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Attendance marking

Mark daily homeroom attendance on working days from the shared calendar, bulk import when needed, and alert parents about absences through the portal. Attendance is the first task of every school day. Schoolyi gives class teachers a fast marking screen aligned to working days, supports CSV import for large cohorts, and surfaces patterns to families alongside grades and fees.

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Outcomes

What changes when attendance marking is live

Practical results schools report after rolling out attendance marking inside daily operations.

  • Daily homeroom attendance by class

    Teachers mark attendance in minutes at period start

  • Working-day alignment from academic calendar

    Families see patterns without calling the office

  • Bulk CSV import for large cohorts

    Reports highlight classes with attendance dips

  • Attendance reports and analytics

    Import supports migration from legacy registers

Key capabilities

Everything included in this capability, from daily workflows to exports your team relies on.

  • Daily homeroom attendance by class
  • Working-day alignment from academic calendar
  • Bulk CSV import for large cohorts
  • Attendance reports and analytics
  • Parent absence alerts through notifications
  • Student “My attendance” history view

Who uses this

Role-scoped workspaces so each team sees only the tasks they own.

  • Class teachers
  • Office staff
  • Parents

Full module

Daily operations

Mark homeroom attendance aligned to the calendar, manage staff and student leave with overlap checks, publish notices, and keep events visible across the school. That is the daily rhythm class teachers and office staff rely on.

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Workflow

How teams run attendance marking week to week

A typical path from setup through daily use on Schoolyi.

  1. 01

    Daily homeroom attendance by class

    Part of the Attendance marking workflow on Schoolyi, connected to roster, calendar, and role permissions.

  2. 02

    Working-day alignment from academic calendar

    Part of the Attendance marking workflow on Schoolyi, connected to roster, calendar, and role permissions.

  3. 03

    Bulk CSV import for large cohorts

    Part of the Attendance marking workflow on Schoolyi, connected to roster, calendar, and role permissions.

  4. 04

    Attendance reports and analytics

    Part of the Attendance marking workflow on Schoolyi, connected to roster, calendar, and role permissions.

Deep dive

Built for school operations, not generic ERP

Long-form context for evaluators comparing capabilities during an SMS rollout.

School bus and transport coordinator at campus gate

Why schools upgrade attendance marking

Attendance is the first task of every school day. Schoolyi gives class teachers a fast marking screen aligned to working days, supports CSV import for large cohorts, and surfaces patterns to families alongside grades and fees.

School principal reviewing reports in a modern office

Connected to daily operations

Mark daily homeroom attendance on working days from the shared calendar, bulk import when needed, and alert parents about absences through the portal. Because attendance marking lives inside daily operations on Schoolyi, teams stop reconciling exports between spreadsheets and the parent portal.

Questions, answered

Straightforward answers for visitors evaluating the product.

Who typically runs attendance marking day to day?+

Class teachers, Office staff, Parents own daily workflows while daily operations coordinators review setup and exports when needed.

How does attendance marking connect to the academic calendar?+

Mark daily homeroom attendance on working days from the shared calendar, bulk import when needed, and alert parents about absences through the portal. Because it shares roster and calendar data with daily operations, teams do not maintain parallel date lists or exports.

Can we roll out attendance marking after go-live?+

Yes. Schools often launch daily operations foundation data first, then enable attendance marking when coordinators are ready.

Is training required for every role?+

Role-scoped workspaces show only the tasks each team needs for attendance marking. Most schools run a short coordinator session plus self-serve operator guides.

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See Attendance marking in a live walkthrough

We'll show how attendance marking fits your school's daily operations workflows and which teams benefit first.

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