Overview

An activity is what volunteers can sign up for. You can create different kinds of activities, then schedule and publish them. Published activities will be available to volunteers for signup in the portal.

Creating Activities

1. Go to Hours -> Activities

2. Click Add activity

3. Give the activity a name (seen publicly)

4. Provide a description of the activity

5. Click Create

Scheduling Activities

1. Go to Hours -> Schedule

2. Click Add activity

3. Select the schedule the activity should be added to

4. Select an activity (click the + icon to create a new one)

5. Enter the start and end dates for the activity

6. Optionally enable shifts

7. If not using shifts, enter the number of volunteers needed or spots available

8. Enter the number of hours a volunteer will earn for participating.

9. Click Add to Schedule

Refer to the article on shifts for more information about enabling shifts for an activity.

Publishing Scheduled Activities

Before an activity is available to volunteers, both the schedule and the activity must be published.

1. Go to Hours -> Schedule

2. Click the checkbox next to each scheduled activity you want to publish or select all

3. Click Bulk Actions -> Publish selected

4. Click Publish selected to confirm

You can identify published and unpublished scheduled activities by looking at the Published column. A green check mark means it is published.