MacCheck

All students, faculty and staff members can access MacCheck for COVID-19 health screening or to keep vaccination records up to date.

No. Anyone without a McMaster ID can use the McMaster Safety App.

For full details on requirements for visitors, volunteers, contractors and other individuals external to McMaster, please visit the Vaccination Mandate page.

1. Access MacCheck here: maccheck.mcmaster.ca

2. Log in with your MACID and password

3, MacCheck will prompt you to complete the Ontario COVID-19 Self-Assessment in a new tab

4. Return back to the MacCheck screen to indicate your results: either you DO or DO NOT need to self-isolate

If you can’t open the provincial assessment from MacCheck, you may have a pop-up blocker enabled. If you encounter a pop-up blocker when navigating to the Provincial Self-Assessment tool, please disable the pop-up blocker feature within your browser. If you require assistance with this please reference the following instructions:

Internet Explorer:  

Select Tools /  Pop-Up Blocker /  Turn Off Pop-Up Blocker or Pop-Up Blocker settings to manage certain sites

Chrome:

Select: Menu (3 dots on upper right) /  Settings / Privacy and Security / Site Settings /  Pop-Ups and Redirects

Safari: 

Click on Safari (upper left)  /  Preferences /  Security /  remove checkmark beside Block Pop Up Windows

Firefox: 

Select: Menu (3 horizontal bars on upper right) /  Options /  Privacy and Security /  Scroll down to Permissions /  remove check mark beside Block Pop-Up Windows or click on Exceptions to manage

MacCheck is website that runs on the browser of your smartphone, laptop or other device.  

• For iPhone or iPad, this is usually Safari, and the icon looks like this:
• For android, the default browser is usually chrome, and the icon looks like this:

After completing the provincial COVID-19 self-assessment, you will need to switch back to the open tab for MacCheck. To call up an open instance of MacCheck on your phone, simply return to the browser you use on your phone and review the open tabs.

See instructional videos for advice on how to switch between browser tabs using Safari or Chrome.

Review the FAQ on saving MacCheck as an icon/shortcut so you can easily call up MacCheck just like you would any smartphone application.

Once you’ve completed the daily check-in, you can access your pass at any time that day through MacCheck by clicking ‘Home’ and selecting the ‘Pass’ icon. Please note that MacCheck clearance is no longer required on campus as of May 1, 2022.

You’ll be using MacCheck each day you need to come to campus, so it’s helpful to have an easy way to access it on your phone each day.

The instructions below will help you create an icon/shortcut on your smartphone that looks just like an app and will open a web browser when you tap it.

iPhone or iPad

1. Open Safari.
2. Enter http://maccheck.mcmaster.ca/. Tap “Go.”
3. Tap the Share button on the bottom of the page.
4. Scroll down the list of options and tap “Add to Home Screen.”
5. The Add to Home Screen dialog box will appear. Click Add.
6. Safari will close automatically, and you will be taken to where the icon is located on your iPhone’s or iPad’s home screen.
7. Now when you tap this shortcut/icon, MacCheck will open in its own navigation window.

Note: If you ever decide you want to remove the website shortcut, you can delete it just like you would any other app on your phone.

Android

1. Open Chrome.
2. Enter http://maccheck.mcmaster.ca/. Tap “Go.”
3. Tap the menu icon (3 dots in upper right-hand corner) and tap Add to home screen.
4. Choose a name for website shortcut, then Chrome will add it to your home screen.