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
  • Implemented
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
    15 May, 2023 10:01pm

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


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  • Austin Ewachiw commented
    9 Mar, 2021 03:37pm

    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
    26 Aug, 2020 04:43pm

    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
    28 Jul, 2020 05:46pm

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

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  • Scott Daniel commented
    23 Jul, 2020 02:37am

    Love this - Attended virtually and others...

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  • Kelly Slattery commented
    22 Jul, 2020 03:42pm

    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
    22 Jun, 2020 05:23pm

    So edited!

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  • Jim Robb commented
    22 Jun, 2020 05:23pm

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

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