As a driver, you can use the K-12 mobile app to scan students on and off the bus, using one of the following methods:
- Student boarding cards and a bar code/RFID reader: As students enter and exit the bus, if you have a bar code reader connected to your mobile device, use it to scan the bar codes on their boarding cards to mark them as on (or off) the bus. If your students have RFID cards and you have an RFID reader, they will place the card near the reader to scan on and off.
- Student list: You can manually scan the students on and off the bus by selecting their name in the list of students for a particular stop and sending the scan to dispatch.
- Create Scan by ID button: Another manual method is using the Create Scan by ID button to open a keypad that will enable you to type in a student's boarding ID number and send it as a scan to dispatch.
The steps for each of these is presented in the first three sections below. The fourth section covers how to mark all the students off the bus.
Using Student Boarding Cards and a Bar Code/RFID Reader
If you have a bar code/RFID reader connected to your bus's mobile device, you can use it and the CalAmp K-12 mobile app to scan your students on and off the bus by following these steps:
- As a student enters the bus at their stop, have them present their boarding card (or the Here Comes the Bus app's Bus Pass option — see Using Bus Pass to Scan On or Off the Bus).
- Scan their bar code ID using your reader (or have them tap an RFID card near or on the reader).
If the student is scanning on or off at the correct bus stop, the Authorized Rider pop-up will appear briefly in the CalAmp K-12 app.
If the student is scanning on or off at the wrong bus stop (but is a student on the tier), the Unplanned Stop pop-up will be displayed.
If the student is boarding a different bus than the one they are assigned to in the system, the Wrong Vehicle dialog box will appear and have these options:
- Deny Rider to Board: Tap this if you are refusing to allow the student to board the bus (depending on your school district's policies).
- Allow Rider to Board: Tap this if you have decided to let the student on your bus (again, depending on your school district's policies).
- Deny Rider to Board: Tap this if you are refusing to allow the student to board the bus (depending on your school district's policies).
- If the student has already scanned on your bus (and is attempting to do so again — or another student is, using the first one's ID), the Duplicated Rider dialog box will appear.
It has the same options as the Wrong Vehicle dialog box, Deny Rider to Board and Allow Rider to Board, plus a Rider Is Exiting option, just in case the student needs to leave the bus while on the same tier.
- If the student is attempting to scan on with a completely invalid bar code (one that isn't in your district's system), the Unknown Rider dialog box will appear.
It has the same options as the Wrong Vehicle dialog box: Deny Rider to Board and Allow Rider to Board.
- When students successfully scan on, your passenger count will be updated in the app. You can see all the students who have scanned on by tapping
on the Home screen or 
on the Stop List screen (which you access by tapping the Home screen's 
option).
Using the Student List
To manually enter a student scan using the student list, follow these steps:
- Go to the Home screen by tapping
at the top left of the screen and then Home at the top of the menu that appears.
Note: If you are on certain screens, you'll need to tap Back first at the top left in order to see the.
The Home screen will be displayed.
- Tap .
The Stop List screen will appear and show the stops for your run.
- Tap the stop name for the student you are scanning on the bus.
The Stop Options dialog box will open.
- Tap Student List.
A list of all the students assigned to the stop will be displayed.
- Tap the student's name to select it.
- Tap Send Scans.
You'll be returned to the Stop List screen, and Passengers button at the bottom right will be updated to show the total number of students now on the bus.
Note: You can tap to see all the students who are currently on your bus.
Using the Create Scan by ID Button
You can manually enter a student scan using the Create Scan by ID button as follows:
- Go to the Home screen by tapping at the top left of the screen and then Home at the top of the menu that appears.
Note: If you are on certain screens, you'll need to tap Back first at the top left in order to see the.
The Home screen will be displayed.
- Tap .
The Stop List screen will appear and show the stops for your run.
- Tap Create Scan by ID at the bottom of the screen.
The Student ID screen will open.
- Using the keypad, type the student's ID number.
- Tap Send.
The Authorized Rider pop-up will be displayed.
It will disappear after a couple seconds, and you will be returned to the Stop List screen.
The Passengers button at the bottom right will be updated to show the total number of students now on the bus.
Note: You can tap to see all the students who are currently on your bus.
Marking All the Students As Exited at the School Stop
Some school districts have their students scan off the bus as they exit when they arrive at school; others just have the driver manually mark all of them off, as follows:
- Go to the Home screen by tapping at the top left of the screen and then Home at the top of the menu that appears.
Note: If you are on certain screens, you'll need to tap Back first at the top left in order to see the.
The Home screen will be displayed.
- Tap .
The Stop List screen will appear and show the stops for your run.
- Tap the name of the school stop (Somerset Elem in the example in the preceding figure).
The Stop Options dialog box will open.
- Tap Mark All Students Off the Bus.
The button will become grayed out.
- Tap Close to exit the Stop Options dialog box.
At the bottom of the Stop List page, you'll see that the count of your passengers has been updated to 0 (
).