Ability for all the children in a family to register for an event in the same form without re-typing the address, phone numbers, etc.
Currently on registration forms only one person can be registered at a time. For events like vacation bible school where a lot of information is needed and parents have multiple kids they are signing up, it would be super helpful if the people registering did not have to fill out the monotonous details (address, email, phone, etc...) multiple times for each child but could instead fill it out once and then be able to add their children's name, age, etc. It would be awesome if there was a section to get parent's info and then be able to fill out info on the child with the ability to "add an additional child" for multiple kids.
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Brooke Stickles
- Feb 19 2020
- Shipped
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Mar 26, 2021
Admin response
You are now able to copy the address information between individuals in a sign-up form:
Take a look and let us know what you think!
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I just read this repsonse:
"Thank you for your help Samantha! This would work on some event forms, but because there are other participant options we need to add for this event such as emergency contacts and authorized pickup, etc., its still alot for parents to have to re-type. If there was a way to add participant options in the "complete registration" section this could work well."
and this would truly be such a helpful update to the event forms!!!!! Is there a timeline for this?
This address checkbox is nice, thank you. We are running into an issue of parents having to resubmit the same information when it comes to contact info - who is allowed to pick the kids up, who is the emergency contact/relationship/phone number, etc. These are all Participant Options, so custom questions we've entered into the form. There needs to be a way for that information to not need resubmitted if a parent is registering 2+ children. The checkbox is IDEAL so parents can make that decision for the specifics of the child being registered.
This update is very helpful, thank you! Something else to consider; we added custom items to our forms, such as Parent/Guardian name and number and who is allowed to pick up a child, etc. It would save people so much time and hassle if it were possible to copy that same information for each child within the same signup.
Thanks Brooke! We've definitely heard a request to be able to add participant options to the billing/personal/complete registration section separate than for guests. I don't have a timeline yet but we'll keep this in mind as we're prioritizing future work!
Thank you for your help Samantha! This would work on some event forms, but because there are other participant options we need to add for this event such as emergency contacts and authorized pickup, etc., its still alot for parents to have to re-type. If there was a way to add participant options in the "complete registration" section this could work well.
Thanks for this idea!
For your use case I would recommend removing the phone and address fields for the "guests" and only include it for the hosts (under the "registrant details" section of the form designer.) This would allow the parent registering to add their phone/address information at the end of the process when they're entering their information as part of the personal/billing section, and not have to enter it for each of the children/registrants above on the form.
Let me know if you think this would help. I'd be happy to hop on a call and discuss, just email me at samantha.mcguin@blackbaud.com to setup a time!