Best Practices and FAQ’s for Planning Center Check-Ins

[@angelacastro333]

Thank you!! I have a Q: How can a new member check in through QR code and their phone, and be required to complete documents and take a selfie photo? I attended another church, they used the planning center this way for new visitors. I am having trouble adding all these elements to ours. the church I visited was Jesus Image, in FL

[@planningcenter]

Great question! You can create a People form and grab the QR code for the form to display for new people. Once the form is completed, new people can check into the event. There is no way to require other forms. Once they are in the system, they can check-in.

[@terriboschman8684]

DO you need to print off items for Check-in? Or can you use it without printing off a label?

[@planningcenter]

You can use Check-Ins without printing labels! 1. Use the Church Center App: The Church Center App allows attendees to check-in on their personal devices. If you do not print labels, you can enable the setting to allow the user to completely check-in from the app (they do not need to scan or do anything extra). This is the best option for checking in multiple household members. A related article: New: Self Check-In with the Church Center app - pcocheck-ins.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360046565193-New-Self-Check-In-with-the-Church-Center-app?source=search&auth_token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJhY2NvdW50X2lkIjo2Njg0MiwidXNlcl9pZCI6MTI2MTcwNzMyMjAwOSwidGlja2V0X2lkIjo3ODk3NTUsImNoYW5uZWxfaWQiOjYzLCJ0eXBlIjoiU0VBUkNIIiwiZXhwIjoxNjI3NTA5NjQwfQ.b-bWOGeCfCOLNT_G9gAZ-dzIuUSr2OzcrNm-8obvaEo& 2. Use a Check-Ins Station: First, do not assign any labels to any of the locations, and if there are default labels attached to the event level, you can remove them. You can have a volunteer or class leader take attendance using a Roster station. Roster stations provide a list of recent attendees. The volunteer would select who is attending today by 'tapping a box' next to their name. They can also add non-recent attendees to the list. You can use Self or Manned stations if you are checking in lots of people at a central location or by household. 3. Use a People Form: Create an online Connect Card using People Forms. Upon submission, the user who filled out the form will be checked into your event. This is best for individual attendees and guests. This option will not let the user select specific household members for check-ins. Hope this helps!

[@meghannderson]

How would admin get labels printed and check out tags to parents?

[@planningcenter]

Hi Meghan! Those settings are found in two places. You can set them up for your event or per location. Here is a link with more information and instructions: pulse.ly/dfoq4t8kcu

[@IAP_Noah]

At 1:00, he is showing how to do a test print on an Apple, can you show how to test print on a Windows based laptop?

[@planningcenter]

Great question! We don't have a segment for Windows for this video but we can certainly walk you through how to do that. Send us a message! pcocheck-ins.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new