March Scoutbook Update
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March Scoutbook Update
New BETA “Scouting” Mobile App is available now
BSA’s Information Technology Group, along with many volunteer beta testers, are excited to announce a new Mobile App – Scouting. This free app is available for both iPhone and Android devices. You can download the BETA today. Expect to see bugs and issues, that we would like you to report back to us. This is not a perfect production release.
Search for “Scouting BSA” in the APP Store or Google Play and download today!
Scouting is focused on making it easier for youth and their parents to view and track advancement in the Cub Scouting and Boy Scouting programs—as well as youth recognition in the Venturing program.
The app ties to Scoutbook.com and pulls existing advancement data with an enhanced user interface. The offline capability allows parents and youth (13 and older) the ability to access advancement data anywhere at any time.
The initial release of the app contains the following functions:
- Track a Scout’s advancement
- Submit Finished Requirements to your Scoutbook leader for approval.
- Track logs like Service Hours, Hiking, and Camping
- View parent and/or Scout profile
- Submit Feedback
- Provide parent access to your Scout(s) account
Under settings, the new app also supports user default data settings, and offline capabilities.
Additional features like a Scout community, notifications, leadership, calendar, and Scout challenges are planned to be added and will be gradually introduced throughout 2018.
Report any issues with the feedback feature in the app at the gear icon.
EFFECTIVE MARCH 1, 2018 TO APPROVE ADVANCEMENTS FOR A SCOUT IN SCOUTBOOK THE SCOUT MUST BY IN THE ADVANCEMENT SYNC
Effective March 1, 2018, you are no longer be able to approve advancements in Scoutbook for Scouts not participating in the Advancement Sync. The good news is that you can still activate your unit for the advancement sync. For information and instructions on how to activate the Scoutbook youth advancement sync, see this page: http://bit.ly/syncadv
ONCE SYNC’D HOW TO PRINT OUT REPORT FOR COUNCIL AND SCOUT SHOPS
The second video here will show you how to print out the report you need to bring to your council to purchase advancements: http://bit.ly/syncadv All the councils and scout shops have been notified that they are to accept the unit advancement form from Scoutbook for sync’d units in leu of the form from Internet Advancement. If they have questions they can send them to Scoutbook.support@scouting.org or advancement.team@scouting.org
LONE SCOUTING
From time to time we receive requests to support Lone Scout Friends and Counselors tracking their Scouts in Scoutbook.
Lone Scouting is a council function not a unit function. Lone Scouts are not registered into units, instead they are registered at the council level. It is the responsibility of the council to review and approve all Lone Scout advancements that are reported to them by Lone Scout Friend and Counselor. Because of this necessity for council due diligence, it is required that all advancements for Lone Scouts be handled through the council service center. They have tools to enter the advancements. There are no plans on allowing Lone Scout Friends and Counselors to enter the advancements themselves in either Scoutbook or Scoutbook Lite.
" Fingerprint Authentication failed, please login with your credencials."
forwarded to Support with a screenshot.
same error on my ipad which doesn't have a fingerprint reader.
UPDATE
I got in by changing from my username to my email with my scoutbook password.
I just logged in fine. Use your Scoutbook username and password. Make sure there are not any spaces after the name.
If you have trouble with the app but cannot access the feedback tool, send an email to ScoutbookAppSupport@scouting.org
This is the first time a large group of people are tying the BETA app, so we anticipate some of these issues to be there. Please send the feedback, it is very valuable.
Good catch
Use the feedback tool in the BETA app or send an email to ScoutbookAppSupport@scouting.org
This is correct. The current Scouting app is only for tracking your child's advancement. It is not for leaders to track the unit.
Use the feedback tool in the BETA app or send an email to ScoutbookAppSupport@scouting.org
There is a toggle for offline mode in the settings page. Switch it back to live and you should be ok.
There is no way to prevent a Scout from updating his own record in Scoutbook once a parent invites him, just like you can't prevent him from checking off the left hand column of his handbook. Also, the SUAC recommends all parents be given full control of their Scouts. Parents that are not leaders cannot approve any advancement in Scoutbook. Parents that are leaders just need to be educated that they should not be approving advancement if that is not their role in the unit. This is Scoutbook, not Leaderbook. Scouts should be encouraged to mark items complete in the app, then when tested, the leader approves the item.
Search for Scouting in the App Store.
Are you listed as a parent in Scoutbook? Are you using your Scoutbook ID and password?
Please use the feedback tool in the BETA app or send an email to ScoutbookAppSupport@scouting.org and it will go directly to the development team.
For more info, please feel free to contact me at 610-620-4817.
BTW, feedback tool will not send email. You receive an error message when tapping done (on iphone) "Error could not send mail. Please send a mail to support@example.com"
Thanks Scott
I also was able to log in with scoutbook.com credentials and see all the current data for my Tiger Scout. Looks great so far!
