In many cases, it's desirable to have visitors pre-register prior to entering or attempting to enter your school. This enables schools to streamline the process of beginning a new school year with hundreds of new parents who would otherwise need to register at a kiosk when entering your school.
Enabling Visitor Self Registration
Visitor self-registration is disabled by default to prevent accidental registrations, and provide an added layer of security by using ID scanning within the Visitor Aware Kiosk Application.
- Visitor self-registration is disabled by default and must be enabled by navigating to System Management -> Locations -> All Locations -> then selecting the location where you'd like to enable self-registration.
- After you have navigated to the desired location, you'll see several tabs (Location Details, Assigned Users, Floor Plans, Settings, Event History). Select the "Settings" tab.
- Change "Enable Visitor Self-Registration" to "Yes"
- Hit Save
- The "Public Visitor Self Registration URL" field will now be populated with a URL specific to this school that can be shared with your parents
What Happens When a Visitor Self Registers?
The underlying processes that happen when a visitor self-registers fully match the screening and registration processes used when a visitor registers by checking in using an iPad kiosk within the physical school building.
Visitors are automatically screened using:
- National sexual predator registry
- FBI and Interpol watchlists
- Internal court orders
- Internal visitor bans
Visitor self-registration is also automatically cross-checked with any previous visitors who have checked in at your schools to ensure that duplicate visitor records are minimized.