Updated: 12/29/2018
(Originally Posted 2/14/2015)
Scoutbook is like Facebook for Scouting. Since April 2015, BSA has owned Scoutbook when it acquired it from LDS creator, Shawn Jackson.
Features:
- Track Advancement: It is a great tool to track Cub Scouts and Boy Scout Advancement
- Communicate: Submit Emails or SMS Text Messages to the Unit Members
- Upload Photos & Videos
- Event Calendar and RSVP Feature (like Evite)
- Track Leader Training Records
- Duty to God / Faith in God
- Attendance Records
- Service Hours
- Leadership Time
- Records for each boy for family to see/update
- Youth can document Scouting with Notes/Photos/Video
- Track Merit Badge Councilors + eSign
- NEW Cub Scout Program Tracking
- Print Blue Cards
- Track Order of the Arrow
- Advancement Planning – Calendar Integration
- JTE Tracking (Coming in 2015)
- Advancement – Printing Official Form + 2 Way Sync (Import/Export)
- Scoutbook: District View / Council View (2015)
Each boy can track his own progress for FREE. Units can sign all of their boys up for about $2 per boy per year ($1 for larger Units) FREE for 2019.
Half of the Units in El Camino Real District are now using Scoutbook.
https://www.scoutbook.com/
Commercial Demo
Full Scoutbook Presentation – 1 Hour: http://livestream.com/bsa/nationalcouncil/videos/99410741