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Introducing Internet Advancement

Introducing Internet Advancement. Units can Enter Ranks, Merit Badges, and Awards Online Internet Advancement is provided to assist units with recording ranks, merit badges, awards and reporting to the council. Features of Internet Advancement Simple and intuitive interface

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Introducing Internet Advancement

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  1. Introducing Internet Advancement

  2. Units can Enter Ranks, Merit Badges, and Awards Online • Internet Advancement is provided to assist units with recording ranks, merit badges, awards and reporting to the council.

  3. Features of Internet Advancement • Simple and intuitive interface • Works from any Internet-connected PC with Internet Explorer • Will be updated with the latest rank, merit badge, and award options • Reports

  4. Benefits to Scouting Units • Unit enters its own advancement records • Unit prints a convenient advancement report • Unit obtains current unit roster and unit history

  5. Benefits to the Council • Youth member records are updated • Advancement statistics are current • Record keeping is simplified for all units

  6. Units will: • Have one unit advancement processor register to use Internet Advancement • Access with a unit ID that does not change annually • Enter ranks and awards appropriate to their unit type

  7. Advancement Reports • Units set their own schedule for submitting advancement reports • The council recommends submitting the report once per month, before the month end • The unit must submit one final report each December

  8. How Councils Are Affected • Council advancement procedures that guide units will remain the same • Unit statistics are updated by submittals and will display on council reports • Current unit roster will be online • Units will know if a scout is not registered or been dropped

  9. Ranks, Awards, and Merit Badges • Nominated awards, such as meritorious action awards, cannot be entered • Eagle Scout rank cannot be entered with Internet Advancement and must be completed through the council • Ranks must be added in sequence based on unit type and program

  10. Welcome page

  11. First Time User Log In The unit ID does not change.

  12. Confidentiality Agreement

  13. Unit Advancement Processor Registration Information Each unit has one unit advancement processor.

  14. Internet Advancement Overview

  15. Returning User Log In

  16. Select Members for Advancement after Load Roster

  17. Select Members for Advancement

  18. Record Youth Ranks • Ranks must be added in sequence based on unit type and program.

  19. Record Youth Merit Badges

  20. Record Youth Merit Badges

  21. Record Eagle Required Youth Merit Badges

  22. Record Youth Awards • Nominated awards, such as meritorious action awards, cannot be entered.

  23. Sample Validation Message for Record Youth Ranks date earned

  24. Submit Advancement Report page

  25. Review Advancement Report – Draft before Report submittal

  26. Review Advancement Report – Draft of Unit Awards Summary

  27. Review Advancement Report – Draft of Advancement Update Summary

  28. Print Advancement Report

  29. Advancement Report Package for signature and turn in to council

  30. Other Reports Available • Unit Roster • The Unit Roster is the current roster of adult leaders and youth members. The information is current from the time the unit • advancement processor clicks the Load Roster button. • Unit Advancement Summary • The Unit Advancement Summary is the history of ranks, merit badges, and awards, appropriate to the unit type, recorded for • the current members of the unit. The information is current from • the time the unit advancement processor clicks the Load Roster button.

  31. Unit Roster Information

  32. Unit Roster – Adult Members

  33. Unit Roster – Youth Members

  34. Unit Advancement Summary

  35. Youth Members with no Rank recorded Listing at end of Unit Advancement Summary

  36. Help for Unit Advancement Processors • Frequently Asked Questions Link appears on banner at top right of each page in Internet Advancement and displays the current FAQ for unit users. • Internet Advancement Help The Help link on the Welcome page or Help link on the right of all other pages reaches Internet Advancement Help. Help contains an index, search, instructions, and a second Frequently Asked Questions with additional information. • Contact Stephen Snowden – 818-933-0129

  37. Frequently Asked Questions – link on Internet Advancement banner

  38. Internet Advancement Help Contents

  39. Internet Advancement Index with Keyword Search

  40. Internet Advancement Help Frequently Asked Questions

  41. Forgot Password entry

  42. Forgot Password request reset confirmation message Sample Forgot Password e-mail message text

  43. Change Password Enter old Password and then new Password

  44. Start Over warning message Click OK to delete all entered dates and re-load the roster.

  45. Invalid Date message

  46. Message that existing date earned cannot be removed

  47. What should the unit do now? • 1. Appoint the unit advancement processor. • 2. Have advancement processor review the process. • The unit advancement processor will then: • 3. Obtain the unit ID from the council. • 4. Go to www.myscouting.org, register as a new user if you haven’t registered before and log-in. • 5. Enter Internet Advancement. • 6. Review instructions, Help, and FAQ. • 7. Register as a new user. • 8. Review current Unit Advancement Summary. • 9. Gather youth advancement records and begin entry.

  48. Support: • Contact Stephen Snowden – 818-933-0129 • Front Desk as a Stephen’s Backup • Presentation will be posted to the Balboa Oaks Website, But for now go to: • http://antelopevalley.bsa-la.org/internet_advancement.html

  49. Questions Thank You

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