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title: Sign In to Track Attendance
description: "The **Sign-In** tab allows you to sign in your volunteers electronically at your event. *A connection to the Internet at your event is required for sign-in.* **To use Online Sign In and Attendance Tracking:** An Organization or Event Design Administrator…"
url: "https://ivolunteer.com/support-docs/sign-in-tab/"
updated: "2025-06-25"
category: ivolunteer.com Administration Guide / Setting Up an Event with a Signup Sheet / Editing Event Details
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# Sign In to Track Attendance

The **Sign-In** tab allows you to sign in your volunteers electronically at your event. *A connection to the Internet at your event is required for sign-in.*

**To use Online Sign In and Attendance Tracking:**

An Organization or Event Design Administrator must first navigate to the **Sign-In** tab, check the **Track Attendance** check box. A list of all signed up participants will display for all slots closest to the current date. You can change the dates to any of the other dates in your Event by selecting a date in the **Date** dropdown list.

- Use the **Group/Sort** to change the order of participants listed. You may also filter the list by entering a partial name or slot description in the **Contains** field and then pressing the **Filter** button.
- To sign-in a participant, simply check the **Sign-In** checkbox next to the participant's name.
- To customize **Sign-In** settings, click the **Settings...** button. Here you can:
  - Set the default sort order.
  - Show / Hide unfilled slots. This can be helpful for volunteers who are not registered but show up at the event.
  - Show / Hide already signed-in participants.
  - Select the default prompts to show on the Sign-In Sheet, e.g., "T-Shirt size."
  - Enable **Sign-In by Scanning QR Codes**. This checkbox will also add QR codes to participant Confirmation Notification emails (variable [SLOT] or [SLOT_SIGN_IN_QR_CODE]) and Reminder emails (variables [SLOT_LIST] and [SLOT_LIST_WITH_TASK_DETAILS]).

Once these steps have been completed, an administrator with Event-Sign-In, Manage, or Reporting permissions can access the Sign-In tab, provided they have been assigned to the Event.

**For Premium Plans:**You can now use the new mobile-friendly Sign-In Application as an alternative to the Sign-In tab. You will find a link at the top of the Sign-In tab as well as on the About pop-up from your home page or signup Events.

![mobile ivolunteer.com icon](https://ivolunteer.com/wp-content/uploads/mobile_icon.png)

**On mobile, click the "i" icon in the bottom right corner of the screen to open the About page.**

**![](/wp-content/uploads/icon_ivolunteer.png)**Note: Enabling Track Attendance affects the Participants Report.****When Track Attendance is not enabled for an event, the Participants report simply totals hours from each slot that a volunteer was signed up for on the event. When Track Attendance is enabled for an event, the Participants report totals only those hours that a volunteer was also marked as Signed-In for. Whenever total hours reported for a participant excludes slot hours for which the volunteer was not signed in, an "X" indicator will appear at the right end of the line for that participant.