Group activities

Some things happen with several animals at once — a group walk, a playgroup, a shared enrichment session. Group activities let you run one session covering many animals and record who took part, instead of logging each animal separately.

Who can use this page: staff and administrators schedule and run group activities; volunteers take part on the mobile app.

What a group activity is

A group activity is a single session tied to a type (such as "Group walk" or "Puzzle feeders"). The type also carries a category — broadly, an activity or an enrichment — which is how the session counts toward the right goals and reports. The list of types is managed in Settings → Lookups → Group activity types; add a type there and it becomes available when scheduling.

Run a session

1. Schedule a group activity: choose its type, time, and location.
2. Add the animals taking part and record attendance.
3. Start the session when it begins and end it when it's done.
4. Capture any notes or outcomes so there's a record of how it went.

Fields explained

Field	What it means
Type	The kind of group session (for example a walk or an enrichment session). The list of types is managed in Settings → Lookups → Group activity types.