BVCMS Checkin is used for classes/organizations that have the Setting checked ‘allow self checkin.’ You must download the checkin software :ref:`here <Checkin>` It requires a computer with a touchscreen monitor (or an :ref:`iPad <RecordingAttendanceiPad>`) and a label printer. Here is a :ref:`link <HardwareList>` to the hardware specs. You must use the specific printer that is listed in order for the labels to work. The labels (see pictures below) are Thermal labels in either the **3 x 1 inch size (with a 1-inch core) for use on either the Datamax or Zebra printers or the bigger ones which are 3 x 2 inch size (with a 1-inch core) which must be used on the Godex printers.
See the following related wiki articles: Attendance Using an iPad; Printing Labels from an iPad; Printing Labels from Multiple Kiosks
PC/Keyboard/Mouse) and without the label printer (if you do not need security labels - like for adults). However, the flow is much better using a touchscreen. | When someone checks into a class using this method, they are marked present for that meeting, whether they are a member or a visitor. There are options on the ‘menu’ beside each person’s name. One option allows you to enroll the person in a class that they have visited. If you check the blue box after clicking ‘join’ it will mark them present and check them into the class. There are options to add someone else to that family, edit the person’s information, visit another class, take/upload a photo.
NOTE: There is now an option on the checkin startup to print one security label for each child. This can be used to document that a label was presented when the child was picked by requiring that the security label be affixed to the roll sheet when the child is picked up.
NOTE: There is a special Setting that your system admin can add to compensate for the time difference between the BVCMS servers (Central Time) and your time zone. The setting ID is TZOffset and should be added to the Settings page (be sure to use the exact casing). Once the Setting ID has been created, the actual setting will be the number of hours (plus or minus) offset from Central time zone. Example: your church is in the Eastern Time Zone, so the setting will be 1. If you are in the Central Time Zone, you do not need this Setting.
Security Labels
which has the security code on each end of the label (in large type) along with the date. The label can be torn in half so that each parent can have one. Exceptions: no security label will print if the children are in older classes that do not require a security label or if the parents themselves are checking in as leaders and are not checking in children. Large families whose list of family members/classes spans 2 pages, may receive 2 security labels. | NOTE: The same randomly generated 3-character code will print on the labels for all the children in the family who check in together. |
the settings. These labels contain the following information: | On the left side of the label in this order:
On the right side of the label:
NOTE: The 2 largest things on the label are the child’s first name and the security code.
Organization settings, the label for the Member will contain only the name in large type and the Organization/Location/Time in small type under the name. | Guest labels | When a child checks into a class as a visitor there are extra labels that will print as follows:
Location Label - has the child’s first name, the location and the time of the class. Since the child is attending the class as a visitor, this helps the parent remember the room location.
Guest/Visitor Label - has the child’s first name (in large type), the last name, the word ‘guest’ and any allergies that they have indicated.
NOTE: The Guest Label is printed so that it can be applied to the
roll sheet in the classroom for 2 reasons: 1) to indicate that the child is present in case there is a need to evacuate the building; and 2) to let the teachers know a visitor’s specific allergy (if any).
as they come out of the printer...the Security Label is always last to print): | For class members:
For visitors to a class:
Starting checkin -
NOTE: It is a good idea to check ‘Emergency Contact’ so that you can capture the Parent’s Name, an Emergency Contact and an Emergency Phone Number. This is very helpful when adults bring children whose contact information they don’t know. You will use the person bringing the child as the Emergency Contact. This information (parent’s name and emergency information) will display on the Registration tab on the child’s Enrollment record.
Checkin process -
If family is found:
parents (can be torn in half so each parent has a label) | The other labels go with the child to the class - one will be a name tag for the child. | Exception: if this is a first-time visitor to the class, the parent will also receive a Location label for them to keep and a Visitor label to be given to the teacher for the rollsheet. | If multiple families are found with that phone number:
the family checking in or is not related to that family, please make note of it. Give that information to the staff to remove the phone number. | If no family is found after entering a phone number:
If the person is found:
NOTE: If a person’s name is pink, that means that there is not a
phone number on the person’s record. Therefore, after selecting the person, click the ‘magic button’, then press ‘menu’ and select ‘Edit’ in order to edit the person’s record, making sure that you add a phone number and any other missing information. See below for the fields.
After pressing ‘Finish’ you will be on the class list
Select a class and then either print the labels or press ‘menu’ and select ‘Add to Family’ if you need to add another person to this family
If the person is not found:
Fields:
Select one of the following on the last page:
Press Go Back to make any corrections to the previous screens
Press Finish to save the information and go to the class list
NOTE: If you need to put a child in a lower grade (perhaps their age
puts them in 2nd grade, but they have been held back and need to be in a 1st grade class), press the ‘magic button’ to display all classes that allow checkin.
Once you select a class you will be taken to the family page
If you need to add another person to the family:
Notice that the blue boxes will be checked for each person for whom you selected a class, marking them present.
checkin computer. | If there is no picture on file, the person’s name shows in a white box, light orange if there is a picture on their record. | To view the picture or take a picture if there is not one on their record:
date, address, email, marital status.
Miscellaneous Notes:
as well as an Allergy indicator. | Children enrolled in more than one class should checkin to both classes if they are attending both that day and should get a label for each class. | Visitors will have their classes listed in green on the screen, while members’ classes are blue. If you want to enroll person in a class that they have visited, press the ‘Menu’ button and select ‘Join’. This option is only available if there is a class listed that they have visited, not if they are a member. | Parents will get only one label. The security code will be the same for all the children. | Families with several children who are enrolled in multiple events will probably have 2 pages in their family list. They should check in everyone on the first page, then press Page Down to select the rest of their family. Once finished, they just need to press Print Labels/Return. All the labels will print at one time. | The ‘Menu’ button can be used to find a class for an existing person in the database, not only when adding new records. | When adding a new record, you are required to enter a home or a cell phone number. | Labels: |