Sign in on the web and select today's event on the Home page to open the register. If you cannot find it, select My Diary. Mark each student Present, Absent, Excused or Late, or use the shortcut to mark everyone at once.
For staff who take registers on the web, for example where the app is not available or a larger screen is preferred.
Open the register
Sign in. The Home page shows today's events.
Select the event to open its register. If you cannot find the event, select My Diary to see all events in the diary view. Selecting the relevant event types helps you find events quickly.
Take attendance
The register opens in the Attendance tab, Detailed view.
Mark Present, Absent, Excused or Late next to each student's name, or select the shortcut button to mark all present or all absent.
To add an attendance note, select the
Attendance notes icon. icon.
To record a student leaving after attendance is taken, switch to Exit view and record the time they left and who with.
When a student is marked absent, the Notify Parents / Staff of Absentees buttons appear. Your school may choose to hide the Notify parents of absentees button.
Notify Parents / Staff of Absentees buttons.What if two staff take the same register at once?
If one staff member marks a student with a conflicting status, a Resolve Attendance State button appears. It opens a pop-up asking the second staff member to cancel or confirm the status. The time the register was last taken shows at the top of the screen.
Resolve Attendance State button and last taken timestamp.
Filters and tabs on the register
Feature
What it does
Filters (top right)
Select grade, hide class, hide date of birth, sort by name or year.
Details
Information about the event. You can edit, cancel or delete the event here.
Guardians
Parent and guardian contact details.
Send Communications
Send messages to the group, or cancel the event.
Medical
Students' medical details, collected from your MIS or custom data forms.
Tagged Data (optional)
Information collected from custom data forms. To collect extra details for staff, contact SchoolsBuddy to set this up.
Consent Notes
Notes added by parents when they consented to the event.
Attendance Notes
Notes added by staff when taking attendance.
Previous Event and Next Event
The time, name and location of each student's previous and next event.
Register status icons
Icon
Meaning
The register is complete: every student has been marked.
At least one student has not been marked.
No tick and the event time has passed. Either no students are assigned to the event or the register has not been taken.