Attendance Tracking
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      1. Bloomerang Volunteer Knowledge Base
      2. Managing Your Opportunity (Administrator)
      3. Attendance Tracking

      Track Volunteer Check-in and Check-out Location

      Geolocation allows you to track the exact location at which volunteers check in and out for an opportunity. When geolocation is enabled, Bloomerang records the latitude and longitude when a volunteer checks in or out using the Bloomerang Volunteer mobile app. Administrators can then run reports against location data, which helps verify that volunteers were onsite during an opportunity.

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      Enable Geolocation

      To enable geolocation:

      1. Add at least one venue and location. For more information about adding and verifying venues and locations, read Create Venues and Locations.
      2. Go to your opportunity’s General Settings.
      3. Click Attendance Settings.
      4. On the Attendance Settings page, enable either General Attendance or Shift Attendance. For more information about these attendance types, read General Check-in/Check-out vs. Shift Check-in/Check-out.
      5. Under your chosen attendance type, enable Self Check-in/out. You can only enable Self Check-in/out for one attendance type at a time.
      6. On the Attendance Settings page, enable Geolocation Tracking.

      Note: In order for geolocation to work with the mobile app, volunteers must allow the mobile app to access their location.

      Configure Attendance Location

      When you enable the Geolocation Tracking option, additional location-based settings appear on the page. You can select a venue and attendance location, customize its location on the map, and set an allowed check-in/check-out radius. 

      To configure the check-in location for your opportunity:

      1. In the list of check-in areas, select the location for your opportunity. If the location is not shown in the list, select the appropriate attendance type from the drop-down menu above the map, or select All Attendance Tracking to show all locations.
      2. (Optional) Click and drag the pin on the map to set the exact attendance location. Click Save to save the new location.
      3. (Optional) Click the units drop-down menu to select a unit of measurement.
      4. Click Adherence Radius to customize the maximum distance away from the attendance location that volunteers should be allowed to check in and out. If volunteers check themselves in or out outside this radius, the discrepancy will be included in an attendance report.

      Run Attendance Reports

      Geolocation data appears in different volunteer reports, depending on whether you enabled General Attendance or Shift Attendance for your opportunity:

      • If you enabled General attendance, geolocation attendance data appears in General Check-in/out by Volunteer reports.
      • If you enabled Shift Attendance, geolocation attendance data appears in Shift Check-in/out by Volunteer reports.

      To generate a report that shows geolocation attendance data:

      1. Access your opportunity in Bloomerang Volunteer.
      2. Click Reports & Imports.
      3. In the Reports: Hours Worked section, find either the General Check-in/out by Volunteer or the Shift Check-in/out by Volunteer report.
      4. Click Download to generate and download the report.

      The Check-in Adherence Flag and Check-out Adherence Flag columns indicate whether volunteers were inside or outside the adherence radius when they checked in or out. If a volunteer checked in or out outside the adherence radius, these columns will contain Outside Radius messages.

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