Scoutbook. User Guide

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1 Scoutbook User Guide

2 Scoutbook offers various plans. Currently they provide a free plan to all scouts for personal tracking. If your scout is too young to have their own account they allow a parent/ guardian to help them track their advancement for free

3 Scoutbook Creating an Account Step 1. Go to If you do not have an account you can create one by selecting Sign up Step 2. Input the required information

4 Step 3. Verify your account A verification code will be ed to you. Enter your verification code. Once complete, your account will be verified. Step 4. Log in Using your new account to log in

5 Step 5. Update your new account Select My Dashboard Select My Account Select Edit Profile

6 Step 6. Editing your Profile Update your name Add a nickname Input how scouts can address you Add council and district BSA member number Talent Release: Controls whether or not you want photos/videos of you posted to scout book.com Step 7. Save your information by Selecting Update

7 Step 8. Add /Track a Scout From your My Dashboard page select Add/Track a Scout Step 9. Select add a scout to a family plan Step 10. Select Create New Scout to create a new scout account for your Scout on Scoutbook Select Connect To My Scout if your child has already created their own free account.

8 Step 11. Please provide information about your scout for advancement tracking. If your scout is at least 13 years of age they can create their own account. If they are under 13 you can track their advancement for them. Select Next and provide additional information

9 Step 12. This is what your scout s account will look like. Here you can: View completed advancement and belt loops Edit your scouts profile Upload an image Edit/Update advancement. Edit/ Update awards Edit/ Update Training Edit/ Update Service log Edit/ Update Camping log Select the Advancement Tab Step 13. Here you can select what advancement you would like to update and track. As an example I will select Tiger rank.

10 Step 14. Track your scout s progress, along with remaining requirements for the rank. Print your scouts advancement record

11 Additional information for Boy Scouts The Boy Scout page will have a Merit Badge portion. Here is an outline of the Merit badge process for Boy Scouts

12 Scoutbook Unit Setup Step 1. Update your scouting position Before you can set up your unit account you must update your scouting position from your My Account page select My Positions Step 2. Select ADD If you are a leader you can use this page to enter all your volunteer positions. This will help other find you on Scoutbook and allows you access

13 Step 3. Input your position information Step 4. Once you have updated your position. Select My Subscription

14 Step 5. You will be redirected to a Scoutbook subscription page. Where you can pick a plan that works best for your unit. Step 6. Here you can select the unit you wish to create. This will be based on the positions you updated earlier. You will also be asked to select the number of scouts in your unit.

15 Step 7. Once setup is complete, your unit page will look similar to the page below. Here you can see: the percentage of leaders trained Upcoming unit events Dens

16 Scoutbook Roster Import Step 1. From My Dashboard select My Unit Step 2. Select Unit Roster

17 Step 3. There are a number of ways to import scouts to your Scoutbook account 1. Manually input the scouts one at a time. 2. Scoutbook csv provides an excel templet that you can upload. The data will update within a few business days 3. Input your roster via Scout Net. This is the fastest way to import. Step 4. Roster Import Via ScoutNET. You will be prompted to enter your ScoutNET Unit ID and ScoutNet Unit Password. This is the same information you have been using for Internet advancement. If you need this information please contact the council registrar Once you select Update your roster will start to import

18 For further assistance please contact or Scoutbook at