The Print Absence Summary screen enables teachers to print the data generated in the Absence Summary Report to be distributed as letters or as emails.
1. Click the Reports menu, then click the Attendance menu.
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a. In the Attendance menu, click Print Absence Summary.
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2. Enter the applicable criteria to conduct a student search.
See Searching for Students for more information on conducting a student search.
3. Select the Letterhead Template from the provided pull-down. The letterhead selected will be the template displayed for all absence summaries printed. Note: Templates must first be created via Setup > Letterhead Templates by the district.
4. Select the Include Summary & Totals check box to display absence summaries and totals on the report.
5. Click Continue.
Clicking Continue on the last screen will navigate to a new Print Absence Summary screen where you can choose to preview, print, or email absence summaries to selected students/contacts.
1. Before printing and/or emailing the absence summaries, you can further filter the data be setting a Report Timeframe. Select a month, day, and year from the provided pull-downs or click the calendar icon to select a date.
2. Select Print absence summary (For each student) to print the absence summaries.
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3. Select the students for whom you need absence summaries by selecting the check box next to each student. As students are selected, the number of selections made will display next to the number of students pulled originally.
If you want to print absence summaries for all students displayed, select the check box in the header.
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4. Once the students have been selected, you can click Preview to review absence summaries or Print. It is recommended to Print and review the generated absence summaries via the PDF print preview.
a1. If Preview is clicked, you can preview absence summaries then click Return to Focus to go back to the Print Absence Summary screen. Note: All absence summaries will look different depending on the letterhead template selected.
The previewed or printed summary only displays a legend of codes that apply to the selected student.
The colors set for each attendance code via Attendance Setup > Codes tab > Attendance tab displays as customized by the district, as shown in the image above.
a2. Clicking Print generates all of the selected students' absence summaries in a print preview screen. From this screen, click the down arrow to download the absence summaries as PDF files. Click the Printer icon to print the absence summaries.
When finished, click Return to Focus to return to the Print Absence Summary screen.
Clicking Continue on the last screen will navigate to a new Print Absence Summary screen where you can choose to preview, print, or email absence summaries to selected students/contacts.
1. Before printing and/or emailing the absence summaries, you can further filter the data be setting a Report Timeframe. Select a month, day, and year from the provided pull-downs or click the calendar icon to select a date.
2. Select Email absence summary (To each student or To each Custodial Contact) to email the absence summaries.
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a. To email absence summaries first select to whom you'd like to email them: To each student or To each Custodial Contact.
3. The Email Subject defaults to Absence Summary - (Current Date). However, the subject can be edited by clicking in the text box.
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4. To send the absence summaries to other email addresses besides the emails linked to the selected students' records, type the email(s) in the CC text box. Separate each email address with a semi-colon.
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5. The check box for Send a Copy to Myself (user email) defaults to selected; clear the selection here if you do not want to receive a copy.
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6. In addition to emailing the absence summaries to the student or custodial contact, you can also attach other files to send with the summary, such as a school letter or memo. You can attach up to 5 files.
To select a file, click Choose File.
To delete an attachment, click remove.
To add another attachment/file, click Attach another file.
You will be notified as to how many more files can be attached.
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7. Select the students for whom you need absence summaries by selecting the check box next to each student. As students are selected, the number of selections made will display next to the number of students pulled originally.
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If you want to print absence summaries for all students displayed, select the check box in the header.
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8. Once the students have been selected, click Preview to review absence summaries.
If the student or the students custodial contact does not have an email set up, you will receive an Error that no email was entered and the message was not delivered.
a. Preview absence summary then click Return to Focus to go back to the Print Absence Summary screen. Note: All summaries will look different depending on the letterhead template selected.
The colors set for each attendance code via Attendance Setup > Codes tab > Attendance tab displays as customized by the district, as shown in the image above.
9. Click Send Emails to send absence summaries to selected students or the students' custodial contacts. Once the email has been sent, you will receive a message saying Absence Summary reports were emailed to the selected students. You will also be taken back to the main Print Absence Summary screen where you can conduct a new search, etc.
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The email addresses used for custodial contacts can be found via Student Info > Addresses & Contacts. If a parent uses a different email via the Parent Portal, it will not register here.
Click the floppy disk icon to export the listed data to an Excel spreadsheet.
You can also sort data by clicking on any of the headers. Click once for ascending results; click twice for descending results.
If looking for specific information housed within the resulting students, type the information in the Search text box provided and press Enter.
To make the list full screen, click on the expansion icon (four arrows) next to the Search text box. Once in full screen mode, click the icon again to exit full screen.