My Classroom allows teachers to visually look up from the seating plan to see which students are
present or absent. Attendance can either be taken on a student-by-student basis or by selecting multiple students and applying an attendance mark.
How does taking attendace in My Classroom work?
To get started, just click the Take Attendance button. To leave attendance taking mode, click Complete attendance
Although you can access My Classroom for a lesson at any time, you can only take
attendance up to an hour before the lesson is due to start. Before then, the button is greyed out.
Planned absences are shown with an attention icon. Hover over the icon (or tap it on a tablet) to see the timeframe of the planned absence and notes.
Important note for editing planned absence marks in My Classroom
If your school has the Prevent absences from being overwritten feature on, these settings will not apply to My Classroom. Even if the student has a planned absence, you can override the mark to N, present or late if your school restricts attendance marks, or any code if your school does not restrict marks.
Taking attendance
Adding marks for individual students
- Click the Take Attendance button
- Click on a student in the seating plan to select the appropriate attendance mark (Present, Absent, Late)
- Enter the details into the pop-up, including an optional note
- Click Save
- Leave attendance taking mode by clicking Complete attendance (where the Take attendance button was before)
Adding attendance marks in bulk
- Click the Select multiple button
- Click the students you want to give the same mark. To select all students, you will need to click on every student.
- Click Mark selected as..
- Select the mark type from the drop-down
- Enter the details into the pop-up, including an optional note
- Click Save
Be sure to stop selecting multiple students once you are done by clicking the Select Multiple button again.
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