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Welcome to Circool! We're glad you are here. Allow me to tell you a little bit about Circool. Circool keeps your kids safe at school events. Have you ever noticed during school events (plays, graduation, or any gathering) that there's rarely any checking of who gets through the doors? Do you trust that everyone there, really should be there? That's Circool's job. School staff and Parents select who attends school events. When a school creates an event, school staff selects which classes are invited to attend an event. Only parents with children in those grades will receive an invitation. Using Circool, parents can then invite known family and friends to attend the event with them. Only invited people, with tickets, can enter the event. School staff will use Circool to scan a code on all guests phone (that's you!) as you enter. We verify that each adult should be at the event and close to your kids. Kids are not required to have tickets. Good to know: Circool is best accessed from your phone in a web browser (Chrome or Safari)

Is there a dedicated app for Circool on the App Store? No, there isn't a dedicated app you need to download from the App/Play Store. Even Better, you can add Circool to your device's HomeScreen, making it function like an app. For Safari on iOS Devices: Open Safari: First, open the Safari browser on your iOS device. Navigate to the Website: Enter the URL of the web app you want to add to your home screen and let the page load completely. Or login from https://www.circool.com/log-in Tap the Share Icon: Look for the Share icon at the bottom of the screen (it looks like a square with an arrow pointing up). Scroll Through the Options: Swipe up or scroll through the list of actions until you find "Add to Home Screen" and tap on it. Name Your Icon: You’ll be given the option to name the shortcut before adding it. This name will be displayed under the icon on your home screen. Add to Home Screen: Tap “Add” in the upper-right corner of the screen. The icon for the website will now appear on your home screen, and you can move it around just like any other app icon. For Chrome on Android Devices: Open Chrome: Start by opening the Chrome browser on your device. Navigate to the Website: Type the URL of the web app into the address bar and go to the site. Tap the Menu Icon: Tap the menu icon (three dots in the upper right corner of the screen) to open the menu options. Select 'Add to Home screen': You'll see an option that says "Add to Home screen." Tap this option. Name Your Shortcut: You will have the opportunity to name the shortcut before adding it. This name will appear under the icon on your home screen. Confirm the Addition: Tap “Add” or “Add Automatically” to create the icon. The web app’s icon will appear on your home screen, and you can place it wherever you prefer. Is there a prompt to guide me through this process on Circool's login screen? Yes, when you're on the Circool login screen, you'll find a prompt at the bottom of the page. What if I want to remove the Circool homescreen icon later? If you decide you no longer want the Circool homescreen icon, you can remove it like you would with any other app shortcut.

3 minute video: Activate Your Circool Account (or follow instructions below) You must follow the steps below before you can RSVP to an Event. Make sure you find the email with "School District invites you to Circool" One of the ways we are keeping school events safe is ensuring school staff and parents/guardian are in control. We sync with your schools main student information system (SIS) in order to create and issue user accounts. User accounts are by invitation only. No one is really able to create an account randomly or secretly. Circool is best accessed from your mobile device. There is no app to download, simply follow the web address from your email or calendar invite. Activating your account 1. When your school administrator activates your account, you will receive an email with instructions on completing the setup. 2. Click on the Activate button in the email. This will take you to your schools Circool page. 3. Complete the Profile Information as requested. 4. Click Submit. 5. You will now see any events you have been invited to. 6. You can also add your your Profile Picture by clicking on the hamburger icon in the top left corner, then Profile. A profile picture is required before entering an event. If you need additional help, please email info@circool.com

In order to receive a school event ticket , you will need to RSVP to the event sent from the school. Once you RSVP "yes", you will be issued an electronic ticket. How to RSVP: 1. Check your Email for a new event email from Circool, with the subject line of "New Event". That email will contain all the details on the event. You will see an RSVP button that will take you to the event. or 2. Check your Text Messages for a text with "School Name invited you to a new event". That text will contain a link right to the event in Circool. To signup for text notifications, add your phone number to your Profile. 3. Login to Circool and search for the event under Today or Upcoming - Events. Clicking on the event will take you to the event details. 4. You have three options for attending: Yes, No, Maybe. Don't worry, you can always change your RSVP response. 5. Change your response by clicking on "Change RSVP". 6. When you select "Yes" to your RSVP, you will be issued a ticket that will be used on the day of the event. If you need additional help, please email info@circool.com

