CMS Widget - Parent/Student Attendance Entry

The Parent/Student Attendance Entry CMS Widget enables parents and students to proactively report daily and/or period attendance. It is also used to record tardies for students who come in late.

This feature is especially beneficial for instances where a student anticipates absence due to illness, vacation, or other reasons, as well as for notifying the school of planned tardiness or early departures. It ensures the school is informed in advance about a student's attendance status for any given day, facilitating better communication and planning.

Note: The Daily Rotation must be specified as “in school” in order for attendance to be recorded successfully. If the parent chooses a date that isn't considered in school, then no attendance is recorded for that division.

The following table provides various uses and settings of this CMS widget. Note: ‘X' refers to the scenario where the setting is applicable.

		Daily Attendance	Period Attendance	Daily & Period Attendance	Late Check In
Description of the use		Report daily attendance	Report period attendance	Report period and daily attendance	Record late arrivals
Example	A student has classes from 8 to 9 am (Math) and 9.30 am to 10 am (English), then one class from 11 am to 12 pm (Arts), and then another class from 1 pm to 3 pm. The student's parent reports that the student is away from 9 am until 11.30 am because of a doctor's appointment	In this scenario, the student is marked with a daily attendance record specified in the Leaving Early Type field	In this scenario, the student is marked with the period attendance specified in the Absent Type field for English and with the period attendance specified in the Late Type field for Arts	Combination of the daily and period attendance scenarios	In this scenario, the student is marked with a daily and/or period attendance record specified in the Late Type field
Required CMS Widgets		N/A	N/A	N/A	CMS Widget - Check In/Check Out
Optional CMS Widgets		CMS Widget - Daily Attendance is optional to allow the parents/students to delete attendance they entered	CMS Widget - Period Attendance is optional to allow the parents/students to delete attendance they entered	N/A	N/A
Absent Type	The attendance type to record for a student who will be absent	X	X	X	N/A
Add Email Daily Attendance	Email to send when daily attendance is reported. This email template is configured in Administrator > Attendance > Daily Attendance > Email screen. The template can have custom fields related to the daily attendance record	X	N/A	X	N/A
Add Email to Attendance	Email to send to the attendance office when attendance is reported. This email template is configured in Administrator > Students > Email screen	X	X	X	X
Add Email to Parent	Email to send to the currently logged in user's email address and to the email types and fields that are selected on the template. Note: If you do not select any email types or fields on the email template, then the email will only go out to the logged in user.This email template is configured in Administrator > Students > Email screen	X	X	X	X
Error Attendance Already Taken	Custom message to display to the user when attendance is already recorded for the day or if a teacher has marked attendance as taken for a course section (for the period attendance settings)	X	X	X	N/A
Error No Attendance Saved	Custom message to display to the user when attendance is not saved	N/A	N/A	N/A	X
Error No Meetings	Custom message to display to the user when no class meets for the specified date over the specified time range	X	X	X	N/A
Explanation Required	Requires explanation in order to save attendance	X	X	X	N/A
From Time Text	The label to note the time the student plans to arrive at the school	X	X	X	N/A
Late Type	The specific attendance type to record on a student's record who plans to come late	X	X	X	X
Leaving Early Type	The specific attendance type to record on a student's record who plans to leave early	X	X	X	N/A
Note Text	Custom label for the Explanation field	X	X	X	N/A
Period Attendance1 Block Only	Forces recording attendance for only the first block of a course section for each course section that takes multiple blocks across multiple blocks. Example: A course section is made up of 5 minute blocks totaling 45 minutes. If the student is absent for the course and this setting is unchecked, 9 absent records will be recorded - one for each 5 minute block.	N/A	X	X	X
Save As Attendance Type	Determines which types of attendance are recorded	X	X	X	X
To Time Text	The label to note the time the student plans to leave the school	X	X	X	N/A

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