Tip of the Week February 12, 2024 In Volgistics, schedules and service are tracked separately. The Schedule is a plan of when volunteers are expected to serve in the future, while Service is a record of when they actually served in the past. Past schedule entries do not count as service automatically, but using the
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Allow Volunteers to See Who Else Is Scheduled in VicNet
Tip of the Week November 8, 2021 If your organization uses VicNet or VicTouch, you can allow volunteers to see other volunteers who are scheduled by following these steps: Now when volunteers view the daily view of their schedule, they can see other volunteers who are scheduled. If you have volunteers who do not want
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Set Schedule to Default to a Specific Date or Month
Tip of the Week July 24, 2023 If you’re using Volgistics for an event that will take place in the future, you may want to setup the schedule calendar to default to a specific date or month. This makes it easier to use because you will not need to change the view each time you
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Use Schedule Icons to Determine How a Volunteer Is Scheduled
Tip of the Week June 26, 2023 In Volgistics, volunteers can be scheduled in two different ways: without openings and within openings. Some volunteers may be added directly to the schedule, while others may be assigned to fill specific openings that have been setup within Assignments. The Two Ways to Schedule section of the Scheduling
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Go to the Schedule tab of an Assignment from the Schedule page.
Tip of the Week December 19, 2022 There are different ways to view the schedule in Volgistics to match the rendering that fits your needs the best. For example, if you want to view the schedule for your entire organization, you can select Schedule from the menu. Or, if you want to view the schedule
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Create Holidays to close the schedule on certain days
Tip of the Week November 07, 2022 If your organization closes or just keeps minimal staff on certain dates you can add the date as a holiday in your account. This will automatically remove all regularly scheduled volunteers from the schedule for the date you list as the holiday. If volunteers are needed on the
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Feature Update: Schedule Page
We just released an update that makes significant changes to scheduling inside Volgistics. You can still schedule volunteers like you’ve always done, but we’ve made it much easier to use schedule openings, since they are usually a better way to manage the schedule in Volgistics. Here are just a few of the advantages of using
Modify Schedule Statistics Reports to Cover Different Time Periods
Tip of the Week February 08, 2021 One of the stock Schedule Reports available in Volgistics is the Schedule Statistics (Stock) report. This report allows you to quickly see how many openings are filled and unfilled for each assignment. You can also get an unduplicated volunteer count for how many volunteers are scheduled for the
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Tip of the Week February 05, 2018
Post service hours directly from the schedule In Volgistics, volunteers’ Schedule and Service are tracked separately. The Schedule is an estimation of when volunteers are expected to serve in the future, while Service is a record of when they actually served in the past. The Schedule does not become Service automatically, but Volgistics’ Post page