Attendance, name tags and instructional hours

This article shows you how to take attendance for a class, print name tags or ID cards, and see instructional hours per student.

Plan: Attendance and name tags on all plans. Instructional hours: Thrive.

Before you start

• The class has students enrolled in a semester (or session) with start and end dates.

Take attendance

1. Go to Classes, open the class, and click Take attendance.
2. Pick the date with the arrows or the date picker.
3. Mark each child Present, Absent or Excused. Click a mark again to clear it. Use Add note for things like leaving early.
4. Click Complete attendance when every child has a mark, or Save draft to finish later.

Print name tags or ID cards

1. Go to Classes and click Name tags & IDs.
2. Choose Name tags (Avery 5395, 8 per sheet) or ID cards (Avery 5371, 10 per sheet).
3. Pick a term and a class, or Every child this term. For name tags you can add Parent phone or Allergies; both are off by default.
4. Click Print. In the print dialog, set margins to None and scale to 100%.

See instructional hours

1. On Today, click the Attendance number to open the semester's attendance page.
2. Click Instructional hours per student →.
3. Choose the Term and the From and To dates. Click Download CSV to keep a copy.

What happens next

• The attendance rate counts present out of present and absent. Excused days don't count.
• ID cards show name, grade, term and an ID number that never changes. Medical notes never print.
• Hours only count classes where attendance was taken. A class with no attendance in your dates is listed so you can fix it.
• To email families when a child is marked absent or excused, turn on Attendance emails in Settings → Program profile. It is off by default.

Common problems

• "You can't take attendance for a future date."? Pick today or an earlier date inside the semester.
• Need to fix a mark? Open the date again, change the mark, and save.
• Took attendance on the wrong day? Open that date and click Clear this day, then Clear marks. The day goes back to not taken, and its notes are removed.
• Hours page says you need a higher plan? Instructional hours is part of Thrive.

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