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Documents
/dashboard/documentsDocuments is the studio's shared library — tournament packets, FAQs, forms, policies, and training videos in one place instead of scattered email attachments. Upload files or write documents right in Ida, organize everything into folders, control exactly who sees each item — or set access once on a folder and let everything inside inherit it — and Ida AI can read your documents so it can answer questions about them.


Uploading and sharing a document
- 1Choose 'Upload file' and select one or more files — files uploaded together share the same category and access.
- 2Pick a category: general, tournament, FAQ, form, video, or policy.
- 3Choose who can see it: Inherit to follow the folder's access rule, Custom audience — everyone in the studio, whole dance levels, specific families, or any mix — or Staff only to keep it private. A family that matches any part of the audience can see the document. At the top level the picker starts on Custom audience with Everyone selected; inside a folder it starts on Inherit.
- 4Save. The document appears in the library with an 'Ida AI readable' indicator showing whether the assistant can answer questions from it.
Tip. Sharing with a level reaches every family with an active student at that level — a family that joins the level later sees the document automatically, with no list to maintain.
Writing a document in Ida
Web dashboardNot everything starts as a file on your computer. 'New document' writes one right in Ida — a studio handbook, a policy, tournament notes — in a clean editor, and the result lives in the library like any upload: same categories, same folders, same audience choices, same search.
- 1Choose 'New document', give it a title, pick a category, and optionally add a short description.
- 2Choose who can see it — the same choices as an upload — and press 'Create & edit' to open the editor.
- 3Write. Type '/' for headings, lists, quotes, code, and checklists. Changes autosave as you type — a 'Saved' note by the Save button confirms it.
- 4When you're done, head back to Documents. Reopen the editor any time from the document's ⋯ menu → 'Edit document'.
Tip. Documents you write are read by Ida AI automatically, so the assistant can answer questions from them the moment you finish typing — no upload step in between.
Folders
Folders keep a growing library tidy. 'New folder' creates one right where you are standing (folders nest up to 5 levels deep), the breadcrumb above the table shows where you are, and uploading while inside a folder places the files there. Use a document's 'Move to folder' action to relocate it at any time.
Access can live on the folder instead of on every file. Give a folder its own rule — Staff only or a custom audience — and everything inside set to Inherit follows it, including subfolders; any single document or nested folder can still carry a rule of its own. A document that inherits with no folder rule above it stays staff-only, so nothing is shared by accident. The Access column shows each item's effective rule, marked 'Inherited' when it comes from a folder above.
- New folders inherit access from their parent until you change it — set the rule from the folder's ⋯ menu.
- Rename or delete a folder from the same menu; a folder must be empty before it can be deleted.
- Moving a document keeps its own access setting — though a document set to Inherit follows its new folder's rule.
Finding a document
The library shows how many documents and folders it holds, and a search box filters as you type — matching a document's title, file name, description, or category. Search looks across every folder at once, and each result shows the folder it lives in, so one file in a deep library is never more than a few keystrokes away.
On the iPhone app
iPhone appThe Documents screen (under More) carries the same library, folders included. Staff can create, rename, and delete folders, upload straight from the phone — a photo of a paper form, or a file from the Files app — and set access as they upload: inherit from the folder, staff only, or a custom audience of everyone, levels, and families. Levels and families are chosen from searchable lists — search, tap to select as many as you need, and the field keeps a running count, with a Clear link to start over. Each document shows its effective audience at a glance, the Sharing button changes it at any time, and Move places a document in a different folder. Files uploaded from the phone are read by Ida AI just like uploads from the web. Families browse the same folders they have access to, tap any shared document to view it, and recently viewed documents stay readable even without a connection. Documents written in the studio's editor open from the app like anything else — tap one and it appears as a formatted page, easy to read — though writing and editing them stays on the web dashboard.