Download App Scouting
Use the same
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Thanks
03G(a) -- Managing Memberships - Adding-Removing and Moving Scouts Between Units-Dens-Patrols (PDF)
03G(b) -- Moving a Scout or Scouts into or between Dens or Patrols (Video)
https://www.scoutbook.com/mobile/forums/using-scoutbook/88621/suac-scoutbook-faq-and-resources-table-of-contents--page-2-/
The sync is advancement sync, not roster sync. You need to manually add these Scouts to your unit in Scoutbook. Eventually the BSA will add the capability for Scoutbook to read the BSA's official roster from the person database but until that happens, manual addition is required. Once the Scout is on your unit roster in my.scouting.org you can enable him for sync.
For training, have you clicked on the sync button on the unit training report? If it is not pulling all the training in, does the leader have multiple BSA#s? If you go to my.scouting.org and enter his BSA# (in Scoutbook) in the search box of the Training Manager under Legacy Tools, does his training appear or do you get an error? Training is not approved in Scoutbook. It is imported from my.scouting.org which is the official record.
Scout book.com is my life blood for my troop. I really need to have more functionality per the adults. There’s no payment options for the adults. We would really love to be able to do everything in scout book.com.
The Scouting app is NOT replacing scoutbook.com. It is just a way for Scouts and their parents to view and update the Scout's advancement via their mobile device. It is not for leaders and as such does not have any approval or reporting capability.
Tim
The chrome extension offers a quick entry for the payment log. See:
https://www.scoutbook.com/mobile/forums/using-scoutbook/111353/feature-assistant-extension/
You can only combine units under a subscription if they have the same Charter Org. You need to send an e-mail to scoutbook.support@scouting.org to do so.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bsa.sbm
"Credentials are not authorized to access Scouting App"
There is nowhere to click to see what I have to do to correct this situation.
Any thoughts?
Contact the parents and the previous units. If they are still connected to these Scouts they can add you as a full control connection then you can transfer them to your unit. If no one has a full control connection, send an e-mail to scoutbook.support@scouting.org with the name, BSA#, your unit # and council and the previous unit #. They should be able to connect you and place these Scouts on your Scoutbook roster.
Because BSA has a membership database separate from Scoutbook, there are two systems that need to be updated when a scout moves from one unit to another. Each has its own challenges.
Currently Scoutbook does not pull data from the BSA's membership database. There are plans for Scoutbook to be able to access the BSA's membership database. The BSA has different databases for different purposes. It takes time to update all of the systems so they communicate.
As Ed indicated, we agree that it’d be nice if it just happened automatically when officially transferred. But that takes time. The advancement sync is just the first step toward bringing all the BSA systems more in line.
Reason why is I'm sure this has been answered but I can't find it. I asked the forum if a modification could be made to the service logs for Venturing to take into consideration the requirement that half of their required service hours must be with the crew versus personal? I'm thinking a simple check box would suffice and that way the program could calculate the numbers and automatically determine if the scout has met the requirements for that award.
Your questions are better asked in the forums as there are more people that see questions there than in the blogs, however, I will help.
At the top right corner of each forum and each forum thread is a slider. Move this to the right so the background is red and you will get an e-mail whenever that forum or thread is updated.
The SUAC has an open proposal to enhance the logs but at this time we do not know if or when the BSA will implement it.
Do not ever delete an account in Scoutbook. When a youth leaves your unit, remove connections to all leaders except admins. Make sure the parent has full control and has logged in (completed chain link next to the paren't name on the Scout's page). At that point you can edit the membership to add an end date. The Scout will come off of your roster.
To convert a youth account to an adult account, have the parent invite the Scout and the Scout log in then send an e-mail to scoutbook.support@scouting.org asking for the Scout's account be converted to an adult account. If the Scout is continuing in venturing DO NOT convert the account to an adult account. Scoutbook currently only supports tracking awards via a youth account.
This blog is for the BSA to provide updates to users. There is a new feature request forum for suggested improvements.
It sounds like you are using Scoutbook as a web app on iOS (icon on the home screen). The reason you need to log in when switching from Scoutbook is a function of how Apple implemented cookies. If you access Scoutbook in Safari instead of as a web app you will not need to log in each time you switch away.
There is a plan to update the app for access by leaders but we have not been given a schedule for such an update.
There appears to be an issue when using Edge browser to add a calendar event to a den calendar. I do not have this issue when using Internet Explorer. I fill out the top 4 boxes just fine, but then when I click on the Start date box, the web browser hangs for about 10 seconds before it automatically kicks me out of that entry webpage and brings me to a new event entry webpage, erasing my previously entered data. I've done this several times on different dates. It is reproducible. I routinely use Edge, but I can use Explorer for these activities as a workaround.
Best regards,
Kris
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