Appendix B: Check-in Usage Examples
Check-in is incredibly flexible, but here are a few examples of how you might want to use Check-in.
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Simple Registration
Hardware
Event setup in Web Office
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The event has been added to the group that contains all the expected attendees
Check-in Settings
Event flow
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Attendees arrive, search for themselves by name or phone number and tap Check-in to register & check-in. They are marked as attended.
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Simple Child Check-in
Hardware
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An old laptop with a USB label printer outside the Sunday school room
Event setup in Web Office
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Recurring “Sunday School” event is added to the Children’s group that contains all children and leaders
Check-in Settings
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Default, but with the default Profile set to “Default – Child Check-in” in Global Check-in Settings
Sunday flow
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Parents bring children to the Sunday school as they arrive at church
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Parents search by name or phone number and print labels
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Children are automatically marked as checked-in
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Guests can register
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Guardians receive a security pick-up label
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At the end of the service, parents present their pick-up label, which is matched to their child’s label to collect the child
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Child Check-in with separate Registration & Check-in
Hardware
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Two laptops and one USB label printer in the church entrance lobby
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One laptop and a barcode scanner at the entrance to the Sunday school rooms
Event setup in Web Office
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Recurring ‘Sunday School’ event is added to the Children’s group that contains all children and leaders
Check-in Settings
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Default Profile set to “Default – Child Check-in”
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Separate Registration & Check-in enabled
Sunday flow
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Parents register children on arrival at church using the laptops in the lobby and print labels
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Children are only marked as Registered, not checked-in
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Guests can register
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Guardians receive a security pick-up label
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Children then go in to church for the first part of the service
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When the children go to their groups, their labels are scanned as they go to the Sunday school rooms and they are marked as Checked-in
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At the end of the service, parents present their pick-up label, which is matched to their child’s label to collect the child
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The child’s label is scanned again to check them out and the parent notified of any incidents that were recorded during the event
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Large scale Child Check-in
Hardware
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Multiple laptops / All In One PCs / iMacs / Chromebooks / tablets for registration
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Multiple networked label printers for registration and in each room for label re-printing, connected to a single computer in a back office that has the Hubb Print Connector installed on it
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Children’s groups check-in children using:
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Laptop & barcode scanner, or
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Mobile and QR code scanner, or
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Mobile and bluetooth barcode scanner, or
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A few tablets used to check-in manually on the register
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Every table leader uses their mobile phone to check-in their table of children manually on the register
Event setup in Web Office
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Recurring ‘Sunday School’ event is added to the Children’s main group, with multiple sub-groups added - one for each small table group within each age range
Check-in Settings
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Separate Registration & Check-in enabled
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Custom Check-in profiles for each age range, with different label requirements for each:
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Creche requires a full child label + guardian label + nappy bag label
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Young children’s groups just need the child label and guardian label
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Youth groups just have a name label printed for the children with no security features
Sunday flow
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Parents register children on arrival at church using the laptops in the lobby and print labels
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Children are only marked as Registered, not checked-in
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Guests can register
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Guardians receive a security pick-up label
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Children then go in to church for the first part of the service
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When the children go to their groups, either:
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their labels are scanned as they go to the Sunday school rooms and they are marked as Checked-in
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Or they are manually marked as checked-in by their table leader using the register
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At the end of the service:
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parents present their pick-up label, which is matched to their child’s label to collect the child
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The child’s label is scanned again to check them out (or this done manually via the register) and the parent notified of any incidents that were recorded during the event
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Youth check themselves out using a tablet before they leave
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Large scale conference
Option 1: Scan e-tickets
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Set up a payment group in advance where delegates purchase tickets and are emailed e-tickets to print and bring with them on a PDF template of your choice. (The template could instruct the delegates to cut and fold their e-ticket into a lanyard badge.)
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On arival at the conference, use smartphones to scan the e-tickets to check-in the delegates
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At the seminar rooms, use smartphones to scan the e-tickets to check-in the delegates
Option 2: Register and print labels on arrival
Hardware
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Multiple laptops / All In One PCs / iMacs / Chromebooks / tablets for registration
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Multiple networked label printers for registration, connected to a single computer in a back office that has the Hubb Print Connector installed on it
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Seminar rooms check-in delegates using:
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Laptop & barcode scanner, or
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Mobile and QR code scanner, or
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Mobile and bluetooth barcode scanner, or
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Tablets or mobiles manually on the register
Event setup in Web Office
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The Conference event is added to the main group containing all attendees, with multiple sub-groups added – one for each seminar
Check-in Settings
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Default (Conference) profile assigned to main group (prints name label)
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Default (no label) profile assigned to seminar groups
Event flow
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Delegates register on arrival using the computers / tablets in the lobby and print labels.
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When attending each seminar, the delegate scans their label to check-in to that seminar (or the seminar facilitator marks them as checked-in manually with a phone or tablet on the register)
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