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Setting up minutes-based attendance (optional)

You can have the system track the number of minutes students are present in classes. In a school where minutes-based attendance is set up, a class or home room Teacher can record the number of minutes each student was absent from that class and a School Administrator can view daily totals of attendance minutes.

Chancery SMS uses the attendance minutes recorded to calculate Daily Attendance Minutes, the result of which is visible only through reports [Running a report >>].

To track the number of minutes a student is in a class or homeroom, that class or home room must be assigned to a meeting pattern [>>]that includes periods that are included in the Daily Attendance Minutes calculation. Typically, this is set up before classes convene.

To include a period in the Daily Attendance Minutes calculation [SA]:

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