3 minute video: How to Access Your Event Ticket In order to attend a school event, all guests will need a ticket. All event tickets are electronic and accessible from your mobile device. How to get to your ticket: 1. Login to Circool and locate the event under Today or Upcoming, then Events. Or 2. Click on the link from the email or text message notification we sent you. That should take you right to the event. 3. Click on "View Ticket" to see your ticket that contains a QR Code along with your beautiful smile:). If you do not see "My Ticket", that means you have not RSVP'd "Yes" to the event. You can change your RSVP by clicking Change RSVP at the top. 4. You can Download your ticket by clicking "Download". You can use this ticket instead of logging into Circool to retrieve your ticket. Note: If you have not set up a profile picture, you will be prompted to do so before we issue your ticket. 5. Show this ticket to the school staff member standing at the entrance. They will scan your ticket and approve your entry. If you need additional help, please email info@circool.com

School events are all about an engaging community, especially for the students. With Circool, you can invite your adult family members and friends to your school events. Inviting Family & Friends to an Event 1. Login to Circool and search for the event under Today or Upcoming. 2. Click on the event to take you to the event details. 3. Click on the "Guests" tab, then Click "Add Family/Friend" button. You will see all your existing My Circool family and friends listed. 4. Clicking a person's name will select them to be added to the event. 5. Click "Invite Selected Guests" button. 6. Your Guests are now added to the event. You can now click "View Ticket" to see their entry ticket. You may text your guest a screen shot or show their ticket when you enter the school together. 7. If you need to Add a new Family or Friend, Click "+Add New" in the top right corner. Complete the information as needed. Once you click "Save" that person is now in your My Circool and is instantly added to the event. If you need additional help, please email info@circool.com

My Circool is your trusted "circle" of family and friends that you want to invite to school event(s). Think grandparents, aunts, uncles, neighbors and even those cousins that show up in their RV at Christmas. Siblings and other children are not required to have a ticket. Circool is connected to your school's student information system (ex: PowerSchool or Infinite Campus). With that, we automatically group primary family members together. But we understand each family's make-up is unique. Each student many have one or many designated guardians in the SIS. By default your immediate family members will be included in My Circool. For example, Zack and Kelly have two children, Kaley (5th grade) and Richard (2nd grade). When Kelly looks at her My Circool, she will see Zack , Kaley and Richard in her list. When one or more guardians are connected to a student, those guardians will also be connected together through their My Circool. How to view who is in My Circool: Log in to Circool from your mobile device. Click on the Hamburger icon, top left, then My Circool. By default, you will see your child and any other guardians to your child. Adding a person to My Circool: Adding a person to My Circool should be used for those adult family and friends that will attend events. As a parent, you still control what events they get to attend. From My Circool, click Add New Complete the information on your family or friend When you click Activate, that person is now in your My Circool, but not invited to a particular event. Removing a person from My Circool: You are able to remove those family and friends that you added to My Circool. Direct family members like children and guardians cannot be removed. From My Circool, scroll to find the person to remove Click on the minus icon next to the persons name Clicking Remove will remove that person from your My Circool.

