Every team gets a QR code in its portal. At the door, staff point a phone camera at it, and the team is checked in with its number on screen to call out.

Staff use the phone's own camera. Signed in as staff, opening the code checks the team in.
The screen shows the team number in large type, with the team name, school, member count, and stage.
A second scan says Already checked in, with the time and who did it. Undo is one tap.
See how many teams are in, filter by stage, and check a team in by hand if they lost their code.
The code is on each team's portal overview, and you can email it to every team, or every team in a stage, with one click. Anyone who is not staff who opens the code sees the team's pass: its number and QR code full screen, ready to show at the door.
The Check-in page shows every team with its check-in time in your own time zone, with search and a stage filter. Count how many finalists have arrived at a glance.

Codes are signed, so they cannot be guessed or edited to point at another team, and a code from another program does not work on yours. Link previews in chat apps and browser prefetching never check a team in.
No. The camera app on iPhone and Android phones opens the code's link. Staff sign in to your portal on their phone once, then every scan checks a team in.
They see the team's pass, its number and QR code, and nothing is checked in.
Yes. Find the team on the Check-in page and check it in by hand, or undo a check-in made by mistake.
Per team. One scan checks in the whole team and shows its number.
No. The phone needs a connection to check a team in, since every scan is recorded live.
Every plan. Turn it on under Settings, Modules.
Build your score sheet as a form, send judges a link or give them accounts with assigned teams, watch the ranked results fill in as scores arrive, then share the feedback with every team.
Applicants sign in with a secure link and see where they stand, what to do next, and every message from your staff, all under your program's name.
Set the days, the times, and how many teams fit in each slot. Teams pick their time from a clear sign-up sheet, and the last spot can only ever go to one of them.
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