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Setting an attendance method

The attendance method determines how often attendance is taken each day and how it is tallied. At a school, you can set up one of three methods for taking attendance:

= Once-daily: Attendance is taken once a day, typically in the homeroom.
= Twice-daily: Attendance is taken twice a day, typically in the homeroom. By default, half-day homerooms are set to take once-daily attendance based on their interval time (AM or PM).
= By class: Attendance is taken in each class. This method is only available to a secondary school.

Caution: Once you set up the attendance-taking method for a school, and schedules have been created or attendance has been taken [>>], you can change the attendance method only if you first clear attendance [>>].

To set the attendance method for a school [SA]:

Note: For any attendance-taking method, you can specify the assumed attendance, that is, the default attendance code [>>].

Table 28: Permissions pertaining to attendance method setup

To

You need this permission

Set to

Details

Set up attendance

School Setup > Attendance General Settings

Yes

[>>]

Set an attendance method

School Setup > Daily Attendance Calculation Method

Edit

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