--- title: Build an Email Sign-In Station description: ⚠️ Only System Administrators will have access to creating and managing Sign-In Stations from eCoordinator By choosing Email as your sign in method, the volunteer is only required to enter their email --- [Skip to content](https://help.samaritan.com/build-an-email-sign-in-station#main-content) English Show submenu for translations [Submit a support request](https://help.samaritan.com/kb-tickets/new?hsLang=en) [Customer portal](https://help.samaritan.com/tickets-view?hsLang=en) ![eCLogo.png\]](https://help.samaritan.com/hs-fs/hubfs/eCLogo.png?height=40&name=eCLogo.png) Open main navigation Close main navigation - English Show submenu for translations - [Submit a support request](https://help.samaritan.com/kb-tickets/new) - [Customer portal](https://help.samaritan.com/tickets-view) - Go to samaritan.com Go to samaritan.com Hello. How can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Samaritan Help Center](https://help.samaritan.com/?hsLang=en) 2. [Sign-In Stations](https://help.samaritan.com/sign-in-stations?hsLang=en) 3. [How to build a Sign-In Station](https://help.samaritan.com/sign-in-stations?hsLang=en#how-to-build-a-sign-in-station) # Build an Email Sign-In Station ⚠️ Only System Administrators will have access to creating and managing Sign-In Stations from eCoordinator By choosing Email as your sign in method, the volunteer is only required to enter their email address that they registered with. There can only be *one* record with the email address. ![Email SIS](https://help.samaritan.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Email%20SIS.gif?width=688&name=Email%20SIS.gif) **General** - Go to **Tools → Administrative Options → Sign-In** - Click **New** - Under **General** give the station a **Name** - (Optional) Add a Supervisor Name and Location - (Optional) Set the number of seconds that you want a sign-in or sign-out confirmation message to display. How long do you want the sign-in or sign-out confirmation to display? Note: the confirmation message says “Sign-in complete.” ![SIS\_Email\_General](https://help.samaritan.com/hs-fs/hubfs/SIS_Email_General.png?width=688&name=SIS_Email_General.png) ### **Sign-In** - Change the Default station Sign In method to **Email** - (Optional) Customize your Sign-In Station **Allow other Sign-In Methods:** if this is checked, on the station the volunteer has the option to switch between email and other methods including username/password, other, guest, etc. **Allow Guest Sign-In: **if volunteers show up and are not in the system, you must enable guest sign in. Guest volunteers will be asked for their First Name, Last Name, and Email and will be stored as a record in eC. If desired, you can email volunteers who showed up as a guest and ask them to fill out a full volunteer application. **Hide Group Sign-In:  **❌  Skip this setting; applies to [Open Roster mode](https://help.samaritan.com/build-an-open-roster-sign-in-station?hsLang=en) only. **Return to default sign-in method: **if you enable “Allow other sign in methods” volunteers can choose which method they want to use. This setting will default to the original that is set in the number of seconds you choose. For example, if a volunteer chooses to sign in as a guest and they do not follow through with sign in, it will reset back to Open Roster 30 seconds.\* **Maximum time allowed per session (HH:MM):** - if the end of the shift comes and the volunteer forgets to sign out, the system will time them out at the number that you set here. The highest the time can be set is for 24 hours so overnight shifts will need a different strategy. ![SIS\_Email\_Method](https://help.samaritan.com/hs-fs/hubfs/SIS_Email_Method.png?width=688&name=SIS_Email_Method.png) ### **Open Roster (Additional Settings)** ❌  Skip this section, these settings are for Open Roster mode only.  When all settings are configured, click **Save & Close** ### Required Next steps:  - [**Generate the station's URL**](https://help.samaritan.com/generate-the-sign-in-station-url?hsLang=en) - [**Add the Sign-In Station to an Opportunity**](https://help.samaritan.com/add-a-sign-in-station-to-an-opportunity?hsLang=en) - [**Add a Sign-In Station to an Shift**](https://help.samaritan.com/add-a-sign-in-station-to-a-shift?hsLang=en), if your Opportunity has Shifts - [What's New](https://help.samaritan.com/whats-new?hsLang=en) - [Getting Started](https://help.samaritan.com/getting-started?hsLang=en#main-content) - [Account Basics & Setup](https://help.samaritan.com/getting-started?hsLang=en#account-basics-setup) - [Product Orientation & Basic Navigation](https://help.samaritan.com/getting-started?hsLang=en#product-orientation-basic-navigation) - [Record Management](https://help.samaritan.com/getting-started?hsLang=en#record-management) - [Reports](https://help.samaritan.com/reports?hsLang=en) - [Email & Text Messaging](https://help.samaritan.com/email-text-messaging?hsLang=en#main-content) - [Troubleshooting](https://help.samaritan.com/email-text-messaging?hsLang=en#troubleshooting) - [Automated Emails](https://help.samaritan.com/email-text-messaging?hsLang=en#automated-emails) - [Opportunities](https://help.samaritan.com/opportunities?hsLang=en) - [Grids & Filters](https://help.samaritan.com/grids-filters?hsLang=en) - [Log Book](https://help.samaritan.com/log-book?hsLang=en) - [Scheduling](https://help.samaritan.com/scheduling?hsLang=en) - [Volunteers](https://help.samaritan.com/volunteers?hsLang=en) - [Surveys](https://help.samaritan.com/surveys?hsLang=en#main-content) - [Build a survey](https://help.samaritan.com/surveys?hsLang=en#build-a-survey) - [Sign-In Stations](https://help.samaritan.com/sign-in-stations?hsLang=en#main-content) - [Sign-In Station Basics & Setup](https://help.samaritan.com/sign-in-stations?hsLang=en#sign-in-station-basics-setup) - [How to build a Sign-In Station](https://help.samaritan.com/sign-in-stations?hsLang=en#how-to-build-a-sign-in-station) - [Attach a Sign-In Station to a Service Opportunity](https://help.samaritan.com/sign-in-stations?hsLang=en#attach-a-sign-in-station-to-a-service-opportunity) - [View and share a Sign-In Station](https://help.samaritan.com/sign-in-stations?hsLang=en#view-and-share-a-sign-in-station) - [Managing Sign-In Stations](https://help.samaritan.com/sign-in-stations?hsLang=en#managing-sign-in-stations) - [Troubleshooting Sign-In Stations](https://help.samaritan.com/sign-in-stations?hsLang=en#troubleshooting-sign-in-stations) - [New Features for the Sign-In Station](https://help.samaritan.com/sign-in-stations?hsLang=en#new-features-for-the-sign-in-station) - [Advanced Topics](https://help.samaritan.com/advanced-topics?hsLang=en#main-content) - [User Defined Fields (UDFs)](https://help.samaritan.com/advanced-topics?hsLang=en#user-defined-fields-udfs) - [Automations](https://help.samaritan.com/advanced-topics?hsLang=en#automations) - [Get Help](https://help.samaritan.com/get-help?hsLang=en) - [Samaritan Import Data Tool](https://help.samaritan.com/samaritan-import-data-tool?hsLang=en) - [Messaging](https://help.samaritan.com/messaging?hsLang=en) [![Samaritan Technologies](https://help.samaritan.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Samaritan-Logo-Final-Horizontal.png?width=806&height=253&name=Samaritan-Logo-Final-Horizontal.png "Samaritan Technologies")](http://samaritan.com) samaritan.com Help Center Copyright © 2026, Samaritan