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How to Register and Get Started with Divide the Ride
- Browse to www.dividetheride.com
- Click Start A Carpool at the top left of the screen. This will open the registration page.
- Please complete the form on this page keeping in mind the following items:
- The username must be one word (no spaces) and must not contain any symbol characters (e.g. @ # $ % ^ &, etc.)
- The password should be a minimum of 8 characters in length.
- Make sure to enter a valid email address.
(Example tiff3@hotmail.com)
- The security question and answer are there in case you forget your password. Make sure this is something you’ll remember.
- By adding Divide the Ride to your “Safe Sender’s List” you can ensure you’ll receive our emails.
- In order to access the site you’ll need to agree to the Terms & Conditions by clicking the check box.
- Once the form is completed, click the next button to proceed to Step 2 of 2.
- Please complete the form on this page keeping in mind the following items:
- Your cell phone number and carrier are used for the text alerts system. If you do not use text messaging and would rather not receive these, feel free to put in a home number or another alternate number that will not receive texts.
- We use the children’s name to identify who’s riding in the carpool to the other parents.
- Once the form is completed, click the Finish button and you’ll be all set to start your first carpool!
How to Create a Carpool with Divide the Ride
Once you’ve registered with Divide the Ride, you will be directed to the Create a Carpool page.
- Please complete the form on this page keeping in mind the following items:
- Create a name that everyone in your carpool will easily recognize and type it in the Name of your child’s carpool field.
- Checking off the children’s name will identify who’s riding in the carpool to the other parents.
- The Optional Information field can be completed to give the other families some additional information.
- Click the NEXT button which will open the calendar section.
- The current month’s calendar is displayed. To add the first event to your carpool, click on the words Add Event on the respective day.
- You’ll have two options for adding events:
- To Create a One-Time Event:
- Enter the general type of event (school, practice, game, team meeting, dance, etc.) in Event Type.
- Use the pull-down arrows and enter the Drop-Off Time and Pick-Up Time for the event.
- You can also enter optional information such as the event’s address or special instructions.
- To create an event that should not have drivers assigned click the check box next to “Do not assign drivers for this specific event”.
- Once the form is completed, click the Create Event button to return to the calendar.
- To Create a Recurring Event:
- If the event you are creating will occur on a regular basis
 (e.g. every week or every month on the same day and time) click on
(Please note: If the recurring event will occur on different days of the week or at different times, you should add them as one-time events as you did in step 4a above.)
- Enter the general type of event (school, practice, game, team meeting, dance, etc.) in Event Type.
- Enter the Start Date and End Date for the event by click on the calendar icon to the right and clicking the appropriate days.
- Use the pull-down arrows and enter the Drop-Off Time and Pick-Up Time for the event.
- Select the Interval for the recurrence of the event using the dropdown.
Daily: |
Choose everyday or every 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 days. |
Weekly: |
Choose every week or every 2, 3 or 4 weeks as well as the specific days of the week Monday-Sunday (click on as many days as needed) |
Monthly: |
Choose every month or every 2-12 months as well as the specific day of the month (e.g. day 3 of every month). |
- You can also enter optional information such as the event’s address or special instructions.
- To create an event that should not have drivers assigned click the check box next to “Do not assign drivers for this specific event”.
- Once the form is completed, click the Create Event button to return to the calendar.
- When you have finished creating all your events, Click the Next button.
- You are now on the calendar page where you can input your availability. Click the checkboxes next to the days and times that you are available to drive. Divide the Ride will use everyone’s availability to share the driving assignments equally. Scroll through the months using the
 icon. When you are finished click the Next button at the bottom right.
- You will now be able to Invite Other Families to your carpool. Enter the names and email addresses of the people you would like to participate in the carpool. When you are finished, click Send Invitations at the bottom right.
Congratulations, you are on your way to having your first carpool with Divide the Ride!
At this point, email invitations are being sent to the friends and families your selected. They will be directed to register with Divide the Ride in order to take part in your carpool. Once all invitees have signed on and input their driving availability in your carpool calendar (you will be alerted to this via emails that Divide the Ride will send you), you will simply log in to Divide the Ride (www.dividetheride.com) using your user name and password. Once logged in, you will find your current carpools listed in the center of the screen. You simply have to click on the words “Divide the Ride” (listed last) under the appropriate event and the site will create driver assignments on the calendar based on everyone’s availability and send out the appropriate alerts and notifications.
