Eventleaf How To Guides

How to Award Credits for Attending a Session

If your session awards credits, you can use Eventleaf to work them out for you. You don't need sign-in sheets or manual math.

Eventleaf uses each attendee's check-in and check-out times to automatically calculate the credits. Setup takes about 2 minutes per session.

  1. Before you start

    Check these two things first:

    • The right Eventleaf plan. Credits are part of the Professional and Ultimate plans. On the other plans, you can try them on events with fewer than 20 attendees.
    • Sessions on your agenda. Credits work per session. Add your sessions under Event Info > Agenda first.
  2. Setting up credits, step by step

    1. Open the session

    Log in to Eventleaf and select your event. Go to Event Info > Agenda. Click the title of the session.

    Open the session

    The Session Details panel should open.

    2. Set the credits

    Scroll down to the Credits section on the Session Details panel. Then do these five things:

    1. Select Award credits to attendee for attending the session.
    2. In Credits Awarded, enter the credits for the full session, for example 2.
    3. Under Award Credit On, select Check Out.
    4. In Percentage of time spent in session to get full credit, adjust the percentage as per your requirements.
    5. If you want to reward fractional credits to the attendees who don't stay for the full session, select Award fractional credits based on the time spent at the session. Set the credits

    When you select Check Out, Eventleaf awards credits when the attendee checks out. The amount depends on how long they stayed:

    • 90% of the session or more: full credits.
    • Less than 90%, with fractional credits on: part of the credits. For example, half the session earns half the credits.
    • Less than 90%, with fractional credits off: no credits.

    For example, a 60-minute session is worth 2 credits. An attendee who stays 54 minutes or more gets 2 credits. An attendee who stays 30 minutes gets 1 credit.

    If you select Check In instead, the attendee gets the full credits on their first check-in. Eventleaf doesn't check how long they stay.

    3. Check the credits in the attendance log

    After the session, click the Reports tab. In the Reports dropdown, select Check In - Attendance Log.

    Each check-in has its own row, with its check-in time, check-out time, and Credits.

    Check the credits in the attendance log
  3. Troubleshooting

    Problem Fix
    An attendee shows 0.00 credits. They haven't checked out yet. Or they stayed less than the percentage you set, and fractional credits are off.
    I changed the settings, but the credits didn't change. Click RECALCULATE CREDITS above the attendance log. On the popup you see, click RECALCULATE CREDITS again.

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