Your studio can collect pieces in two primary ways: 1.) links or 2.) QR codes.
NAVIGATE TO: Pickups > Manage Pickups > Collect button
You can either copy the URL and paste to participants or utilize the unique QR code for participants to scan with their mobile device and submit their piece(s).
For those unfamiliar with QR Codes, they give your staff the ability to show someone one of these funny designs on a printed page or on a piece of paper. The customer can open their camera and scan on their own phone, and it leads them to a website link in their mobile web browser. This is the same link as above, it just makes it easier to get to, especially if it is longer and has class specific information at the end of it.
Note: If you are only using the Default link (Pickup Type), you could certainly print out this QR code, or if you are repeatedly using the same Pickup Group you could also print those out. But class specific QR codes will change for each instance of the class. For this reason, we have tried to make it easy to pull up this QR code on an instructor or staff’s mobile phone, and have students snap it directly from the screen without the need to print it out.
Three different kinds of collection links/QR codes:
- Default: If you click on Manage Pickups > Collect Pieces, it will use the default link and QR code. This means it will not be specific to any kind of Group or Event. Most of the time we recommend using a Pickup Group or class instead unless this is an ongoing need such as Paint Your Own Pottery that happens every day.
- Pickup Group: Pickup Groups are a flexible way to group Pickups together based on an event. You can create new Pickup Groups easily. When you create a new Group you will need to choose a Pickup Type, and then name the Group. Once you have done that you will see the link and QR code that can be shown to students or downloaded.
- Classes: Each Class can have its own Pickups within it on the Manage Class page in Kiln Fire. Navigate to Classes > Manage Classes and locate the particular session of the class that you want to collect pieces for. Now at the bottom of the page it will say Class Pieces, and below that is a button for Collect Pieces. Upon clicking that you will see the specific link and QR code for this session of the class. The nice thing here is that we may already have attendee contact information here that was collected at Registration, so we can allow them to choose their name and not have to re-type their name, email, and phone number.