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Absence and Tardy Totals

Display absence or tardy totals for each student on your spreadsheet. This information appears to the right of the final grades on the class spreadsheet. This way, you can view students's grade and attendance data on one page.

To display absence and tardy totals, choose File > Preferences. Click the Display tab. Locate the Display Attendance options in the lower-left corner of the page. For additional information about the Display preferences, see the section "Display Preferences."

Use the Attendance Totals function to display attendance for each student in your class. To view the totals, choose Windows > Attendance Totals.

Note: To sort the column in ascending order, click the column heading you want to sort by. To sort the column in descending order, press SHIFT and click the column heading you want to sort by.

How to View Student Attendance Totals

  1. Choose an available class from the Classes menu. The class page for the selected class appears.
  2. Choose Windows > Attendance Totals. The Attendance Totals page appear.
  3. Use the following table to enter information in the fields:
  4. Field

    Description

    Include attendance only between these dates

    Select this checkbox to display attendance totals for a specific date range.

    Enter the beginning and ending date in the fields in the following format: mm/dd/yy.

    Student Name

    The system displays the names of the students enrolled in the selected class.

    Attendance Total Column

    Click the numbers in the Absent or Tardy columns to view the dates of the selected attendance activity.

    Attendance Codes

    Attendance codes appear across the top of the spreadsheet. Click a code to sort the list in ascending order according to that attendance code. Press and hold Option (Mac) or Alt (Windows) and click a code to sort in descending order.

    Show Absent/Tardies on All Pages Select this checkbox to display the Absent and Tardies columns on all pages of the attendance totals printout.

    Print

    Click Print to print a copy of the attendance totals.

    Note: If a large number of attendance codes appear on the Attendance Totals page, some columns might not fit on the printed page.

  5. Click Close to return to the previous page.


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