Two ways to learn:
Launch the guided walkthrough below to follow along in real time.
Follow the written steps in this article at your own pace.
Guided Walkthrough:
STEP 1- Select Hands On Board from the left menu.
STEP 2- Click +New Opportunity to create a volunteer opportunity.
STEP 3- Enter the opportunity details, including its category and location. Choose whether volunteers need clearance before signing up.
STEP 4- Set the volunteer hours for this opportunity. If sign-up slots have different hour values, leave this at 0 and assign hours to each slot.
STEP 5- Choose whether hours are credited automatically or require approval. You can also require a phone number and set a sign-up cutoff time.
STEP 6- Use the dropdowns to choose whether the sign-up form asks for the student's name and homeroom teacher.
STEP 7- Add the volunteer slots available for sign-up. For each slot, enter its purpose, the number of volunteers needed, and the hours assigned.
For example, if you need five chaperones for four hours each, create five slots worth four hours per volunteer.
STEP 8- Click Save to add the opportunity to your school's sign-up board.
STEP 9- Click Open public board to see the sign-up page families will use.
Your opportunity is now visible on the public board, where volunteers can sign up for available slots.
Editing or Removing an Event
STEP 1- Click on a row to view the event's signups and details.
STEP 2- Click Edit to update the opportunity details.
STEP 3- Click Remove from board to hide the opportunity from the public board and close sign-ups.
The opportunity's details are saved. Click Restore to make it available again.
Crediting Volunteer Hours
After an event, click Credit All to credit volunteer hours in bulk. Any sign ups without an email match to a student will stay uncredited for you to assign a student manually.
