Instructions – Entering Attendance
1. Logon to the database. To do so, use shortcut “School Database”
on your desktop, if it available, or
paste following path into address bar of “My Computer” window “\\backup\School
Files\SchoolDatabase\school.exe”
2. Enter login and password to school database. If you don’t have one please contact IT Department.
3. Click on “Attendance” button.
4. Next screen depends on which age group you teaching. Teachers of Early Childhood and Elementary must fill up
attendance once per day (first period is preferred). Teachers of Secondary School must enter student
attendance each period.
If you teaching Early Childhood or Elementary next screen will look like this (teachers of Secondary School
please skip to step 7).
 For Early Childhood and Elementary!
Instructions – Entering Attendance
5. If you logged on to attendance database first time in current day you will see “Not Set” status for all students.
Let’s set Present status for all students. To do so, select “P” in “Set status” drop down list and click on “Set”
button. Status for all students should change to “Present”.
6. Now let’s set “Absent Unexcused” status for “Hadar Yoav”. To do so, click on the name of the student and select
appropriate status in option group next to the student list.
Status is set. Process to the next student. When appropriate status is set for all students click on “Exit” button to
close attendance.
If you have long students list there is quick search field for help you find student faster. Type part of the name in
that field and press Enter or Tab key. Student list will be filtered and you will see only names that contain phrase
Instructions – Entering Attendance
you typed in quick search field. Set status for the student and click on button with arrow next to quick search field to
remove filter and show all students again.
7. If you teaching Secondary School attendance window will look like this.
8. Select period in drop down list and set appropriate status for all students and click “Submit” button.
Please note that you have to click on “Submit” even if all students is present!
Instructions – Entering Attendance
If you would like to fill attendance for couple periods at once then don’t forget to click on “Submit” button after
completing each period. If you completed one period and switched to another and then to third and after that
clicked “Submit” then you will lose information for all periods except last one.