Scoutbook

Troop 277 uses Scoutbook to track scout advancement, manage calendar events, and for email communications. This website/app is developed by Scouting America for use by it's units. Currently Scoutbook is ungoing renovations to provide a better experience for everyone. Even considering that we believe that it is the future of scouting and despite it's shortcomings is still the best available tool. There are 3 ways to access Scoutbook outlined below. Regardless of how you access you will need a registered account and a login. If you do not have a login scroll down for information on that. 

Logging in to Scoutbook for the first time

Parents need to be connected to their Scouts and invited to participate in Scoutbook by the unit Scoutbook administrator. This may have happened automatically by the system if you are on your child’s application as a parent or have either entered an application online or logged into my.scouting.org. If you have done either of those, go to http://scoutbook.com and login using your my.scouting.org credentials. You should see your Scout on your dashboard.

If you have never logged into my.scouting before go to http://my.scouting.org and create an account. Then use the credentials (userID and password) you create there to login to http://scoutbook.com.

If not:

If you are not sure if that has happened, please contact your unit. If needed, the unit your Scout belongs to will connect you to your Scout in Scoutbook. When they do, you will receive an invitation email from your unit similar to the one below. If you did not get an invitation, notify your Scoutbook unit administrator and they can send you one. If they need assistance, they can see our unit getting started guide here.

OR

If you have a Scoutbook account or a My.Scouting account you can attach yourself to your scout. Log into Scoutbook at http://scoutbook.com, with your Scoutbook or my.scouting.org account credentials then navigate to My Dashboard -> Administration -> My Account -> My Connections and click the new “Connect to your Scout” link. The search requires the Scout’s BSA Member ID, last name, zip code (as recorded in Scoutbook) and date of birth. Once the Scout is found and confirmed, you will be connected to your Scout with Full Control. Your unit leaders can give you the member ID for your Scout.

If the unit connects you, you will receive an invitation that looks like this:

If you did not get an invitation, notify your Scoutbook unit administrator and they can send you one.

In the email, Click the “Learn More and Login Now” link. This will take you to the Scoutbook page.

Click the “Login” button to login to Scoutbook. Log in using the account and temporary password. If you misplaced the password given to you, click on Forgot password? At the bottom of the login prompt.

There are a few reasons why someone would not be able to

login to Scoutbook.

1. Passwords are case sensitive. If your

password is A13BD you need to enter it exactly like that. a13bd will not work.

2. Password has expired. Each time you are sent

an invite in Scoutbook a new temporary password is sent via email to the

user/parent. Any previous invites automatically expire when a new invite is

sent.

If the parent finds more than one invite in their inbox

they must use the most recent one in order to login successfully.

3. Your browser must accept cookies. Most

browsers are setup to accept cookies. Scoutbook uses cookies to throughout the

site. If the user has turned off cookies in their browser settings they will

not be able to login.

There are more login helps here. If you continue to have login issues, contact your local council.