Record Session Attendances

This page will provide you with instructions on how to record session attendances in Paradigm

Overview

Attendances can be tracked in Paradigm and a report can be generated for the student’s attendance record for sessions and classes.

Prerequisite Records

Session Attendances in Paradigm can be recorded and tracked with the following required records:

• Students are enrolled in the Scheduled Units that have sessions added, see Enrol Students in Scheduled Units

• The enrolled sessions in the Scheduled Unit determine the dates and times the attendance are to be recorded, see Scheduled Sessions

Workflows

Full-Admin Users - per Scheduled Unit

1. Load the Scheduled Unit record where you want to record attendances, see Search a Scheduled Unit

2. After loading the Scheduled Unit record, go to the SESSIONS section locate the record that reflects the session type, start date, session start time and end time for the session attendance that you want to update attendances, and click its Edit Attendance icon.

editing attendance of the session

3. Go through the students who are enrolled in the session and set the Attendance status accordingly. Click the SAVE ATTENDANCE button to save your record.

recording attendance for each enrolled student

4. To record attendance for a different session date/time, scroll down and click the ACTIONS button against the session that you want to record the attendance and select the Edit Attendance option. Repeat step 3.

Full-Admin Users - via a Unit Enrolment record

You can also get to the record attendance screen via a Unit Enrolment record. It will open a new screen that lists all the students who are enrolled in that same Scheduled Unit.

1. Load the Student's Summary page, see Search a Student record

2. Once the Student Summary page is loaded, go to the UNIT ENROLMENTS section and click the ACTIONS button against the Unit Enrolment that you want to record the attendance.

using the ACTIONS menu of a Unit Enrolment record to edit the attendance

3. Click the ACTIONS button against the session that you want to edit or record the attendances and select the Edit Attendance option.

editing the attendance of a session associated to a Scheduled Unitt

4. Go through the students who are enrolled in the session and set the Attendance status accordingly. Click the SAVE ATTENDANCE button to save your record.

recording the attendance of a session

Tutor or Staff - per Assigned Scheduled Unit

For Tutor or Staff Permission Level, refer to the instructions on this workflow: Record Attendances as Tutor or Staff