Do you need to change your profile picture? How about signing up for text notifications? Well here you are, in the right spot. Where do I change my Profile picture? Option 1: When you RSVP "Yes" to your first event, we'll ask you to add a profile picture. This helps your school staff to match people to the right event tickets. You can't enter an event without a profile picture, so might as well say "cheese" now. After you RSVP "Yes", you'll be prompted to add a profile picture. Click Yes. You will be taken to you Profile page. Continue to "Changing Profile Picture" down below. Option 2: Accessing your Profile. From your main dashboard, click the hamburger icon in the top left. You'll see a slide out. Click on Profile, and you'll be taken to a new window. Changing Profile Picture Under your current picture, click Change Profile Picture. To Upload a pic from your device, choose "Files". Browse your device to select the file. To take a selfie with your device, choose "Camera". Align your face with the camera, smile big and snap the photo. Repeat until you like the picture. Aligning your profile picture Before you save your picture, you can center your picture correctly or zoom in/out to get it just the way you like. You can always change your profile picture later. To close out and return to the dashboard, click the "X" in the top right corner. Signing up for SMS/Text notifications We all get too many emails. We'd recommend signing up to receive a text message when you have a new school event or if an event changes. We will never sell your info or spam you. From your main dashboard, click the hamburger icon in the top left. You'll see a slide out. Click on Profile, and you'll be taken to a new window. Add your Mobile Number. Check the box "Receive text notifications from the school?" Click "Save Profile". You will receive a One Time Passcode text message to verify your phone number. Type the code you received into the next screen. Click Submit. Going forward, you will receive a text on any new, changed or cancelled event. Changing Profile Information If you need to make a change to your profile information (like your phone number or address): From your main dashboard, click the hamburger icon in the top left. You'll see a slide out. Click on Profile, and you'll be taken to a new window. Update any of the fields listed. Click "Save Profile". If you need additional help, please email info@circool.com

Welcome to Circool! We're glad you are here. Allow me to tell you a little bit about Circool. Circool keeps your students safe at school Events. Beyond sculpting young minds, our kids safety is the top priority. During school events (plays, ceremonies, etc.), security measures should heighten. That goes beyond simple sign-in sheets. Circool is here to help you control who can enter those events. School staff and Parents select who attends school Events. For every event, school staff selects which grades are invited to attend an event. Only parents with kids in those grades will receive an invitation to attend the event. Using Circool, parents can then invite family and friends to attend the event with them. School staff responsibilities. With Circool, your phone becomes a ticket scanner. When the event starts, you'll use Circool to scan parents (and other guests) phone to approve entry. You'll also be able to print name badges immediately. Circool will verify that each person should be at the event and close to your kids. In this article, we will walk though activating your Circool account and scanning guest ticket to enter an event. Each step will direct you to additional resources and instructions. Use the checklist below to track your progress! ▢ Activate your Circool account ▢ Install app to print name badges ▢ Scanning guests for event entry ▢ Printing name badges on entry ▢ Switching to a Parent role 1. Activate your Circool Account You will receive an email to join Circool. Once you receive the email invite, follow these steps to create your Circool account: Open the email with the subject line "Your School name invites you to Circool" The email message looks like this: (check your spam folder too) Click Activate, then complete the profile information as requested. 2. Install app to print name badges Your phone will actually scan a QR code on each guests phone, and then print a name badge. In order to print name badges after you scan a ticket, you need to download a small app to your phone. Open up Google Play store or Apple App store. Search for and install "Centid". Or click the icon below: 3. During Events: Scanning guests for event entry Just before the event starts, connect your phone to your schools WiFi. To use the name badge printer, you need to the be on the same WiFi as the Zebra label printer. There should be a sticker on the Zebra label printer with instructions. Login to Circool. You'll see all today's events. Find and click on the event that is taking place or about to start. Click on "Event Code Scanner". You might be prompted to allow Circool to use your camera. Click Allow or see Allow Safari to use your camera. The camera on your mobile device should be active and you'll see a window following your camera. Align your camera window with the guests ticket on their mobile device. Circool will automatically scan and validate the ticket for you. If the guests ticket is valid for the event, you will see a green check mark. If the event does not require name badges, then scan your next guest. If the event does require name badges, see the question on printing name badges. 4. During Events: Printing name badges? If the event requires name badges, click the "Print Label & Scan Next" button. You will see CentID appear with the screen like below. This is normal for the initial set up. 5. Click Printers (bottom left) 6. Click Search. Under "Available Printers", select the ZD420 (ZebraPrinter). If there are multiple options, look to see if there is a label on the physical name badge printer near you that matches to one in the Available Printers list. If so, simply click to select it. Hint: Although you might see several printers listed, only select Zebra or Circool printers. 7. Name Badge will print. Once connected, Circool will automatically process and print the last name badge. You'll then be returned to Circool. 8. Good to go! Your name badges should now print quickly as you scan your guests.

