Introduction

Attendance

Student attendance management refers to the process of recording and monitoring the attendance of students. It helps to comply with legal and other requirements for record-keeping and reporting on student attendance.  Reports can be generated to identify and track attendance patterns and trends.

By tracking attendance, education providers can identify students who are struggling and provide the necessary support or to identify absenteeism patterns and take action to prevent them from becoming chronic, which can negatively impact academic progress.

Compliance

Higher Education providers are required to monitor and report on student attendance to ensure that students are attending classes and meeting the academic requirements of their courses. The following is an overview of the student attendance compliance requirements for a Higher Education provider:

• Policy and Procedures: Higher Education providers are required to have a clear policy and procedures for monitoring and reporting on student attendance. This should include guidelines for what constitutes acceptable levels of attendance, how attendance will be monitored, and the consequences of failing to meet attendance requirements.

• Attendance Monitoring: Higher Education providers are required to monitor student attendance, including recording attendance at all scheduled classes, lectures, tutorials, and other learning activities. This may involve using an attendance sheet, a mobile app, or other electronic systems to record attendance.

• Reporting: Higher Education providers are required to report on student attendance, including providing regular attendance reports to students and their sponsors. The reports should include information on the number of classes attended and missed, as well as any action taken in response to non-attendance.

• Intervention and Support: Higher Education providers are required to intervene and provide support to students who are not meeting attendance requirements. This may involve providing additional support, such as tutoring or counselling, or imposing penalties, such as reduced grades or suspension.

• Compliance: Higher Education providers must comply with all relevant legislation, regulations, and policies related to student attendance. This includes complying with the requirements of TEQSA and other regulatory bodies.

Student attendance compliance requirements are an essential aspect of ensuring that students are actively participating in their studies and are meeting the requirements of their courses. By monitoring and reporting on student attendance, Higher Education providers can ensure that students are receiving the education and support they need to succeed in their studies and prepare for their future careers.

Attendance Management

This function allows Users to manage class attendance daily, weekly, individually and in Bulk.

To manage this, follow the instructions below:

• On the Meshed Higher-Ed, Click Compliance > Attendance Management 

Attendance Summary

• Click Compliance > Attendance Management > Attendance Summary
• Search the student by using the filters (on the drop down menu), type in the value and click Search.

• Once you search for the Student then you can view the Student attendance history for each course (as shown below).

• To view attendance history click the view icon  . 

• Select Attendance type, Course, Semester and Term
• Click View.

Note: You may view student's attendance history by selecting different Attendance type on the drop down menu.

On the example below, we have chosen View attendance by Class timetable and the system generated the list of student's weekly attendance information.

Add Class Attendance (Daily/ Weekly)

Class Attendance

User can record Daily attendance for the Class either weekly or daily.

To manage this function, follow the instructions below:

• Click Compliance > Attendance Management > Add Class Attendance (Daily/Weekly)

• Select Course Type from the drop down menu e.g. HigherEd.
• Select Semester e.g. 2017 Semester 1
• Select applicable Term-week and Day

• Click drop down menu to select the Class. This will show the Class sessions timetabled for that day.

• Click Check attendance.
• Attendance Checklist System page will appear with the list of Students attending this class. Teacher/trainer has an option to edit and generate attendance checklist (as shown below)

• Confirm the Student name and tick the box that correspond the time of class.
• Click Record attendance to save.
• A message will appear to confirm successful recording of attendance.

Cancel Class

Users can cancel a timetabled Class. Once a Class has been cancelled, the relevant Attendance calculations will adjust to allow for the enroled Students to have not been required to have attended the cancelled Class.

To manage this function, follow the instructions below:

• Navigate to Compliance > Add Class Attendance (Daily/Weekly)

• Select Course Type 
• Select Semester 
• Select applicable Term-week and Day
• Click drop down menu to select the Class to Cancel
• Click the Cancel icon 
• The Cancel Class window is displayed

• Enter Remarks
• Click Cancel Class

• The class is now shown as Cancelled
• To edit remarks in the Cancel Class window click on the Cancelled link

• Edit Remarks

• Click Cancel Class

Bulk Attendance

This menu allows you to Bulk add/ Update student weekly attendance. To manage this feature, follow the instructions below:

• Click Compliance > Bulk Attendance
• Select relevant Course Type e.g. Short Course, Higher Ed, Course status e.g. Active, inactive, Year, Semester, Term and relevant week.
• Once relevant information has been entered, click View student List.

• Student list will appear at the bottom of the page and you can manually enter information on Class hour, Attended Hour and your remarks (if any). Refer to the screenshot below:

• To update the student list in bulk, tick the box of all students of the list and click Update icon
• To update students' attendance individually, click the green icon on the selected students' row.

Please note that this is only advisable to enter the attendance in this way if you are not assigning Student to the timetable. If you are allocating Subject class timetable for the Student then the best option is to enter the attendance hours Daily (using either Student Services Daily attendance recording page or Trainer portal daily attendance recording page).

Consulting Attendance

This menu allows you to Add/Update student consulting attendance. To manage this feature, follow the instructions below:

• Click Compliance > Bulk Attendance

• Click Consulting Request Action Icon

• Select relevant Course Type e.g. Short Course, Higher Ed, Year, Semester, Term and week.
• Select the Requested Class. This will show the Class sessions timetabled for that day.
• Once relevant information has been entered, click View student List.

• Student list will appear at the bottom of the page and you can manually enter information on Attendance Hour and your remarks (if any).
• To update the student list in bulk, tick the box of all students of the list and click Update icon
• To update students' attendance individually, click the green icon on the selected students' row.