Recording Service Hours & Activities

Tracking the progress of unit members in the following activities is made fun and simple with the Activities module in Internet Advancement and Scoutbook. Best of all – any service hours recorded in Internet Advancement feed directly into Journey To Excellence (JTE).

  • Campouts – Days, Nights, Frost Points
  • Hikes – Miles, Elevation Change
  • Long Cruises (Sea Scouts) – Days, Miles
  • Service Projects – Hours

Do I still need to record hours in the Good Turn For America platform (servicehours.scouting.org)?
NO! All your unit service hours will be recorded in Internet Advancement. Furthermore, all Good Turn for America service hours entries, except Eagle Service Projects, are now available in Internet Advancement.

BSA Activity Logs in Internet Advancement

How Does This Affect Scoutbook?

All activities are now recorded in Internet Advancement.  All Scoutbook camping and hiking logs have been moved to the new system.  In Scoutbook, when you click on a Scout’s activity log, you will now be directed to Internet Advancement to enter activities.

  • You can also go directly to Internet Advancement directly to enter activities.
  • Scoutbook users will record all future activities in the new system.
  • Scoutbook users who record Advancement in Scoutbook should continue to record Advancement in Scoutbook, not Internet Advancement 2.0.

How Does This Affect Journey to Excellence?

  1.  Legacy Scoutbook activities that were moved to Internet Advancement on May 6, 2020, do not feed into Journey to Excellence.
  2.  Any service activities that were imported from Good Turn for America (servicehours.scouting.org) will appear in Internet Advancement and continue to         feed into Journey to Excellence (JTE).
  3.  Any service activities approved in Internet Advancement will feed into JTE.

Internet Advancement is available at advancements.scouting.org.

Internet Advancement writes to the Scoutbook database so anything approved will instantly show up in Scoutbook (and vice versa.) Also, all records are synced with the council records automatically within 48 hours.

Step-by-Step Instructions to Record Activities & Service Hours

To log into Internet Advancement, please visit advancements.scouting.org/login.

Your Username and Password will be the same one you use to log into both My.Scouting.org and/or Scoutbook.

If you have trouble logging in, or need to reset your Password, please submit a Password Reset Request to support@baylakesbsa.org.

Changing or assigning Functional Roles can only be done by the Unit Key 3 and the Key 3 delegate(s).  To add a Functional Role, such as Advancement Chair, to one of your unit leader’s profiles, please follow these steps:

  1. Visit My.Scouting.org.
  2. Click on Menu (upper left-hand corner)
  3. Select your unit leader from the drop-down menu
  4. Click Organization Manager
  5. Click Position Manager
  6. Click on the Functional Role tab
  7. Next, simply assign roles by “dragging and dropping” in the name of the person you want to hold a particular role.

Please note: Functional Roles will need to be reassigned after your annual unit charter renewal is processed each year.