Depending on your level of access, you may be able to create events for your district, school or grade level. Creating new events is only available in the school admin portal. To create a new event: Login to the school admin portal From the dashboard, click on "Create New Event" Event Details Tab Event Name: The main name of your event and will be seen first by your guests. Event Description: Describe what your event is all about. Tell guests why they should attend the event. This will show up on your email invitation that you'll send out. Host: Select which school is hosting the event. If there are multiple hosts, just select the main school. This will been see by your guest in their app. Require Printed Name Badge: If you will be requiring name badges to be printed out when guests enter your event, check this box. When your staff scans a guests ticket upon event entry, each guest will have a name badge printed out. Event Date: Select the date of your event. Start Time: Select the time your event starts. End Time: Select the time your event ends. Admission Time: Select the time you wish to start accepting and scanning guests. We recommend setting this to 30 minutes prior to your Start Time. If your Admission Time is set to the same as your Start Time, guest will not be able to enter the event before it starts. Hint: This of this as your "Doors Open" time. Location Search: What is the address or name of the place where your event takes place? You can begin typing an address (ex: 123 Main Street) or the name of a place (ex: Atlanta Zoo). When Circool finds a match, you can select it from the list that appears. Once you select a location from the list, you will see the City, State and Zip fill in. Capacity: Select how many guests your location can comfortably hold. This won't put a cap on the number of guests attending the event. Rather, Capacity will help you track the number of guests attending vs. the event space capacity. If you feel that your number of guests will exceed the capacity, you can always change the location of the event. Event Directions: Give your guests specifics on where to go once they get to the event location.. For example, "we will meet in the gym" or "please gather at the store entrance". Street Address, City, State, Zip: If the Location Search did not complete these fields for you, just add the address to the event. Your guests will be able to click on the address for turn-by-turn navigation to the event. Clicking "Save Progress" will save your event details, but not publish the event. This will close the Create New Event window and return you to the dashboard. You can find your event under the Today's Events or Upcoming Events tab. Clicking "Cancel" will not save any changes made to your event. This will close the Create New Event window and return you to the dashboard. Clicking "Next" will take you to the window where you can select your guests.

Integration with Student Information Systems When we set up your school(s) on Circool, we synced up with your SIS to match students with parents/guardians and put the families in a circle (hence the name!). We also matched teachers with their corresponding school(s). This will allow you to select schools or grades to invite parents/guardians and teachers to events. Adding teachers and parents to a new event After you set-up the initial event details, you can then select your event guests. Simply check a single grade or All Grades. Checking a grade will select all the parents/guardians in that grade to receive an email invitation (once you send it). As you select grades and teachers, you you'll have a visual confirmation the recipients appear to the right. If you check the Teachers box, all teachers in the school will also receive an email invitation with the event details. Clicking "Save Progress" will save your event details, but not publish the event. This will close the Create New Event window and return you to the dashboard. You can find your event under the Today's Events or Upcoming Events tab. Clicking "Cancel" will not save any changes made to your event. This will close the Create New Event window and return you to the dashboard. Clicking "Next" will take you to the window where you can preview your guest list and send out your event invitation email.

