Tools within the Attendance Office Settings category allow administrators to create and manage district-wide attendance codes, copy codes from one calendar to another, set preferences for recording attendance, and much more. This article describes the available tool rights for all tools within the Attendance Settings category.

Screenshot of the Attendance Office Settings category and assigned tool rights.

Attendance Office - Available Settings and Suggested Tool Rights

Attendance Aggregation Preferences

This tool sets the stored procedure and attendance views used in the chronic absenteeism calculation for the entire district. Once set, those preferences are included in the nightly quartz job.

See the Attendance Aggregation Preferences article for more information.

Screenshot of the Attendance Aggregation Preferences tool, located at Attendance Office, Settings.

Attendance Aggregation Preferences Editor

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Access and view the Attendance Aggregation Preferences.	Edit and save Attendance Aggregation Preferences.	N/A	N/A

Attendance Aggregation Refresh Wizard

The Attendance Aggregation Refresh (AAR) tool is used to recalculate and update the Attendance Day Aggregation table, from which the Chronic Absenteeism calculation is derived.

See the Attendance Aggregation Refresh article for more information.

Attendance Aggregation Refresh Tool

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Access and use the Attendance Aggregation Refresh tool.	N/A	N/A	N/A

Attendance Code Setup

The Attendance Codes are used to create the attendance codes that are assigned to student attendance entries.These codes need to be assigned to a school calendar.

See the Attendance Code Setup article for more information.

Attendance Code Setup

The checkbox Display code in behavior resolution requires at least Read, Write and Add tool rights.

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Access and view the Attendance Code Setup tool.	Modify existing Attendance Codes.	Add new Attendance Codes.	Delete Attendance Codes.

Excuse Code Copier Wizard

The Excuse Code Copier Wizard allows users to copy excuse codes to different calendars. Local attendance codes can be created in one school within a district and copied to other schools in the same district, allowing the district to quickly standardize codes across all schools.

See the Excuse Code Copier article for more information.

Excuse Code Copier

Calendar rights to more than one calendar and year is recommended.

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Access and view the Excuse Code Copier. Copy excuse codes from one calendar to another.	N/A	N/A	N/A

Positive Attendance Preferences

The Positive Attendance Preferences determine how a specific calendar records positive attendance for students. Positive Attendance is available per calendar, meaning in order for this editor to display, a School must be selected in the Campus toolbar. Preferences must be turned on in order to see related Positive Attendance tools.

See the Positive Attendance Preferences article for more information.

Positive Attendance Preferences

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Access and view the Positive Attendance Preferences tool. View the preferences set for the selected calendar.	Set Positive Attendance Preferences for the selected calendar.	N/A	N/A

Virtual Attendance Preferences

Virtual Attendance Preferences determine how and when teachers record attendance for virtual classes and how students and/or parents indicate they participated in virtual classes.

See the Virtual Attendance Preferences article for more information.

Virtual Attendance Preferences

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Access and view the Virtual Attendance Preferences tool.	Modify and save existing Virtual Attendance Preferences. Select and save new Virtual Attendance Preferences.	N/A	N/A

Virtual Attendance Preferences Copier Wizard

The Virtual Attendance Preferences Copier Wizard copies saved Virtual Attendance Preferences from the source calendar to the selected destination calendar(s).

See the Virtual Attendance Preferences Copier Wizard article for more information.