You can perform a process that sets the same attendance code for a large group of students.
In the Staff Portal
To mass-assign an attendance code for a large group of students,
- click Attendance and click Mass-Assign Attendance.
- Set parameters for the first step, Set Up Daily Attendance.
- Select the starting/ending date range to which the attendance will be applied.
- Select the daily attendance code that will be applied to all of the selected students.
- Enter any time in and time out information if applicable.
- Enter any notes that are accompanying the attendance mark.
- Click Next.
- Set parameters for the second step, Select Students.
- There are three methods to limit the students who will receive the attendance mark. You can use any one or a combination of:
- Students having a specific value in a biographical field of your choosing, e.g., advisor, team, homeroom, or so forth).
- Students having specific course section.
- Use the Student Range to further limit your selection within the above limitations you have already set.
- There are three methods to limit the students who will receive the attendance mark. You can use any one or a combination of:
- Click Next.
- You can set the attendance close for each of the classes meeting on a particular day on the third step, Set up Class Attendance. This is an optional step.
- Click Next.
- The final step, Confirm/Submit, will show you the settings you’ve selected including the attendance information being recorded and what students will be affected by the mass-assigning. If the confirmation is acceptable, click Submit to make the change. Click the previous tabs to adjust your settings.
