As in Ye Olde WVEIS, there are several ways to view and maintain attendance in the new WVEIS.
Below is a list summarizing some of these ways. Click any one of them to get some more information, including screen shots, to use them better. We're not supposed to have favorites... but our favorite programs are at the top.
Best for homeroom attendance in Elementary
Select teacher in SIS Teachers menu
Add daily attendance codes to a teacher's list of students
Best for entering daily absences based on period absences in Middle & High
View & filter by period attendance
Sort to preserve pre-entered codes
Auto Fill to add daily attendance code
Or work with specific students
Best for exporting a list of absent students (to save or print)
CAUTION: Will overwrite daily absence reasons for the day(s) you run it!
Best for entering attendance notes
One day at a time
Shows all students (use Ctrl + f to search for a name)
Period or daily attendance
Enter daily attendance by student ID and code
Export Excel file of daily attendance
Enter period attendance by student ID and code
Export Excel file of period attendance
Best for summaries of unexcused absences with dates
Use a letter template to print letters
NOTE: If Mark Letter Sent is "Y", the student will NO LONGER come up for that letter format. You can remove the student from SGBT.440 to reset this and allow their letter to print again.
Directly add codes to one student
Period attendance only - middle or high
Best for adding several days of codes to a student
One student over multiple days
Period or daily attendance codes
Best for middle & high school teachers
Select teacher, day, mark attendance on “seating chart”
Period only
Requires seating chart (SGBS.100)
Best for verifying teacher period attendance entry
Attendance -> Period Attendance Reports
Filter to one day OR one teacher (all teachers all year is too slow)