Set up self check-in on a tablet (kiosk mode)

Kiosk mode turns a tablet into a self check-in screen: members find their name and tap it. While it's on, the tablet shows nothing else, so nobody at the counter can open your admin pages.

Before you start

You need a class schedule. Without one the button is greyed out and says "A class schedule is required for kiosk mode." Add your classes on Schedule first.

Turn it on

1. On the tablet, sign in and open Attendance.
2. Tap Self Check-In Mode.
3. The first time, Shindo asks you to Create Kiosk PIN: type 4 digits and tap Save & Enter Kiosk. You'll need this PIN to leave kiosk mode, so remember it.
4. The tablet now shows Self Check-In and the class that's on.

What members do

Members type in Search for your name…, find their name and tap it. The tile says ✓ Checked in. Tapping it again unchecks them.

Check-in opens 15 minutes before a class starts, and stays open until 15 minutes before the next class that day. Before the first class opens and after the last one ends, the screen says No active class right now and, if another class is on later today, when it starts.

If a member taps their name and the tile turns to ⚠ No active plan, that member has no plan or pack they can check in on. Sell them one from their member page (Take Payment). The kiosk only lists members who are marked active, have an active plan, or paid for a seat in today's class, so someone with none of these won't appear at all.

Turn it off

1. Tap Return to Dashboard in the bottom corner.
2. Enter the 4-digit PIN and tap Exit. You're back on Attendance.

After 5 wrong PINs in an hour the tablet waits before you can try again, and offers Sign out of this tablet instead. Signing back in needs the account password.

Change or forget the PIN

On another device, open Settings, find Kiosk PIN, type a new 4-digit PIN and tap Update PIN. The tablet accepts the new PIN straight away.

What the kiosk doesn't do

• No QR codes, barcodes or member PINs: members tap their name.
• No walk-in sign-up at the kiosk.
• It can't record a check-in for an earlier day. Do that on Attendance, under History.

Related: Take attendance yourself, Set up your weekly class schedule, Members who can't check in.