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Troop Progress |
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The Record Troop Progress screen is used to quickly and efficiently mark badge and activity progress for a group of scouts. Click on a screen element in the illustration below to learn more about it.
Click on a screen element to learn more about it.
Scouts (Checkbox List)
The list of active scouts from the currently selected troop and program level are displayed. Check the boxes next to the scouts to indicate which ones should be recorded. See Preferences for controlling active/inactive scouts. [Return to Top]
Scout Selection (Buttons)
To quickly select and clear scout check boxes, use the Select All, Clear All and Invert buttons. The first two should be obvious. Invert should be used when a small number of scouts should not be selected. Check the boxes for the non-participating scouts and then click Invert. You instantly have check boxes everywhere except for the non-participating scouts. [Return to Top]
Badges (List)
The badges in this list come from the badges present in the currently selected troop and program level. You should not get in the habit of copying large numbers of badges from the master badge database into your troop(s). Doing so makes this list very long. Instead, copy only the badges that are actively in use by your troop. This list will be smaller and more manageable. Because the badge copy process is so quick and easy there's no downside to waiting until the last moment to copy a badge. [Return to Top]
Date Completed, Badge
Be sure to select the correct date for badge completion records. While there's no real harm in having the wrong date, it diminishes the value of the Scout Summary screen and many of the Scout History-related reports that allow you to specify a date range. [Return to Top]
Mark / Remove Badge (Buttons)
Use these buttons to mark the selected badge as completed for all selected scouts. If you make a mistake, the Remove button removes the completion flag from the badge for all selected scouts. Note that these command buttons are only for marking the entire badge as being completed. In BadgeManager Plus, "completed" means the scout meets the requirements for the badge. Completed = Earned, but not necessarily presented. See Award Badges for recording presentation. [Return to Top]
Badge Activities (Checkbox List)
The activities for the selected badge are displayed. Check the boxes to indicate which activities the group of scouts completed. [Return to Top]
Date Completed, Activities
Be sure to select the correct date for activity completion records. As with the other dates in this product, it diminishes the value of other product features if you don't specify an accurate date. [Return to Top]
Mark / Remove Activities (Buttons)
Use these buttons to mark the selected activities as completed for all selected scouts. If you make a mistake, the Remove button removes the completion flag from the activities for all selected scouts. [Return to Top]
Search for Earned Badges (Button)
This feature scans the scouts in the currently selected troop, looking for badges that appear to be completed (a.k.a. earned) based on the requirements logic built into this product. See Editing Badges for details about how the badge requirements logic works.
As the illustration above indicates, the process is not yet fully implemented. As you're no doubt well aware, requirements for the full spectrum of badges and other recognitions is very complex. For the first release of BadgeManager Plus, we are confident that the product can reliably analyze and detect Brownie badges and a subset of the Junior badges. We anticipate "training" the product to recognize more badges, and will release updates which will be available for free to our customers.
