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.
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Staff taking attendance for their own groups (via web)
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.
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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
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.
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.
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. |
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