You can tag students then create absence events for the group.
For example, students on the school bus are late because of a breakdown.
To create absence events for tagged students:
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- Select Module > Students > Current Student Maintenance from the main menu.
The Set Current Student Search Criteria window is displayed. - Search for the students to tag. See Searching for existing students in the Current students manual.
Note: Alternatively, you might have a class set up for the students who travel on the school bus route in the morning.
- Click on the relevant tab.
In this example, we are searching for students who usually travel on the school bus route affected, as specified on the Transport tab.
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- Select the student.
- Click
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The student is added to the tag list.
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- Repeat steps 4 and 5 until there are no more students to add.
Note: You can also create a tag list by scanning barcodes of student cards or searching for students. See Tagging community records for later use in the Introduction manual.
- Select Module > Students > Absence Events Bulk Entry.
The Absence Events Bulk Entry - Selection Screen window is displayed. - Select the Tagged IDs field.
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- Click
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The Absence Events Bulk Entry window is displayed with the relevant students.
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The Create Bulk Absence Events window is displayed. - Select the Late Sign In mode.
The Create Bulk Absence Events - Late Sign In window is displayed.
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- Update the Late Arrival Time field.
- Update the fields in the Details area, as required.
- Click .
The following dialog window is displayed.
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- Click
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The following message is displayed.
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- Either click:
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to add another bulk absence event
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to return to the Absence Events Bulk Entry window.