Before we get much further, let's stop and take a look at two different check-in configurations. The first is for our fictitious Rock Solid Church. It's also the default check-in configuration that ships with Rock. The second is a sample configuration for a larger church, Boulder Solid Church, which has two campuses. This second option will give you some ideas about how things can be modified to meet an organization's needs.

Rock Solid Church Configuration

Points of Interest

1. Note how Jr High and High School have their own areas with only a single check-in group in each one. This is a preference. You could combine them into a single Youth Area and put both groups in it. In this case Rock Solid Church has broken them out for reporting reasons.
2. Pay close attention to the age ranges in the groups. Notice how they are fairly wide. Wider ranges tend to work better because they give you some leeway in unique family edge cases. Also note that the age ranges overlap. It's important that there are no gaps in the age ranges.
3. This church has decided to use a centralized kiosk for check-in. They have also defined a printer device for this kiosk.
4. For simplicity's sake, we are not showing the mapping of the check-in schedule (service times) to the various locations (rooms). Keep in mind that each location can determine which service times it's available for.

Boulder Solid Church Configuration

Points of Interest

1. Notice that Boulder Solid Church has two campuses, North and South. These two campuses can share the same check-in group, with each location (campus > room) being attached to the group. This is true even if the two campuses have different service times.
2. Note how the North campus has two rooms (Bobcats & Turtles) for their K-1 group. By using schedules, they can configure check-in to use the Turtle room for only their most popular services.
3. This church has configured a second kiosk in Rock that is dedicated to their youth ministry.
4. You might be questioning the strategy of a church this size only using two check-in kiosks for the whole church. You'll learn later that a kiosk, as defined in Rock, is a device configuration template that can be used by multiple physical machines.
5. You've probably noticed that this configuration has more areas and groups. In some cases, like the kids' area, this configuration is the best fit for the structure of the buildings. In the teen area, it's more for reporting reasons since the youth are all in the same large room.