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Record Section Attendances

Record from the web app

  1. Choose Professional Learning from the main menu.

  2. Choose Instruct.

  3. For the applicable section, click the Unrecorded Attendance number.

  4. Record attendance in three ways:

    1. Record Attendance Individually - For a single participant and a specific class time, click the status menu (down arrow), then choose the appropriate status.

    2. Record Attendance for All Participants of a Single Class Time - For all participants and a specific class time, click Edit All, then choose the appropriate status.

    3. Record Attendance for All Class Times of a Single Participant - For a single participant and all class times, click the ellipsis, then choose the appropriate status.

Changes save automatically.

Record from the mobile app

Prerequisites

Install

  1. Open the app store on your device.

  2. In the search bar, enter PowerSchool.

  3. On Android devices, tap the Unified Talent Mobile app, then tap Install.
    On Apple devices, tap Get for the Unified Talent Mobile app, then tap Install.

Register

  1. Tap the Unified Talent Mobile app.

  2. Enter your District Code. (Typically, a district will provide its code on the start page of the web application.)

  3. Tap Next.

Take attendance

Via roster

  1. From your Courses list, choose the section or class time.

  2. Scroll to the Roster.

  3. Select participants to mark them as attending.

Selections save automatically.

To remove already marked participants from the view, click Hide Attended.

Via Participant QR Codes

Each course participant is assigned a QR code that can be scanned to mark attendance.

  • Before class time, access your section roster via the web application to print participant table tents containing QR codes.

  • If the participant has the Unified Talent Mobile app, they can display their QR code to you.

  1. From your Courses list, choose the section or class time.

  2. Scroll to the Roster.

  3. Tap Scan Attendee Code.

  4. Scan each participant's QR code from their table tent or mobile device.

  5. Confirm that attendance has been properly recorded.

Via Section QR Code

Print a QR code for your section that participants can scan using their mobile app.

  1. Before class time, access your section roster via the web application to print a sign-in sheet containing the QR code.

  2. Post the sign-in sheet in the room before your class time.

  3. Participants use their mobile app to scan and mark their attendance.

Manage section attendance

Starting v25.9.0.0, the Section Attendance Report in PdAdmin supports a new status: Not Recorded, in addition to the existing Present and Absent options.

To review:

  1. Navigate to PdAdmin, and select Section Attendance Report.

  2. Review the attendance grid. Participants will appear as Present, Absent, or Not Recorded.

  3. Reports can be filtered or exported to reflect the Not Recorded status.

Task

Take attendance

  1. From the Roster tab, click on Attendance.  

  2. Mark user attendance individually by clicking the down arrow and choosing Attended or Absent.  

  3. Mark user attendance in bulk by clicking Edit All, and then Set All Attended.