Volunteer Settings
4 min
the settings page in volunteer management contains several options these included registration and access, messages, and approval tracking volunteer general settings this page allows adjusting the following allow public registrations adds the volunteer tab to your public ludus pages and allows volunteers to sign up for shifts require application & authentication volunteers must fill out the volunteer application and sign in to their volunteer account before registering for shifts when disabled, a new volunteer can select the shift and click to register and sign up for it all at once, rather than going through the sign up process first allow volunteers to cancel shifts allow volunteers to cancel their shift registrations if this setting is enabled, volunteers will be able to cancel their shift registrations suggested article allow volunteers to cancel shifts https //support ludus com/allow volunteers to cancel shifts require phone number requires volunteers to fill out their phone numbers to register require address requires volunteers to fill out their address to register require date of birth requires volunteers to fill out their date of birth to register new volunteer forms allows you to set a form to collect additional information when a new volunteer registers admin approval access all full admins can approve volunteers by default emails are sent to all selected admins in this field whenever a new volunteer signs up this allows additional admins who are not at the full admin level to access the approvals tab volunteer signup cta message used to create a call to action message on the signup page for this cta to be visible users must not be logged in allow public registrations must be turned on require application & authentication must be turned on/ unapproved volunteer message create a standard reply to volunteers who are not approved messages volunteer signup cta message this message will appear on the public volunteers page in the main volunteer signup cta unapproved volunteer message this message will appear below the shift signup form for unapproved volunteers approvals & tracking settings also located on the general settings tab, approvals and tracking enable the automation of various aspects of the approval process here you can set the following enable hours tracking track the hours your volunteers complete approved hours will appear in reports and volunteer profiles automatically approve new volunteers volunteer roles hours automatic approvals for shift signups approve all volunteers approve only pre approved volunteers do not auto approve (admin review required)