# School Guest Types

Guest provides multiple methods for districts to securely share student and guardian data. By sharing this data districts can build smart check-in workflows for students and guardians.

### Before you begin

To use school guest types, school data must be shared with a Guest site. This helps Guest keep track of students and their guardians by school.School data can be assigned in 3 ways:

* Integration with [Clever](https://help.verkada.com/guest/configuration-and-setup/school-integrations/integrate-clever-with-verkada-guest)
* Integration with [ClassLink](https://help.verkada.com/guest/configuration-and-setup/school-integrations/integrate-classlink-with-verkada-guest)
* CSV upload

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## Configure a School Guest Type

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#### In Verkada Command, go to **All Products > Workplace > Guest.**

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#### On the left navigation, click **Guest Settings**.

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#### At the top, select **Sites > your site.**

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#### Under **Guest Types,** click **Manage Guest Types.**

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#### In the top right, click **Add Guest Type.**

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#### Select **Schools** and choose a template.

a. Click **Create.**\
b. Next to **Check In Steps**, click .

1. Under **Schools,** select a search option:
   * **Student Name:** Requires visitors to search for a student by name. Only students in the school associated to the Guest site will appear in this search. Visitors may search by name or student ID.
   * **Guardian & Student Name:** Requires a visitor to search for a guardian name and then for a student name. By default, only guardians and students associated with the school assigned to the Guest site appear in the search. A guardian selected from this search may only search for students they are linked to.
2. (Optional) For the **Guardian & Student Name** step, check **Allow temporary guardian exceptions** (more info [here](#h_e06f879513)).

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g. Configure other settings as needed.\
h. Click **Save Changes.**
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### Using Pins with School Guest Types

Steps as part of School Guest Types can be [pinned](https://help.verkada.com/guest/configuration-and-setup/pin-guest-check-in-steps-and-configure-guest-passes) to make them skippable on future sign-ins. Pinning the Student Name step will save a previously selected student selection. Pinning the Guardian & Student Name step will save both the previously selected guardian name and student names(s). A visitor can change the guardian and student name selections even if the step is pinned.

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## Using Temporary Guardian Exceptions

Temporary guardian exceptions let visitors choose any student from the school’s student list. A guardian from the school’s guardian list can select the students they are authorized to release or a different student. A person that is not on the school’s guardian list can also select any student. After sign-in, these visits require approval from staff.

### Manage temporary guardian exceptions

If a visitor selects a student they’re not linked to in the school data, staff will be prompted to review the visit. Staff can reject or approve the visit.

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#### In Verkada Command, go to **All Products > Workplace > Guest.**

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#### At the top, select your site.

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#### On a visit log, click **Please Review.**

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#### In the menu, choose to **allow** or **deny** the temporary guardian exception.

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Visit details indicate whether the visitor was approved as a temporary guardian. If a guardian exception was denied, staff can still allow entry by opening the visit log and selecting **Allow entry**.

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