Troop CampfireAfter a meeting or campout you've often covered the same requirement with the whole patrol — tying knots, cooking a meal, demonstrating first aid. Instead of opening every Scout's profile to sign each one off, use Bulk Sign-Off to mark the same requirements complete for many Scouts at once.
It works across every rank in your program — search by topic and Bulk Sign-Off pulls matching requirements from Scouts BSA, Cub Scouts, Venturing, or Sea Scouts (whichever your unit uses).
You'll only see the Bulk Sign-Off entry points if you have the Approve Rank Requirements permission. Scoutmasters and Assistant Scoutmasters have it by default; for other roles, ask your unit admin to grant it.
Open Bulk Sign-Off from the Attendees of an event
This is the easiest path when you're signing off something you just did with the kids at a meeting or outing — the scouts who RSVP'd attending are pre-selected for you.
- Open the event in Calendar and tap the Attendees tab.
- Tap the Mark advancements from this event card at the top.
- Bulk Sign-Off opens with every attending Scout already checked. Uncheck anyone who shouldn't get credit.
Open Bulk Sign-Off from Advancement Reports
Use this path when you're signing off something that didn't happen at a single event, or when you want to pick the Scouts manually.
- Open Advancement Reports from the navigation.
- Tap the Bulk Sign-Off tile.
- Pick the Scouts you want from the list — a name filter and a Select shown shortcut help with large rosters.
Find the requirements and sign off
- Type a word or two in the search box — for example knot, cooking, or first aid. Matches across every rank in your program appear below.
- Check the requirements you want to sign off. Each one shows the requirement text and which rank it belongs to.
- Confirm the date completed. It defaults to today; change it if the event was earlier.
- Add optional notes if you want context recorded on the sign-off (e.g. "Demonstrated on summer campout").
- Review the count on the sticky bar at the bottom — for example "3 new sign-offs for 5 scouts" — and tap Sign off.
What happens if a Scout already has the requirement done
Bulk Sign-Off checks every Scout's existing progress before writing. If a requirement is already marked complete for a particular Scout, that one is silently skipped — the original date, signer, and notes stay exactly as they were.
The summary on the sticky bar shows both numbers — new sign-offs and skips — before you submit, and the confirmation message after the save reports how many were skipped because they were already complete.