After you set up the initial event details and select your events guests, you're now ready to send an email invitation to your guests. If you're currently setting up a new event, you will find this option on the Messages tab of the Create New Event window. Or if you are editing an event, you can click directly on the Message tab. 2. Subject: This will be subject line of the invitation email you send. By default, the subject line will read "New Event: " + your event name + your event date. For example, "Invitation to Community Circle on September 1". You can replace the default subject line with your own. 3. Message: This will be the body your invitation email you send . By default this is blank. A message body is not required, but helps your guests understand why the event is occurring. You do not need to add the date, time, location, etc. to the message, as our default template handles that for you. Event Email Template: 4. Publish: When you hit the Publish button, we will send an email each person listed in the Guardians and Teachers windows. The event is now live and ready for your guest to RSVP. HINT: Be sure that your event details are correct as you might be sending an email to many people. If you need to make changes to your guest list before you publish the event, simply click on the "Back" button or on the Guest tab on the left. Clicking "Save Progress" will save your event details, but not publish the event. This will close the Create New Event window and return you to the dashboard. You can find your event under the Today's Events or Upcoming Events tab. Clicking "Cancel" will not save any changes made to your event. This will close the Create New Event window and return you to the dashboard.

Events can be cancelled as long as they have a future date or time. If an event has already started, you can only change certain parts of the events, but not cancel it. To cancel an event: Login to the school admin portal From the dashboard, locate the event you want to cancel If you already published an event and invited guests, you can cancel that event by clicking on the "X" icon to the right of the event Notifying your guests: Use the message box that appears to optionally send an email to your invited guests. Click Cancel event.

We all know things change. If you need to make a change to an event, let's walk through how. Note: You can only make changes to events that have not started. Only events under Upcoming Events tab or Today's Event tab that have a "Draft" or "Published" status, can be changed. To edit an event: Login to the school admin portal From the dashboard, locate the event you want to change Click on the pencil icon ("Edit") on the far right of your event. This will open up to the event details. Editing event details: 1. On the Details tab, you can change any of the fields. For instance if you need to change the date or time of the event, simply select a new day or time. 2. When finished, click the Save button. You can also click Cancel to discard the changes. 3. You will be asked if you want to send an email updating your guests of the change. There is an optional Event Update Message box that allows you to include a message on why you are making the changes. Clicking Send will email all of your invited guests with the updated event information, regardless of their current RSVP. This includes non-parent guests and teachers. Click Skip will save the event changes but will not send an email to your guests notifying them of the changes. The event changes will still show in their app though. 4. The Edit Event window will close and return you to the dashboard

If you need to add or remove guests from an existing event, you're in the right place. Note: You can only make changes to events that have not started. Only events under Upcoming Events tab or Today's Event tab that have a "Draft" or "Published" status, can be changed. Add guests to an existing event: Login to the school admin portal From the dashboard, locate the event you want to change Click on the pencil icon ("Edit") on the far right of your event. This will open up to the event details. 4. Navigate to the Guest tab. 5. Select the additional grade(s) or teachers that you wish to add to the event. You will see the additional parents emails populate in the Guests table. 5. Click the Save button. 6. You will be asked if you want to email your newly added parents to notify them about being added to the event. There is an optional Event Update Message box that allows you to include a message, that will be seen in the body of the email. Clicking Send will email only your newly added parents with the event invitation. Clicking Skip will save the event changes but will not send an email to your newly added guests. The event will still show in their app. Event Email Template: 7. The Edit Event window will close and return you to the dashboard To remove guests from an event: 1. Follow the steps above, but instead, deselect the grades or teachers that no longer need to attend the event. You will see their names removed from the guests table. 2. Click Save. 3. If you only removed guests from an event, there is no email notification option necessary. The event will simply not show in their app. If you made other changes to the event at the same time you removed guests, you will be prompted to notify only retained guest with the event changes. 4. The Edit Event window will close and return you to the dashboard

