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Event Attendance - How to Use a Card Scanner
This tutorial shows how to use a card scanner.
This document will walk you through using a card scanner to take attendance.
1.) Navigate to the event you want to take attendance for. You can either create a new event or choose an existing event. For more information on that, look at these tutorials:
2.) Plug in the card scanner to the computer. If you have a Mac, a pop-up will appear trying to set up a keyboard. Just exit out of this pop-up. If the pop-up doesn't appear then just continue to the next step.
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3.) On your event page, click on the red 'Advanced Options' button near the top of the page.
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4.) From the drop down menu, click the green 'Enable Card Scanner' button.
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5.) You can now start scanning i-cards to take attendance. You should see the netIDs appear under 'Event Attendees' with a green checkmark on the right side.
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6.) If at any point you want to stop using the card scanner, click on 'Advanced Options' and then the gray 'Disable Card Scanner' button.
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See more tutorials for Event Attendance here: