Roll Marking - Hide "Reason for Absence" option and Exclude/Include Unexplained Count and/or Status

Hide Reason for Absence Option

An option has been added to the configuration to allow schools to hide the reason for absence from the roll marking screens.

eg: Reason showing

eg: Reason not showing

Path: Portal Administration > Configuration

From the 'Configuration Group' drop down menu select 'Attendance Settings'

Go to 'AE_SHOWREASON'. This will have defaulted to 'Yes'. Simply change to 'No' from the drop down menu if you wish not to show the reasons then save.

Show Other Periods

Currently if a teacher wishes to see the status of a student's attendance in other periods for that day, they simply need to hover over the Blue dot on the roll.

To hide this function go to Configuration as outlined below.

Path: Portal Administration > Configuration

From the 'Configuration Group' drop down menu select 'Attendance Settings'

Select 'No' from the AE_SHOWOTHERPERIODS drop down menu

Exclude Unexplained Count

Long available on roll marking is the ability for a teacher to see the count of unexplained absences a student may have. This was achieved by hovering over the Red dot. (this did not appear on a student with no unexplained absences).

To hide this function go to Configuration as outlined below.

Path: Portal Administration > Configuration

From the 'Configuration Group' drop down menu select 'Attendance Settings'

Select 'No' from the AE_UNEXPLAINEDCOUNT drop down menu