It would be great to have other options for "Attended"

We have students who are often excused from one class to attend another, such as Choir or Band. However teachers cannot truthfully mark the student as "Attended" so they mark them absence. Can we have additional Attended types such as (Covid-19 related) "Attended Virtually" or "Attended simultaneous class"?

  • Jim Robb
  • Jun 22 2020
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Blackbaud Student Information System / Attendance
  • Sep 9, 2020

    Admin response

    With the 9/1/2020 release, a new attendance type has been added to the system. Attendance codes can now be assigned as Absence, Tardy, or Virtual.
    Codes assigned the Virtual type will not be considered in any absence or tardy counts throughout the system.

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    • Mary Cummings commented
      May 15, 2023 22:01

      Would love present options - not virtual. Need more control of what we are recording.


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    • Austin Ewachiw commented
      March 09, 2021 15:37

      Where are we with being able to add "Present" options to Attendance? I know this was updated as a stop-gap for schools, but is still a work around. The "Virtual Present" options we are all using fall under the Absent Category, which is not a long term fix.

      Thanks - 3/9/2021

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    • Guest commented
      August 26, 2020 16:43

      We'd like to edit "Attended" to include "Attended Virtually" for distance learning due to COVID. We need this immediately.

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    • Guest commented
      July 28, 2020 17:46

      We'd like to edit "Attended" to include "Attended Virtually" for distance learning due to COVID.

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    • Scott Daniel commented
      July 23, 2020 02:37

      Love this - Attended virtually and others...

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    • Kelly Slattery commented
      July 22, 2020 15:42

      Yes, we'd like to edit "Attended" to include "Attended Virtually" for distance learning due to the pandemic as well

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    • Jim Robb commented
      June 22, 2020 17:23

      So edited!

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    • Jim Robb commented
      June 22, 2020 17:23

      Hah, "Attended". Can we also have the ability to Edit our Idea Titles?

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