Overview
This article explains how to efficiently and securely set up a group/class team job with a names list, ensuring parents only see their own kids' photos. We'll focus on the proofing job workflow, which can also apply to a prepay job.
Select the type Class Photo Only. For a sports job, select the respective sports type.
Upload a names list with student data, including Teacher/Class (UK), Grade/Homeroom teacher (US), or the sports team name in the group field.
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- Add a price profile.
- Your price profile should only contain group photo prints. Please specify the availability of the prints in this price profile for group photos only.
- Your price profile should only contain group photo prints. Please specify the availability of the prints in this price profile for group photos only.
- Set up your job coupon.
- If the job should be shipped to the school/league, select Batch Shipping and set your Batch Deadline.
- Add your Archiving date.
- Add your Communication Profile. The target group is Potential Buyers with photos available.
- Save the Settings.
- Head to the QR cards tab in your job. Under the QR cards settings (Edit QR card layout), scroll down to the Advanced Settings. There, select one QR card per page.
- Click Save.
- Generate and download your QR cards.
We recommend using Adobe PDF Converter or any other tool that offers this functionality.
Once you have converted the PDF, extract all the files from the zip file and delete the cover page. You will only need the QR card images.
- Upload the JPGs to Photo Management. We recommend using the EasyUpload tool for faster uploads.
- Upload the JPGs to the Individualssection.
- Once all images have been uploaded, and you have verified that all QR card images show the green QR icon, click the Activate access codes button.
- In a second step, resort your photos based on the names list, and sort the images by the group scheme.
The system will now automatically create albums for each class/group/team, and will also sort the individual QR cards into their respective albums. This process may take a couple of minutes, depending on the number of images you uploaded. Once done, you can delete the now empty empty upload album.
If you click into one of the created albums, you will notice that there's now one individual gallery for each subject that shows the hidden QR photo.
- If you have parent contact details, there is no need for you to take any QR cards to the photo shoot instead, bring simple sheets where you have written down the individual team, class, or group names. For each group, write the name clearly on a sheet, then take a picture of this name sheet before capturing the group images. This will help in organizing and identifying the images later.
- If you don't have contact details available, bring the QR cards for all subjects and have the teacher / coaches hand them out to the subjects after the shoot. There is no need to photograph them.
- Upload the group photos into the group section of each corresponding album
- Switch the job to Selling.
Your customers can now purchase the group picture(s) in their preferred size.
The Takeaway
The Job set-up for Group/Class/Team Photos Only jobs differs slightly from the regular workflow. By following all listed steps, you and also your customers will have a smooth picture day and shopping experience.