, and the Save notes button

The Sessions tab showing the session now has a note, with a green View link in the Notes column

→ Next: Graduation

Quick reference

Group tabs: Roster · Sessions · Attendance

What you do on each tab

Tab	What you do there
Roster	Enroll participants (add a student)
Sessions	Create a session (a meeting)
Attendance	Mark who attended each session

Participant status: Active (and later Completed, covered in Graduation).