Self-Registration

Let participants add themselves to your board. Share a link, they enter a name, and appear on the board — no account required and no manual data entry. You can also let them update their own scores.

How it works

By default, only the owner and team members can add entries. With self-registration on, anyone with the public link can add themselves — just a name, no account required — ideal for competitions, classrooms, fundraisers, and sales contests. Participants can optionally sign in if they want to manage their spot from another device.

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Enable it in Settings → Engagement

Open your board editor, go to Settings → Engagement, and turn on Self-Registration. The Engagement tab also holds self-scoring and auto-scroll.

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Share the self-register link or a join code

Send participants the self-register link at /b/<slug>/self-register, or post the board's short join code — people enter it at maketheboard.com/join to reach the same page. Grab either from the Share button — see sharing & embedding for all the ways to distribute it.

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Participants add their name

When someone opens the link, they type a display name and join — no account required. Their name is added to the board immediately and visible to everyone. They can tap Sign in instead if they'd rather link the entry to an account.

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Optional: enable self-scoring

Turn on Self-Scoring in Settings → Engagement so participants can update their own score after joining — great for reading challenges, fitness contests, or any board where people report their own progress.

Parents & multiple participants

For classrooms and family fundraisers, one person often manages several entries. Turn on Multiple per person in Settings → Engagement and a signed-in parent can add each of their children (up to 10) from one account and score them all from a single screen. With this on, registering requires signing in — that's what ties several participants to one person.

You can also build the roster yourself and hand out claim links. Each participant gets a private link at /b/<slug>/claim/<token>; whoever opens it signs in and claims that entry — so a teacher can set up every student in advance and let parents take over scoring without re-entering anyone.

What self-scoring looks like

With self-scoring on, signed-in participants see score controls right on the public board at /b/<slug> for their own entry.

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Participant score controls on the public board