Need more than one reason for present/attended class with COVID-19 pandemic

Our parents are being given the option to send their children to campus for classes or keep them home to login to class virtually. The administrators though would like to know who is in the classroom in person and who is logging in from home. Thus, we would like to have two different reasons/options for attending class in the attendance setup. Right now, there is just one choice for the present/attended class category.

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  • Jul 30 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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    • Austin Ewachiw commented
      March 09, 2021 15:38

      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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    • Kathleen Peak commented
      September 09, 2020 11:10

      Hi All

      This doesn't actually fix the initial request in this ticket. We are looking for two types of ATTENDED codes. One that is ATTENDED and one that is ATTENDED - AT HOME. These fall under the ATTENDED CLASS category where currently there is just the one reason - ATTENDED CLASS. We need at least 2 reasons

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    • josceline reardon commented
      September 03, 2020 17:34

      They added a new option yesterday see the release notes.

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    • Anna Landry commented
      August 25, 2020 14:31

      Yes, please! For example, we would like to have "Present in class" and "Present online" both as 'present' attendance types. Right now, I've had to set up "Present online" as an excused absence as a workaround...

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    • Barbara McGinley commented
      July 31, 2020 14:00

      Great Idea! It would be helpful for generating reports.

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    • Timothy Dougherty commented
      July 31, 2020 13:41

      Great idea...the more precise the information the better. Do it!

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