Besides daily attendance, you can record attendance for each activity or discipline in the timetable: present, late or absent. You can do it on the Kinderpedia web platform or in the Kinderpedia Teacher app. Absences recorded for an activity also appear in the Gradebook.
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1. How do I record attendance on the web?
Activity Calendar › Calendar
Open Activity Calendar. In Groups, choose the class and click Filter. Go to the week of the activity and click it in the calendar.
On the right you see the list of students, in the Class attendance tab. Click the names of the students to select them (or Select all for the whole class), then click at the bottom:
Present;
Late attendance;
Absent.
Absent opens two options: Absent marks the absence only for this activity, and Multiple days lets you record an absence over several days.
Under each student you then see the status, who recorded it and at what time: Checked in (green), Late Check-In (orange) or Unapproved absence (red).
Tip: to approve an absence or delete one recorded by mistake, see How do I approve or delete an absence? in the Gradebook guide.
Note! If Activity attendance based on check-in is turned on, students are marked present or absent automatically from the daily check-in when the activity is opened. If daily attendance is taken after the activity has started (plus the grace period), students are marked absent. See How do I set the calendar's time interval?.
2. How do I add a reason for a late arrival?
After you mark a student late, click the clock icon on the right of their name.
In the Late Check-In details window:
Excuse: choose Yes if the late arrival is excused, or No;
Reason: choose the reason from the list (for example Medical appointment, Traffic delay, Overslept, Family emergency or Other);
Observation: add details if needed (up to 256 characters).
Click Save.
3. How do I record attendance in the Teacher app?
Kinderpedia Teacher app › ☰ › Daily Timeline
In the Teacher app, open Daily Timeline, choose the class in the coloured bar at the top and tap the activity or discipline. Open the Observations tab: you see all the students enrolled in the activity, with their status under the name (for example Present or Unapproved absence).
Select the students (one by one or with Select all) and choose their attendance status.
To approve an absence, tap the Abs icon next to the student. Turn on Approved absence, choose the Reason (Sick, Holiday, Home Day, Parent approval or Other) and tap Save. With + Add attachment you can attach a note, and the Observations field is visible to the parent.