Child check-in

At a check-in kiosk, parents find their family, tap the children who are staying, and get a pickup code. Each child’s label shows the same code. At pickup, a teacher matches the code and checks the child out.

The kiosk shows only family names and children’s first names and ages.

Before you start

• Set up the kiosk computer as a Check-in kiosk. See /help/shared-computers.
• For labels, use 3½ × 1⅛ inch address labels in a label printer.

Checking in (families)

1. On the kiosk, type your last name (at least 3 letters), or the last 4 digits of your phone number.
2. Tap your family.
3. Tap each child who is staying, then tap Check in.
4. The screen shows You’re checked in!, your pickup code, and each child’s class and room when Hillfold knows them.
5. If labels are switched on, one label prints for each child, plus a Pickup tag for the parent.

A family gets one pickup code per day. After a minute untouched, the kiosk starts over for the next family.

First-time guests

Guests tap First time here? Leave us your name. They type their name, and if they like, who’s with them, a way to reach them, and anything you can help with or pray about. Send to the office sends it to the church office.

Label settings

On the kiosk, open Kiosk settings and tick or untick Print name labels and a pickup tag. This setting is saved on that computer only.

To print without the print window each time, start Chrome on that computer with --kiosk-printing, and choose the label printer as Chrome’s default.

Check-in today and checking out

1. The office opens Administration → Check-in today. Class teachers, assistants, moderators and Sunday school superintendents may see this list too. It isn’t in their menu, so the office can send them the page.
2. The list shows children by class, with each child’s pickup code and check-in time. It refreshes itself every half minute.
3. At pickup, match the code on the parent’s tag with the child’s label.
4. Choose Check out beside the child.

If something goes wrong

• “No family found.” Try fewer letters of the last name, or the last 4 digits of a different phone. The family needs at least one child in the directory.
• A child shows “please ask a greeter where to go”. Hillfold doesn’t know that child’s class, so the label says “Check with a teacher”. Walk the family to the right room. On Check-in today the child is listed under No class yet. To fix it for next week, put the child on one class list in Administration → Sunday school, with their first and last name spelled exactly as in the directory.
• Labels print the wrong size, or the kiosk stops working. See /help/trouble-giving-and-kiosks.