to select it, or enter it in the field.In the absence of a formal homeroom, teachers can take daily attendance using a class designated by office administrators. If you take daily attendance in GradeBook, you should take it every day, even if you do not select any of the attendance codes. Clicking Save on the Daily Attendance screen denotes that daily attendance was taken. Once daily attendance has been saved, most schools require the school attendance personnel to make necessary changes to the attendance.
The available attendance codes are set up by the GradeBook system manager and may vary for each school.
Note: If a student has withdrawn from a class, a red W displays beside the student.
Note: If enabled by your district, the Status column displays student status codes. Hover your cursor over the codes to see their full description.
•“Enter Daily Attendance on the Seating Chart”
1.On the Teacher Home Page or Class Dashboard, click the Daily Attendance (HR) link.
2.On the Daily Attendance screen, in the Class drop-down list, select the appropriate homeroom/class for which you want to take attendance.
Note: You cannot take daily attendance for a class group containing students from multiple schools using different integration methods.
3.In the Date field, verify that today's date displays. If it is not the correct date, click to select it, or enter it in the field.
4.In the Daily Att drop-down list, select the appropriate absence type.
Note: If the class is not scheduled to meet that day, a phrase such as “Not Scheduled” or “Off Day” displays in the Daily Att column.
5.Click Save.
Note: If your district uses live attendance data integration and GradeBook is not able to connect to StudentInformation while you are taking attendance, an error displays.
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Enter Daily Attendance on the Seating Chart
You can enter homeroom attendance from the seating chart if this option was selected during the creation of the seating chart. If your school uses GradeBook to record daily attendance, you should take it every day, even if you do not select any of the attendance codes. Clicking Save on the Seating Chart screen denotes that attendance was taken. Once daily attendance has been saved, most schools require changes made to attendance to be made by school attendance personnel.
1.On the Class Dashboard, beside Daily Attendance, click by Seating Chart.
2.On the Seating Chart screen, in the Roster and Seating Chart drop-down lists, verify that the correct information displays.
3.In the drop-down list on each student's desk, select the appropriate absence type code. Or, if all students are present, click All Present.
Note: The available absence type codes are set up by your district's GradeBook system manager and may vary for each school.
4.Click Save.
Note: The absence types selected here also display on the Daily Attendance screen.
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