The Canteen module allows you to have students, staff and parents placing Canteen orders online via their Compass portal and via the Compass App. It also allows you to have a cashless canteen POS with students/staff using their Compass ID cards to pay for purchases. Parents are able to top up their child's card via an option in the parent portal. For schools with a Kiosk (not the KioskLite), student/staff ID card top-ups can be done on the Kiosk.
You can have a range of menus, customise your ordering timelines and categorise items available.
For information on managing Canteen menus please refer to the 'Canteen Administration' article from our Knowledge Base.
For information on how Parents and Students use this feature, please see the article 'Student Canteen Orders'.
There are three possible staff permissions for the Canteen module:
CanteenUser - this gives staff access to the Canteen page under the Community menu. From this page staff are able to place their orders. It will also give staff access to place orders via the App.
CanteenPower - this gives staff access to Canteen Management under the Organisation menu. Here they can create/edit and manage the available menus for the Canteen.
CanteenAdmin - this gives staff the same access to Canteen Management as the CanteenPower permission however it provides the additional ability to place orders on behalf of others from the Canteen Management page.
To order via your Compass portal, go to the Community menu and click 'Canteen'
You will be taken to the dashboard.
Click 'Get started' or 'Place Order'
Select yourself and click 'Next'.
Select the date and then if more than one menu is available for that date, select the menu you want to order from. Click 'Next'.
Click 'Add Item' to add items to your order.
You can see a summary of your total as you add items. You can also adjust the quantities of added items, removing them with the associate '-'
You can use the search function to locate an item. When you have finished adding items to your order, click 'Proceed to Review Order'.
When reviewing you can click the '-' to remove an item. You can also type in some specific information in the 'Special Instructions' field if you need.
When you have finished reviewing your order, click 'Add Order'.
This will update your cart and take you back to the start of the ordering screen from where you can proceed to create another order for another day (or from another menu) before proceeding to pay for all orders you are placing.
When you have finished creating orders, click the 'Confirm and Pay' option to proceed.
This will open the payment screen. If you have an available Compass Balance (your staff ID card has been topped up with an amount), you will see the total available. You can click the little arrow to select to pay via credit card instead of your Compass balance. If selecting credit card, you will be prompted to enter your card details.
When you have chosen your preferred payment option (Compass Balance or Credit Card), click 'Process Payment' to proceed.
On the Canteen page you can click to the 'My Orders' tab to view your upcoming or past orders.
To cancel an order, locate the order on your Upcoming tab and click the cancel option.
To place an order via the Compass School Manager App, open the App on your device and click More menu (three stripes icon) option.
Staff can top up their Compass Balance either via their Compass Portal or via the Kiosk if you have one at your school. If your school does not have a Compass Kiosk and you would like further information on their functionality, please contact our Support Team via support@compass.edu.au.
To top up your Compass Balance via the portal, login to Compass and click the cog menu item, choose 'My Payments'.
This is the Wallet page and you will see your current Compass Balance and options to create automatic top-ups or to complete a once off top up.
Choosing the Auto Top-up will allow you to set the amount you want the top up to be and what amount your Compass Balance needs to be when the top-up is triggered. You can add a credit card (or more than one) and then choose the credit card the top-ups will be charged to.
If you want to do a once-off top up, click the option, choose the credit card the top up will be charged to and select your amount.
To top up your Compass Balance via the Kiosk, swipe your staff Compass ID card at the Kiosk and select the 'Compass Credit' option and follow the prompts on the Kiosk screen to top up your balance either via credit card or cash.