Timecounts

Learn how to post events and shifts on Timecounts.

Scheduling Opportunities

Choosing the right format for your volunteer opportunities.

Using events vs. schedules

Explore the different types of events and how to use them effectively.

Event types overview

Only qualified volunteers can sign up when you link an application to a scheduled position.

Understanding the role of applications in restricting schedule signups

Learn how to switch between review and auto-accept options for smoother volunteer signups.

Choosing how to approve signups for events and schedules

Explore publishing options to manage who can view and access your activities.

Controlling visibility for events and schedules

Learn how to create and manage positions when scheduling.

How positions work

When to add an optional reference when creating a shift and how it can help.

Using the optional reference field

Control when new shift and event signups close.

Setting a signup cutoff time

Decide how many shifts or events volunteers can sign up for.

Setting a signup limit

Make your cancellation policy work for you.

Setting a cancellation limit

How to manage waitlists, set limits, and automate the process.

Working with waitlists

What you need to know before you start to schedule.

Scheduling Basics

Learn how to create and publish a schedule with shifts.

Building your new shift schedule

Create shift schedules for different opportunities.

Working with multiple schedules

Learn how to publish shifts, adjust published dates, and unpublish a schedule.

Publishing your shift schedule

Learn how to review and approve incoming requests for shifts.

Handling shift requests

Learn how to create a recurring schedule by copying shifts to future weeks within your schedule.

Copying shifts to future dates

Delete shifts you no longer need from your schedule.

Clearing shifts your schedule

How to make changes to a shift after it's been created.

Editing shifts in the schedule

How to bulk assign shifts to volunteers for the same position.

Bulk assigning shifts to volunteers

Use shift templates to quickly add shifts to your schedule.

Adding shifts with shift blocks

Schedules

Learn about making one-day events available for volunteers to signups.

Creating an event

How to publish an event with multiple dates.

Creating a repeating event

How to publish an event with various roles and locations.

Creating an event with shifts

Learn how to copy events quickly and easily.

Duplicating an event

Learn how to remove an event that’s no longer taking place.

Deleting or cancelling an event

Events

Why a volunteer might not appear in the search for assigning to a shift or event.