Group absence events entered in bulk

There are a number of reasons why a group of students can be absent from their usual classes. These include:

• sporting, cultural or academic trips
• camps
• on site activities such as cultural events, sporting presentations or practices including swimming or athletic sports
• off-site courses or classes
• health camps
• regional health schools
• residential schools
• work experience.

You can record absence events for:

• Groups of students, as described in this section.
• Tagged students. See Creating absence events for tagged students.
• Individual students. See Individual student absence events.

How to:

Use the Absence Events Bulk Entry window to:

• Select absentees for bulk entry. See Selecting absentees for bulk entry.
• Record group absences in bulk. See Recording group absences in bulk.

Once the group is selected, you create the absence events. For example, you can:

• Create all day absences for the selected group. See Creating all day absence events for groups.
• Create excursion absences for the selected group. See Creating excursion absence events for groups.

Note: All of the usual modes available for individual students are also available for processing groups. Refer to the corresponding mode for details of the fields. See Individual student absence events.

What you can do: