{"id":73880,"date":"2026-06-11T16:30:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T15:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/help\/non-knowledgebase\/uncategorized\/how-do-i-record-attendance-in-the-app\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T09:59:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T08:59:27","password":"","slug":"how-do-i-record-attendance-in-the-app","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/track-attendance\/how-do-i-record-attendance-in-the-app\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I record attendance in the app?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this step-by-step guide, we&#8217;ll show you how to quickly and easily track group members&#8217; attendance at a meeting using the <a href=\"https:\/\/church.tools\/de\/app\/\">ChurchTools app<\/a> \u2014either by scanning a check-in code or by manually marking the person as present. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">View Group Meetings<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the corresponding group in the app, under &#8221; <em>Meetings<\/em>,&#8221; you can either select a group meeting (1) or create a new one (2).<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot_20260611-164004_2.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"773\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot_20260611-164004_2.png\" alt=\"Screenshot: Select a group meeting or create a new one\" class=\"wp-image-65200\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6468436053445453;width:385px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot_20260611-164004_2.png 500w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot_20260611-164004_2-194x300.png 194w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot_20260611-164004_2-331x512.png 331w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scan the check-in code<\/h2>\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-box ct-box-blue has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1ccdadb1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:8px;border-left-color:#3e70ce;border-left-width:0.5rem;background-color:#f3f5f7;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0.5rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0rem;margin-left:0.5rem\"><strong>Hinweis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0.5rem;margin-left:0.5rem\">To scan check-in codes, you must enable them in the meeting settings for the relevant group. We explain how to do this in the article <a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/preparations-check-in\/how-to-activate-and-use-check-in-codes\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"64466\">&#8220;How do I enable and use check-in codes?&#8221;<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Use the &#8221; <em>Scan Code<\/em> &#8221; button (3) to record a group member&#8217;s attendance using the check-in code displayed.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot_20260611-164032.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot_20260611-164032.png\" alt=\"Scan the screenshot buttons code and record attendance\" class=\"wp-image-65179\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.874149752779523;width:395px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot_20260611-164032.png 500w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot_20260611-164032-262x300.png 262w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot_20260611-164032-360x412.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Record attendance manually<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The &#8221; <em>Record Attendance<\/em> &#8221; button (4) lets you manually record attendance. To quickly find the right person, you can <em>search for people<\/em> (5). Swipe right to mark a person as <em>present<\/em> (6), swipe left to mark them as <em>absent<\/em> (7), and use the button with the <em>circular arrow<\/em> (8) to reset the selection for that person.  <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/share_9143135745289908627.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"714\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/share_9143135745289908627.png\" alt=\"Screenshot: Manually Recording Attendance\" class=\"wp-image-65221\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7002954371375424;width:398px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/share_9143135745289908627.png 500w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/share_9143135745289908627-210x300.png 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<h2 id=\"3-toc-title\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">complete meeting<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once you&#8217;ve recorded the attendance of all participants, you can optionally provide your feedback on the meeting and complete it by clicking the <em>&#8220;Complete Meeting<\/em> &#8221; button at the very bottom of the screen. To find out why this is a good idea, read the article <a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/track-attendance\/why-is-it-worth-closing-a-group-meeting\/\">&#8220;Why Is It Worth Completing a Group Meeting?&#8221;<\/a> <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot_20260611-165805.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"974\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot_20260611-165805.png\" alt=\"Submit feedback on the screenshot and complete the meeting\" class=\"wp-image-65246\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.5133552578808053;width:409px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot_20260611-165805.png 500w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot_20260611-165805-154x300.png 154w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot_20260611-165805-263x512.png 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Record Attendance in the Check-in module  <\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It works almost exactly the same way on the web. Here, you open the <em>Check-in<\/em> module, select your <em>groups<\/em> and a <em>meeting<\/em>, and then record <em>attendance<\/em> in the right-hand column. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We&#8217;ll explain exactly how to do this in the article &#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/track-attendance\/how-to-record-attendance-during-check-in\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"41245\">How Do I Record Attendance During Check-In?&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-artikel-zum-weiterlesen has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-79a8db7e wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:8px;background-color:#f9fafb;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:24px;padding-top:32px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:32px;padding-left:24px\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Read more<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/preparations-check-in\/how-to-activate-and-use-check-in-codes\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"64466\">How to activate and use check-in codes?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/track-attendance\/why-is-it-worth-closing-a-group-meeting\/\">Why is it worth closing a group meeting?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/track-attendance\/how-to-record-attendance-during-check-in\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"41245\">How do I record attendance in the Check-in module?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this step-by-step guide, we&#8217;ll show you how to quickly and easily track group members&#8217; attendance at a meeting using the ChurchTools app \u2014either by scanning a check-in code or by manually marking the person as present. View Group Meetings In the corresponding group in the app, under &#8221; Meetings,&#8221; you can either select a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[718],"doc_tag":[],"knowledge_base":[224],"class_list":["post-73880","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-track-attendance","knowledge_base-churchtools-modules"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","pp_force_visibility":null,"pp_subpost_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_force_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_subpost_visibility":null,"acf":[],"year_month":"2026-07","word_count":268,"total_views":"2","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"Stefan Krumsdorf","author_nicename":"skrumsdorf","author_url":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/author\/skrumsdorf\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Track attendance","term_url":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/track-attendance\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"knowledge_base_info":[{"term_name":"Modules","term_url":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/","term_slug":"churchtools-modules"}],"knowledge_base_slug":["churchtools-modules"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/73880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73880"}],"version-history":[{"count":511,"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/73880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78120,"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/73880\/revisions\/78120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=73880"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=73880"},{"taxonomy":"knowledge_base","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge_base?post=73880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}