About the Attendance Module

The Attendance module has been designed to make recording pupils' attendance quick and easy. 3sysACADEMIC allows users to log attendance at a session and period level, depending upon the school's timetable requirements. A 'session' usually refers to either the morning or afternoon, while a 'period' means a specific lesson. The number, length and times of sessions and periods are configured by your System Administrator in passFINANCE/schoolADMIN and 3sysACADEMIC draws on the structure they create. The particular marks or symbols used by your school to log attendance are also set in passFINANCE/schoolADMIN.

Using the Attendance module, users can:

• Find and view attendance data for previous sessions and periods.
• Log attendances on an individual or group basis.
• Add comments to records.
• Log planned absences, e.g. medical appointments or approved holidays.

You are able to search for the relevant session or period against which you wish to record attendance, if the correct register is not already displayed, using the Filter section on the Attendance screen. For example:

Note: If you cannot see this section in the software, it may be minimised. Click next to the relevant heading to expand it.

The relevant attendance register appears in bottom half of the Attendance screen. For example: