The Attendance module helps schools record, monitor, and communicate student attendance across courses, periods, and reporting views. It supports official class attendance, configurable attendance codes, administrator reporting, alerting workflows, SIS-connected attendance processes, and dashboard visibility for students and parents.
Use this page as the starting point for Attendance documentation. Setup, configuration, reports, alerts, and dashboard behavior are documented in separate sub-pages for easier maintenance.
What the module supports
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Course-based attendance tracking for official and unofficial attendance activities
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Period-based session creation aligned with school schedules and instructional periods
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Flexible attendance status codes that drive attendance records, reporting, and dashboard displays
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Administrative tools for configuration and bulk attendance setup
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Attendance reports for cumulative, daily, class monitor, and student monitor views
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Attendance alerts for incomplete attendance, habitual absence or tardy patterns, and parent or student notifications
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Student and parent dashboard visibility for attendance history and selected attendance counts
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SIS sync support for schools that import attendance-related data from an external student information system
Who this module is for
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Teachers who take attendance in course sections
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School administrators who configure attendance behavior, reports, alerts, and monitoring
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Site administrators who manage high-level setup and bulk tools
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Students and parents who review attendance information from their dashboards when enabled
Documentation in this section
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Page |
Purpose |
Best for |
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Attendance Setup & Configuration |
Explains how attendance is added and configured, including status codes, admin settings, SIS sync considerations, and site-admin bulk tools. |
Site admins and school admins setting up attendance |
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Attendance Reports |
Covers cumulative, daily, class monitor, and student monitor reports, including filters, exports, and reporting behavior. |
School admins, attendance staff, and support teams |
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Attendance Alerts |
Explains available attendance alert types, recipients, filters, and expected notification behavior. |
School admins and operations staff |
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Attendance on Student & Parent Dashboard |
Describes how attendance information appears to end users and how dashboard attendance counts are configured. |
School admins, support staff, students, and parents |
Key considerations
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Attendance behavior depends on school setup, periods, calendar configuration, and available attendance codes.
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Some attendance features are intended only for administrators with elevated permissions.
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SIS-connected schools should confirm sync settings and code alignment before relying on imported attendance data.
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Bulk tools should be used carefully because they can affect many courses at once.
If you are setting up Attendance for the first time, start with Attendance Setup & Configuration. If attendance is already in use and you need operational guidance, go directly to the reports, alerts, or dashboard pages.