How to Record Student Attendance
This topic shows you how to record student attendance for a class.
Important
You must complete the setup process before recording student attendance for a class. For instructions, go to How to Set Up ParishSOFT's Religious Education.
You can record attendance only for classes with meeting dates or classes in terms that have sessions configured.
- In the navigation bar, select Attendance to open the Attendance page.
- In the Terms list, select the desired term.
- In the filter group at the top of the page, enter the class meeting date in the Start and End date fields.
For example, if you are recording attendance for January 10, 2023, enter 1/10/2023 in the Start and End date fields.
Then, click 
.
A list of classes matching the meeting date is displayed.
- To record attendance for a class, complete the following:
- Click this button at the end of the row for the desired class:
. - The Attendance window opens. A list of students enrolled in the class is displayed.
- Do any of the following:
- To quickly mark all students present or absent, click
, and then select 
Present or 
Absent. - To individually mark students as present or absent, click
or 
, respectively. Then, specify the type of presence or absence by selecting
an option from the displayed Present or Absent menu. For example, if a student was late, select Tardy on the Present menu. If a student
had an excused absence, select Excused on the Absent menu. - If most students are present but you have some exceptions, click and select Present to
mark them all present. Then, go down the list and find the students with exceptions and make the necessary change. For example, if a student is tardy, click , and then select
Tardy from the menu. Alternatively, if a student is absent, select , and then select Absent or Excused from
the menu.
- To quickly mark all students present or absent, click
- If you want to append a note to a specific student's attendance entry, click this button at the end of the student's row
. Then, select 
. In the Note field, type the text of your note, and then save it to the record. - If you want to append a note to the entire class attendance record, click this button at the top of the Attendance window:
. In the Note field, type the note. When done, click 
to save it.
- Click this button at the end of the row for the desired class:
- Click
to save the record and exit the Attendance window.