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Current Student Maintenance - Attendance tab

Current Student Maintenance - Attendance tab

Use the Attendance tab to display class attendance or absence records for the student.

Attendance and absences are recorded using the Attendance function. See Attendance and absence events Overview in the Attendance and absence events manual.

You can filter the attendance details displayed for the student based on:

  • the class
  • the date
  • whether the student attended, was marked absent or both.

 

 Opening the Attendance tab

To open the Attendance tab:

  1. Select Module > Students > Current Student Maintenance from the main menu.
    The Set Current Student Search Criteria window is displayed.
    Tip: You can also access the current student functions by clicking .
  2. Search for the student. See Searching for existing students in the Current students manual.
  3. Click the Attendance tab.
    The Attendance tab of the Current Student Maintenance window is displayed.


Current Student Maintenance - Attendance tab key fields and buttons
Fields

Field

Description

Class

Limit records to the class specified.

Year and
Term

Defaults to the current year and term. Change if required.

Date

Display the student's class attendance details for the date specified.
In the following example, a student's attendance at four classes has been marked for 14/7/08. These can be viewed by selecting a:

  • Date of 14/07/2008
  • Show mode of All.

Show

Select the records to be displayed based on one of the following:

  • attendance
  • nonattendance
  • all records.

In the following example, Not Attended has been selected. Only the attendance records where the student has been marked absent for the date are displayed.

Buttons

Button

Description

Refresh the attendance records displayed using the current selections, if you think that the database has been updated.


Grid area fields
For further details on the following fields, see Attendance window in the Attendance and absence events manual.

Field

Description

Date

Date of the attendance record.

Period

Period of the attendance record.

Attended

Whether or not the student was present. An:

  • attendance is displayed with a