Check In and Check Out from the Dashboard

The Dashboard Check In widget keeps your next assigned service visible and provides the check-in action when the service window opens.

Understand the widget

• Before the check-in window, the widget shows your next shift and a countdown in days, hours, and minutes.
• If you have no upcoming assignment, it shows No upcoming shifts and points you to Schedules for open opportunities.
• Selecting the widget outside an action button opens Schedules.

Check in

1. Open Dashboard on the day of your assigned service.
2. Confirm the service date and time displayed in the Check In widget.
3. Beginning 90 minutes before the service start time, select Check In. The button remains available through the scheduled service window if you have not checked in.

After a successful check-in, the widget records your attendance state. If the action fails, review the error message and try again.

Check out

1. When your service is complete, return to the Dashboard Check In widget.
2. Select Check Out.

After checkout, the service is marked Completed in the widget. For a Planning Center-sourced service, the widget may show Checked in without a Vigilant Check Out button.

If the widget or button is missing

• The Check In widget is hidden when an administrator disables Scheduling for the church.
• You need an assigned, eligible service. A declined assignment is not available for check-in.
• Before the 90-minute check-in window, the widget shows a countdown instead of the Check In button.
• After the service window ends, the widget moves to the next upcoming service or the no-upcoming-shifts state.

Correct an attendance problem

If you checked in to the wrong service, cannot check out, or need an attendance record corrected after the service, contact a church administrator or scheduling leader.