One of the best features in Circool is the quick and efficient way to scan a guests phone to validate their entry into your events. Only parents, guardians and invited family and friends will have tickets to enter the event. The process to scan tickets is quite easy, but let's show you how this works. Scanning guest event tickets: Login to Circool with your Teachers account from any mobile device. At this time only Android and Apple device are supported and only the Safari web browser works with Apple devices. Click on Today's Event tab Find and click on the the event that is taking place or about to start. The event must be in a "Started" status before you can scan guests tickets. Click on "Event Code Scanner". You might be prompted to allow Circool to use your camera. Click Allow or see Allow Safari to use your camera Scanning guest tickets: The camera on your mobile device should be active and you'll see a window following your camera. Align your camera window with the guests ticket on their mobile device. Circool will automatically find, scan and validate the ticket for you. If the guests ticket is valid for the event, you will see a green check mark. If after scanning a guests ticket you see a red X, it's likely that the guest has pulled up the wrong ticket. Ensure that the guest has the right ticket and try again. Printing Name Badges: If the event does not require name badges to be printed, you are ready to scan the next guest for entry. Nothing to press! If the event does require name badges to be printed, you will see a button for "Print Label & Scan Next". Clicking this button will print out a name badge for the guest, clear the scanner and prepare you to scan the next guest.

Your data is your data. Circool does not, and will, not sell any user data. There are certain cases where we must share your information to help us operate Circool. Privacy Policies are typically long and boring, but here's our view: All of Circool’s use of data are in accordance with the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) governing the use of student data. Circool receives all of its student data from your schools Student Information System. We only collect your child's name, current grade and school and all parents/guardians connected. That's it. As for parents, we will also ask for your name, email address, selfie pic, birthday, and phone number. If your school stops using Circool or your child no longer attends the school, your information is deleted out of our systems within 90 days. Your data is stored in Amazon Web Services - the most secure data centers in the world. When you're invited to new events or events changes, Circool will send you an email. We'll never spam you or sell your email address. Sometimes we'll send you non-event related emails (like your birthday) but you can always opt out. Sometimes, in very rare instances, we have to share the information in our databases with government entities. For example, if we have information on a crime or suspect in a crime, we have to open our doors. Luckily that doesn't happen often. If you need additional help, please email info@circool.com

What you will need to set up Zebra 420/421 Label Printer: 15-20 minutes Computer with USB port and connected to your school WiFi Be close to a power source Backup plan, just in case things don't go perfectly: jason@circool.com 1. Unpacking the label printer and initial configuration The following video will explain what to do when you first receive your label printer. Follow the guidelines in the video. Do not connect the label printer to your computer yet. You can add your roll of labels if you'd like. 2. Download and install label printer drivers to a computer Next, you will need to download drivers to your computer. You can use any Windows computer that is connected the school WiFi and has a USB port. This is mainly to get the label printer connected to your school WiFi. Click here to download the drivers from the Zebra website. Scroll to section "Zebra Setup Utilities for Windows" and download the latest drivers. Once downloaded, Run the downloaded utility. Say Yes if Prompt on Trusted Source. Click Next to the Welcome Screen. Accept terms of the license agreement. Click Next. Click Next to the Destination Folder screen. Click Next to the Select Program Folder. Click Next to the Completion screen. Allow the installation to finish Check “I have Read the information above”. Click Next to the Important Information screen. Check “Run Zebra Utilities Now”. Click Finish to the Completing screen. Step 2 Done! You're done installing the drivers. Great Job! 3. Connecting the Label Printer to your WiFi Connect the label printer to your computer using the supplied USB cable. Turn on the label printer by pressing and holding the power button until the orange lights appear. Wait for the light (diamond inside a square) to turn green. Select USB. Click Next. Your computer system, if connected to the internet, should apply the correct drivers automatically. If not, follow the prompts for the Manual Install. Click Finish to the below screen. If you chose Manual Install, your screen should look like this. If not, you can skip this step. In the large window to the right, scroll and select ZDesigner ZD421-203dpi ZPL. Click Next to the Select Printer screen. Click "ZDesigner ZD421" from the printers list in the large window. Then, click on "Configure Printer Connectivity." Select Wireless. Click Next. Nothing to change on this screen. Click Next. The wireless band is unique to your schools wireless settings. Most often the 802.11 a/b/g/n will work with most wireless network set-ups. It's a good idea to check with your IT Admin. We suggest selecting 802.11 a/b/g/n (2.4 GHz / 5 GHz) and click Next. Select USA, Canada. Leave Channel List blank. Click Next. For ESSID, type in the name of your wireless network. Make sure you match the case exactly. Hint: if your phone is connected to the school WiFi, you'll the see name/ESSID under your WiFi settings. Again, the Security mode will be unique to your wireless network set-up. WPA-PSK/ WPA2-PSK is the most common for wireless networks. Leave Security username and Security password blank. Click Next. On PSK Type, Select "String". Type your WiFi password into the PSK Name box. Passwords are case sensitive. If you do not type it in correctly here, it will not tell you until later screens. Click Next. Click Next on the Advanced wireless settings screen. Click Next on the Final Stream screen. Click Finish on the Send data screen. Your Printer will now reset on its own. The lights on the printer will flash orange. This could take up to 60 seconds. Wait for the printer lights to turn green. You should now see the right most light (WiFi) as green. The Buttons on the Printer should look like the picture to the right: Great. Now let's test this printer out! 4. How to print a test label Insert a roll of labels into the Printer. You can find video instructions here. From your computer, open the Zebra Set-up utilities software application if it's not open Highlight the ZD421-203dpi ZPL Printer in the large window. Click on “Open Printer Tools” Select “Printer configuration label.” Click Send. A configuration report should print out. We Did It!

