Adding Attendance Day Codes

Attendance day codes represent the types of days on which school is in session. Each day type—for example, full day, half day, and holiday—is assigned a value. The value of the type of day is used in attendance calculations. These codes display on the Attendance by Student and Update Absence Info screens. If you make changes to these codes, you must make them in both GradeBook and StudentInformation.

1.On the Administrator Home Page, below Named Codes, click Attendance Days.

2.On the Attendance Day Codes screen, in the Name drop-down list, select the desired named codes list.

3.In the Code column, enter the new code.

4.In the Description column, enter a description for the code.

5.In the Multiplier drop-down list, select a value that represents the code.

Note: The value is the number, such as 1 for a full day or 0.5 for a half day, that is used in calculating attendance totals.

6.In the row of the code, in the box of the desired Back Color, select the radio button to designate the color that represents the day as it displays on the attendance calendars.

7.Click Save.

8.To continue adding codes, repeat step 3 through step 7.