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There are three ways for the kiosk to find someone: by name or number, by number only, or with a badge scan. Here's how each one works, and how to turn it on.
Every kiosk starts out this way, with nothing to turn on. Type part of a name or a student number, whichever's faster, and pick the right result from the list.
Every student already has a unique student number. Number-only mode is for centers that would rather students not browse names at the kiosk at all — typing a name won't find anyone, but a number always will.
On the Admin tab (Manager-only), find the Kiosk Check-In card.
Flip the toggle and click Save. This applies instantly, center-wide — no need to touch any device.
The search box's placeholder changes to "Scan or type your number…" as a reminder. Nothing about check-in or check-out itself changes — students still tap a result and confirm, exactly as before. Only how they get found is different.
A separate Badge scanning switch, right below Number only on the same Kiosk Check-In card, replaces the search box entirely with a scan-only screen — no typing at all. Pick whichever scan method matches your setup, then Save. By default, a successful scan finds the student and shows a confirm screen — one tap finishes the check-in/out, the same as picking a name from search would.
Students tap a button, then hold their badge up to the device's camera — no extra hardware needed. SwiftCheck automatically uses the front-facing camera, since a kiosk usually faces the person using it.
No button — the kiosk shows a plain "Scan your badge" card, and any USB or Bluetooth barcode scanner does the rest. A scanner works like a keyboard, typing the scanned number straight into the page.
Both read the exact same barcode, so a student's card works with either — switch between the two any time without reprinting anything.
Find the Student ID Cards card on the same Admin tab. It prints in two ways — everyone at once, or just the people who actually need a card right now.
Click Bulk Print. Every active student with an assigned number is included automatically — check Include inactive students if you want former students' cards too. Pick a label format and print. This is the fastest way to badge a whole roster the first time you turn on badge scan.
Click Print instead to open a filterable checklist of your students. Check just the people you need — a new enrollment, someone whose card was lost or damaged, whoever joined this week — pick a label format, and only those cards print. Nobody else's existing badge is touched.
Every card carries the same thing no matter which format or printing method you use: the student's name and their number as a Code128 barcode. This is the same barcode scanning reads, so a card printed either way works identically at the kiosk.
Badge scan replaces the search box entirely, so number-only mode doesn't come into play while it's on. Turn badge scan off and number-only (if it's set) takes over again.
Yes — Live Roster's own check-in box uses the same search, so it's locked to numbers too whenever this is turned on. Live Roster's Filter by name box is unaffected; that's a separate, local filter over students already loaded.
Every student gets one automatically — you don't have to assign it. Find it any time from the Students tab, or on a printed ID card.
Nothing to deactivate or reissue — their student number never changes. Click Print on Student ID Cards, check just that one student, and print a fresh card without touching anyone else's.
No — number-only mode works with typed numbers alone, no scanner required. Badge scan's Camera option needs no extra hardware either; only its Barcode scanner option needs a USB or Bluetooth scanner, and any model that types like a keyboard works with zero configuration.
Yes, any time — flip the toggle back and save. Nothing about your students or their numbers changes either way.
Kiosk Search is included at no extra cost, on every SwiftCheck plan.
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