Trail Life Connect Overview for Parents

This guide offers parents a comprehensive overview of the Trail Life Connect platform, highlighting essential features such as Troop announcements, membership management, event calendars, and training resources. It simplifies navigation, ensuring parents can easily access important information about their Trailman's involvement and the Troop's activities.

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Dashboard

Navigate to [https://www.TrailLifeConnect.com](https://www.tlusabeta.com/dashboard) \ \ This Dashboard view is always accessible by clicking **Dashboard** on the left menu.

Announcements

**Announcements** will be where Troop, Area, Regional, and Home Office announcements will be displayed. [*Check out the Announcements Guide for more on how Announcements work.*](https://scribehow.com/viewer/View_and_Create_Announcements_in_Trail_Life_Connect__G4VON6DcQByeFp9QoupJqQ)

Profile

**Profile** contains all the information about you and your Household, including options for adding sons, a tab for Scripture Memory, Basecamp, Training Completions, and Troop Forms.\ \ Within your profile, if any of your sons are expired or expiring soon, you can click the red text by their names which results in a portal for completing necessary membership steps, such as paying membership fees, signing the consent, waiver, and release form, etc.\ \ You can also update your profile with the blue **Update Profile** button.

My Troop

Under *My Troop*, **Pay Bulk Memberships** allows you to pay the membership fee for another registered member or members. *(This is an option designed to scholarship or gift a membership to another member).*

**Troop Org Chart** gives you a high overview of your Troop's structure and who is in each role.

Calendar

**View Calendar** will take you to your Troop's calendar, where you're able to view details and RSVP for events.

**iCalendar Feed** gives information and instruction on how to update your personal digital calendar with a real-time feed of events.

Advancement

**Badges & Awards** allows you to view all of the badges and awards that Trail Life offers, as well see the specific requirements of each and download PDF copies.

Look for the dropdown arrows to see more information, and the download icon for downloading a PDF for badges and awards.

Documents

**Health & Safety Guide** gives you an interactive resource for finding and reviewing guidelines for keeping Troops and members safe.\ \ **Incident Report Form** will download a fillable form to complete in the case there's an incident that needs to be reported to the Trail Life USA Home Office.

Basecamp

**Basecamp** is where training and position specific resource are.

Communication

**Email History** is a record of emails sent or received by you from within Trail Life Connect.

Trail Life Resources

Under **Trail Life Resources**, you'll find several items: - ***Trail Life USA Store*** - the official store of Trail Life USA, where uniforms, apparel, badges, and more can be purchased. - ***Events*** - regional and national events and trainings - ***Member Benefits*** - organizations that Trail Life USA has a formal relationship with and offer benefits to members - ***Branding*** - Trail Life USA's branding guide for Troops using Trail Life USA logos, colors, fonts, etc. - ***JTA Recruiting Materials*** - resources for recruiting more families into Trail Life USA - ***Annual Planning Guides*** - resources designed to help your Troop plan every aspect of a successful program year - ***Field Marketing Supplies*** - resources for Troops participating in recruiting events - ***Donate*** - opportunities for donating time or material gifts to Trail Life USA

Help

**Help Videos & Documents** provides help and guidance on navigating and using Trail Life Connect.

**Contact TLC Support** allows you to contact the helpdesk for technical issues with Trail Life Connect.\ \ *Remember, for non-technical issues, Trail Life USA utilizes the **Levels of Support** starting with your local Troop Leadership!*