How do I configure attendance event category types for my institution in Admin Settings?
In Elevate K-12 Analytics Admin Settings, the Attendance Event Category Type setting allows you to specify an attendance marker for each attendance category used in your institution's Student Information System (SIS). Each attendance category indicates an event that interrupts normal student attendance.
Open Administration Page
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In the Navigation Menu, click the Admin link.
Open Attendance Event Category Type
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The Settings menu displays the Academics settings options [1].
Click the Attendance link [2]. Then click the Attendance Event Category Type link [3].
View Attendance Event Category Type Setting
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The Attendance Event Category Type setting displays your institution's attendance categories in the Attendance Categories list [1].
To find a category in the list, you can search by name or view only unmapped categories [2]. Learn more about viewing and managing settings.
Set Attendance Event Type
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For each attendance event, click the Attendance Type drop-down menu [1]. You can select from the following options:
- <unmapped> [2]: the attendance event does not affect attendance rates and is not included in Elevate K-12 Analytics attendance data.
- In attendance [3]: the attendance event indicates student attendance; the event is calculated toward student attendance rates in Elevate K-12 Analytics attendance data.
- Absence [4]: the attendance event indicates student absence; the event is calculated toward student absentee rates in Elevate K-12 Analytics attendance data.
- Tardy [5]: the attendance event indicates student late arrival; the event is calculated toward student tardy rates in Elevate K-12 Analytics attendance data.
- Early departure [6]: the attendance event indicates student early departure during school hours; the event is calculated toward student attendance rates in Elevate K-12 Analytics attendance data.
Set Multiple Attendance Event Types
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To set multiple categories at once, click the category checkboxes [1]. Then, click the Assign selected items to drop-down menu, and select a value [2].
Learn more about managing multiple options.