Are your labels are not printing correctly or the text is printing across the labels like shown below? FIX, See below video : Media Calibration on Zebra name badge printer Zebra printer is in sleep mode If there is no activity for 2 minutes, the Zebra printer will go into "sleep mode". The far left green button (diamond in a square) will slowly blink. This may prevent communication with the printer FIX: Simply press the far right button (gray X) to wake the printer up.

About If this is the first time you are connecting your phone or tablet to the name badge printer, you're in the right place. If you're having trouble reconnecting to the name badge printer, see the question on name badge printer troubleshooting. When your school administrator creates an event in Circool, they have an option to require printed name badges for each guest when school staff scan them into the event. School staff that are responsible for scanning guests into an event will use a mobile devices (phone, tablet, etc.) to connect to a name badge printer. Circool will then print out the name badges automatically as you scan guests in. Let's walk through how to connect your mobile device to the Zebra name badge printers. Download the Centid app from the app store. Only do this once. 1. The Centid app sits behind the scenes, but is necessary to communicate with the name badge printer. 2. If you're on an Android device, click here to download from the Google Play store. 3. If you're on an iOS device, click here to download from Apple App store . Connecting your mobile device to the name badge printer: 1. Connect your mobile device to the school's wireless internet. If there are multiple WIFI options, you might need to check with your system administrator. Or perhaps look on the physical Zebra printer to see if there is a label showing the internet connection information. You need to be on the same WIFI that the Zebra name badge printer is connected to. 2. Login to Circool just prior to an event starting. 3. Click on the event that is starting. 4. Click Event Code Scanner You may receive a message to allow Circool to use your camera. Select "Allow". 5. Scan your first guests ticket. 6. Click Print Label & Scan Next button. You will see CentID appear with the screen like this. This is normal for the initial set up. 7. Click Printers (bottom left) 8. Click Search. You will see one or a few "Available Printers" listed. Look to see if there is a label on the physical name badge printer near you that matches to one in the Available Printers list. If so, simply click to select it. Hint: Although you might see several printers listed, only select Zebra or Circool printers. 9. Name Badge will print. Once connected, Circool will process and print the last name badge. You'll then be returned to Circool. 10. Good to go! Your name badges should now print quickly as you scan your guests. Circool will store this process for your next event so you should not have to repeat this process. There are times that a different name badge printer will be available for different events, but simply follow this instruction again.

If you are scanning event tickets and Safari constantly asks you "circool.com" Would like to Access the Camera, there is a way to run that off. This is for an iOS/Apple device, but mainly appears when using the Safari browser. Step 1: Open Circool using Safari Step 2: Click on the Aa on the left side of the website address bar. Step 3: Click "Website settings" Step 4: Click "Camera" Step 5: Select "Allow" from the list. Step 6: Select "Done" in the top right corner.