What Is the Event Code?

👥 This article applies to all CEU Events users.

The Event Code is a unique identifier that CEU Events generates for every scheduled event. It's the mechanism that lets attendees register their attendance, triggering certificate generation and credit reporting automatically. This article explains what the Event Code does, who uses it, and where to find or share it.

What an Event Code is

An Event Code is a short, unique identifier assigned to each event on CEU Events. Every event — live, on-site, webinar, or hybrid — gets its own Event Code when it's scheduled. The code is tied permanently to that specific event, which means:

Anyone who enters the code is registering their attendance at that specific event.
The code automatically links the attendee, the event, the provider, the instructor, and the course.
That linkage is what enables certificate generation and credit reporting to flow.

What the Event Code does

The Event Code solves a specific problem: accurately recording who attended an event, without manual data entry or paper sign-in sheets.

Attendees register themselves by entering the code. No manual entry on the instructor's side, no missing data, no transcription errors.
Certificates generate automatically once attendance is recorded.
Credit reporting flows automatically to organizations like AIA and AIBC for attendees with membership numbers on file.

How Event Codes are generated

Event Codes are generated automatically by CEU Events when an event is scheduled. You don't create them, configure them, or customize them — the system assigns a unique code to every event, and that code is tied permanently to the event.

Who uses the Event Code

The Event Code touches almost every role on CEU Events:

Attendees enter the code to register their attendance. See Record Your Attendance with the Event Code.
Instructors find their Event Code in event details and share it with attendees at the end of each seminar. See Find the Event Code.
Providers can access Event Codes for events scheduled under their account.
Conference Organizers see Event Codes for every seminar in their conference — each one unique. See Attendance Recording During the Seminar.

Where to find the Event Code

As an attendee: Receive the code from the instructor at the end of the event. It's usually displayed on the Attendance Recording Slide (often with a QR code that opens the same registration flow) and printed on the Attendance Recording Guide.
As an instructor, provider, Place admin, or Location manager: In your event details on CEU Events. Sign in and navigate to the event — the Event Code is part of the event information.

When to share the Event Code

⚠️ Important: The Event Code should be provided by the instructor only. The instructor is fully responsible for sharing it with attendees who complied with the attendance requirements and earned their credit.

Most organizations require 50 minutes of attendance for 1 hour of credit. Sharing the Event Code at the start of an event — or with attendees who left early — risks granting credit that wasn't earned, which can jeopardize the credit-eligibility of the event itself.

Best practice: display the Event Code only at the end of the event, after the minimum attendance threshold has been met. The Attendance Recording Slide is designed for exactly this moment.

How attendees enter the Event Code

Attendees have two paths to register their attendance:

QR code on the Attendance Recording Slide. Scan with a phone camera; the registration flow opens automatically.
Manual entry. Visit www.ceuevents.com/attendance and enter the Event Code. This is the backup when QR scanning isn't possible.

Either way, attendees sign in to their CEU Events account (or create one if they're new) and complete registration. See Record Your Attendance with the Event Code for the full attendee workflow.

Best practices

Display the Event Code only at the end of the event. This protects credit integrity and ensures attendees who left early don't end up with credit they didn't earn.
Use the Attendance Recording Slide for end-of-event registration — it's designed for this moment and includes both the QR code and the manual entry path.
Have a printed backup. The Attendance Recording Guide is your fallback if the slide doesn't display correctly, the QR code doesn't scan, or attendees have phone issues.
Encourage on-site registration. Once attendees leave without registering, they need the Event Code to register later — and not everyone remembers to follow up.

Troubleshooting

You don't know your Event Code. Instructors, providers, and event managers can find it in their event details on CEU Events. Attendees should ask the instructor, or look at the Attendance Recording Slide or printed Guide.
You forgot to give attendees the Event Code at the end of an event. Reach out to attendees with the Event Code and registration instructions. They can still register at www.ceuevents.com/attendance — the sooner the better.
An attendee can't scan the QR code. Direct them to www.ceuevents.com/attendance and have them enter the Event Code manually.
An attendee says the Event Code doesn't work. Verify the code is correct and matches the event the attendee is registering for. Re-share if there's any chance of a transcription error.
Still have questions? Contact CEU Events support and we'll help.