The Dining Calendar makes it easy to create and manage menus that display across Digital Signage and community apps. Promote your dining experience with clear, engaging meal schedules that boost visibility and encourage participation. Quickly set meal times, add menu items, print daily menus, and showcase your culinary offerings with ease.
Setting Up the Dining Calendar
On your TSOLife dashboard, head to the Engagement option at the top and click on Dining Calendar in the drop-down. Click on the blue Dining Settings button on the left-hand side of your screen:
You can now set up your dining rooms and dining schedule. Click on the blue + Add Dining Calendar button in the top right corner of your screen:
- Enter the name of the dining room in the Location Name box.
- In the schedule section, enter the name of each meal in the Meal Name box. By default, they will be called Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner, but you can edit these names as needed.
- The check box under Enable Meal will be checked by default, but if you wish to hide a meal time, uncheck the box and the meal time will be removed from your dining calendar.
- Enter the start and end times for each meal.
- To collect ratings for a meal time, make sure the Enable Ratings checkbox remains checked if your community is using the Dining Kiosk in the Survey Platform.
If your community has multiple dining rooms, you can color-code them for easy viewing. In the bottom left corner of the Dining Calendar, go to the Location Color section and select a unique color for each dining room.
Click on the black bar to choose a color from the color slider or enter the hex code of the color you would like in the Quick Hex Code box.
Select the care types that the dining room applies to by clicking on the Care Type(s) box and selecting from the drop-down menu:
If your community uses the Dining Kiosk, you can allow extra time for residents to submit meal ratings. In the Post Meal Kiosk Buffer drop-down, select the desired extra time after the meal period. By default, this is set to 0 minutes.
If your community is not currently utilizing the Dining Kiosk under the Survey Platform, you can skip this section.
Press the green Save Changes button in the bottom right corner to save the dining room. To add additional dining locations, press + Add Dining Location in the top right corner and repeat the above steps.
To remove a dining location, press the red Remove Location button in the lower right corner.
Adding Meals
Head to the Dining Calendar (Engagement Drop down → Dining Calendar) and click on any meal time to add the menu.
A pop-up will appear allowing you to add the menu items for that meal in the Meal Items text box.
Tip: Enter each menu item on a separate line for the best results when using the Dining Calendar on Digital Signage.
Press the green Save Changes button to save the menu.
Once menu items have been added to a meal time, the meal time on the calendar will change from grey to the color you chose when setting up the dining room.
If you have multiple dining rooms, using colors to distinguish them can help you easily identify each dining room on your calendar.
Using The Dining Calendar
View the Dining Calendar in a day, week, or month view by clicking on the view you prefer above the calendar. Easily toggle between each view.
Click Today to easily navigate to the current date.
Filter the Dining Calendar using the filters on the left-hand side. Filter by care level, dining room, and/or meal
To clear the filters you have set, click Clear Filters.
To print the meal schedule, press the green Print Meal Schedule button in the top left corner.
Note: This option is only available in the daily view of the Dining Calendar.
Select the desired dining room in the pop-up and then click Print to download the menu.
A PDF file of the menu items for the day will download to your computer.
Jump to another article to learn more about the Dining Calendar:
Dining Calendar Overview
Dining Kiosk Overview
Staff App- Dining