To join a carpool upon receiving an email invitation from Divide the Ride
- Open the email from Divide the Ride and click on the words “Click here” in the sentence “Click here to join the carpool and choose when you're available to drive”. This will take you to the Divide the Ride homepage. (www.dividetheride.com)
- Click on “Click here if you received an email invitation” located in the upper left hand corner of the homepage.
This will open the registration page.
- Complete the form on this page keeping in mind the following items:
- The username must be one word (no spaces) and must not contain any symbol characters (e.g. @ # $ % ^ &, etc.)
- The password should be a minimum of 8 characters in length.
- Make sure to enter a valid email address.
(Example tiff3@hotmail.com)
- The security question and answer are there in case you forget your password. Make sure this is something you’ll remember.
- By adding Divide the Ride to your “Safe Sender’s List” you can ensure you’ll receive our emails.
- In order to access the site, you’ll need to agree to the Terms & Conditions by clicking the check box.
- Once the form is completed, click the next button to proceed to Step 2 of 2.
- Please complete the form on this page keeping in mind the following items:
- Your cell phone number and carrier are used for the text alerts system. If you do not use text messaging and would rather not receive these, feel free to put in a home number or another alternate number that will not receive texts.
- We use the children’s name to identify who’s riding in the carpool to the other parents.
- Once the form is completed click the Finish button.
- You are now able to view the carpool invitation on the center of the page, if you would like to join this carpool simply click on the word Accept.
- You are now on the event calendar page. Click the checkboxes next to the days and times that you are available to drive. Scroll through the months using the icon. Once you have finished entering your availability, click the Finish button.
Congratulations, you have finished registering and joining a carpool with Divide the Ride! Once all the other invitees in this carpool have registered, Divide the Ride will create and email you a link to the Carpool Calendar giving the specific driving assignments based on everyone’s availability.
How to facilitate a carpool for a large group (as a coach, team leader or organizer) on Divide the Ride
- From the Divide the Ride homepage (www.dividetheride.com), click Help Families in your Organization at the top left of the screen to open the team leaders and directors page. Scroll to the bottom and click Register Now.
- Complete the form on this page keeping in mind the following items:
- The username must be one word (no spaces) and must not contain any symbol characters (e.g. @ # $ % ^ &, etc.)
- The password should be a minimum of 8 characters in length.
- Make sure to enter a valid email address.
(Example tiff3@hotmail.com)
- The security question and answer are there in case you forget your password. Make sure this is something you’ll remember.
- By adding Divide the Ride to your “Safe Sender’s List” you can ensure you’ll receive our emails.
- In order to access the site, you’ll need to agree to the Terms & Conditions by using the pull-down arrow and selecting “I agree”.
- Click the Next button.
- You are now on the Organizational Information page. [click to see screenshot of Organizational Information page] In the first field enter your Organization Name.
- In the following fields, enter the address of the primary event location or you may also simply click on “use my contact address” in the upper right. Then click the Finish button.
- Next, enter the participant information about your group; you may do this either by adding participants individually or as a group (see below).
- To add participants as a Group:
- To add an entire group at once, locate the Participant List Upload section and download the group template by clicking the words “Clicking Here” at the end of the sentence “Participants can either be uploaded as a group by downloading the template by "clicking here".
- This document will open in Excel. Enter all the requested data for your group and save this document on your computer with a name you will recognize.
- Upload the list in the Participant List Upload section (same area you just downloaded the template) by clicking the Browse button. Locate your group list in your computer and click Open on the bottom right of the dialog box. Next click the Upload button to the right. When completed, a dialog box will appear indicating a successful upload, click OK. You will see the names you just uploaded displayed at the bottom within the Participant List.
- Within this page of Divide the Ride you can also upload supporting documents that your organization may need to see (e.g. team schedules, directions). Do this in the Supporting Documents section by clicking the Browse button, locating the pertinent documents on your computer and clicking the Upload button.
- To add participants one at a time:
- To add participants individually, locate the Participant Upload Form section toward the bottom of the screen.
- Simply enter the requested information in all the fields (the * denotes fields that must have information entered).
- Click the Add button located at the bottom right.
- Enter the information for as many participants as needed.
- When done entering all participants (either by group or individually) click the Finish button.
Upon clicking finish, your group will be sent an email invitation from Divide the Ride.
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