🔒 The separate Check-in screen is available on our Starter, Essentials and Premium packages
Adding the Separate Check-in screen to an iPad
You can use the separate Check-in screen on a browser window, or you can add it to your iPad's home screen for easy access. If you'd like to add the separate Check-in screen to your iPad's home screen, follow the steps below:
Open the web browser on your iPad (for example, Google Chrome or Safari)
Go to signin.famly.co
The Check-in screen will look a little like this:
Next, click on the upward-arrow icon
next to the URL bar at the top
From the options, tap on Add to Home Screen
It'll be named Famly SignIn by default, but you can rename it to whatever suits your center (Famly Check-in, for example)
Once you're ready, tap Add
Now the Check-In screen is accessible from the home screen of your iPad (named Famly SignIn, unless you have chosen a different name like Famly Check-in, which we'll use as an example in this article)
If you tap Famly Check-in on your home screen, the Check-in screen will open up, and you can enter the password from your Check-in settings in-app.
Depending on the toggles you've switched on in your Check-in settings, you'll see your Rooms, a PIN pad, or a QR code. If you're stuck at this stage, the next section of this article will run through how to activate your Check-in screen.
Activating the Check-in Screen
The separate check-in screen has to be activated by a manager, or member of staff with the correct permissions.
🔒 To be able to log in and activate the separate Check-in screen, you must have permission to Check children in and out and Manage enabling/disabling features
To log in and activate the separate Check-in Screen:
Log into Famly as you normally would with your email and password (the Famly app, not the Famly Check-in app you just added to your home screen)
Go to Settings
Click on Check In/Out
In the Check-In password section, you'll see a Show password button - tap on this to reveal your Check-in screen password. This is the four-digit unique code that you will need to enter to activate your Check-in screen.
💡 Your Check-in screen password will change daily for security reasons, so make sure to check back here if you've logged out of your Check-in screen
Tap and hold over the password to copy it (or just remember it!)
Exit out of the Famly app and open the Famly Check-in screen app you added to your home screen earlier
Here, paste or enter the password from your Check-in settings
If you use the PIN or QR Check-in screen, you'll see the PIN pad or QR code appear, but otherwise, you'll be able to start checking children and staff in
The video below will run you through how to find your Check-in screen password and how to use it to activate your Check-in screen:
Decide Which Rooms to Show on your Check-in Screen
You can customise your Check-in screen to show or hide certain rooms. Just follow the steps below:
Open up your Check-in screen by clicking on the Famly Check-in
app you added to your home screen
Tap on the '...' in the corner of the screen and go to Settings
Uncheck the rooms you want to hide
Click Save
