Enter Attendance

Enter attendance using a list of students in the class.

If attendance has already been entered for the student by the office, O displays in the Office column. Move your pointer over the O to see the attendance information. If there is an office entry that is incorrect, contact the attendance clerk so the clerk can correct absence information.

To show or hide students at specific learning locations, click

Enter attendance for students

1. From

   

   Attendance, select List to display the Entry by List page.
2. Enter attendance information as needed.
   
   • To mark a student absent, enter a check in the A box.
   • To mark a student tardy, enter a check in the click the T box.
   • To mark a student present, enter a check in the P box. Typically, you only need to mark a student present to remove an incorrect absence. But, some building attendance policies may require that you mark all students who are present.
   • To mark all students absent, tardy, or present, enter a check in the checkbox in the appropriate column heading.
   • To enter a specific attendance code, use the drop-down field. Your building administrator chooses whether this option is available for you.
   • To remove a checkmark from the A or T box, you must enter a check in the P box which removes the absence and marks the student present.
3. If the attendance code for a student requires an arrival and/or dismissal time, enter the appropriate time information. You may need to scroll to the right to display the Dismiss Time and Arrive Time columns.
4. To record information related to the student's attendance, enter a comment up to 255 characters. You can only record a comment if you are reporting attendance for the student.
5. To add another attendance line for a student, click Add Entry. If you add a line, you must enter arrival or dismissal times. For example, you would enter the time that the student arrived for a tardy code and the time that the student was dismissed for an early dismissal. You may need to scroll to the right to display the Add Entry and Clear Entry columns.
6. To remove an attendance line for a student, click Clear Entry.
7. Click Save.

Did the P box change from checked to unchecked after you clicked Save?

Your school does not store an attendance code for the P box. In this case, you only need to mark a student present if you are correcting attendance that you previously entered for the student. For example, assume that you had marked a student absent and saved attendance. When the student showed up to class a few minutes later, you would check the P box if you wanted to remove the absence code you had entered. After you save, the student will have no box checked on the Entry by List page.

Depending on how TAC is configured, you may not be able to record a comment for students you have marked present. If TAC is configured so that no present code is recorded when teachers select the P (present) box, then the Comment field will not be enabled when you select the P box.