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?
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.
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 to Record Activities & Service Hours
- How to Log Into Internet Advancment
- How to Assign An Advancement Chair
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:
- Visit My.Scouting.org.
- Click on Menu (upper left-hand corner)
- Select your unit leader from the drop-down menu
- Click Organization Manager
- Click Position Manager
- Click on the Functional Role tab
- 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.