Class Away

How to record a class as away in supervision and substitution. This article is initended for Admin. (Read time: 1 minute)

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Last updated: 07/06/2023

The class away screen gives you the ability to mark an entire base class as away for a full day, partial day or multi-day. You can also mark multiple base classes as away at once. 

Step 1

Go to the 3 lines > Substitution > Class Away > Actions > Record Class Away

Step 2

Click the drop down under ‘Which Class Is Away’

Select the relevant class. You can also select multiple classes at once.  

Step 3

Select the type of absence, e.g. a full day, part day, multi day etc. If you select a part day, you will be prompted to select which periods the class will be away for. You can also add a note at this step. 

Step 4

Click save > a new row for each class should appear in the screen below. 

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