Attendance

Overview

Attendance tracking in Decimal is class-based. Each class session has its own attendance record, and teachers mark the status of each student for that session.

Data model

Attendance Record
├── date: 2024-09-15
├── class_id: "cls_7a"
├── teacher_id: "usr_t001"
├── subject_id: "subj_math"
└── entries:
    ├── student_id: "stu_001", status: "present"
    ├── student_id: "stu_002", status: "absent"
    ├── student_id: "stu_003", status: "late"
    └── student_id: "stu_004", status: "excused"

Attendance reporting

Attendance data feeds into several reports: daily summary by class, student history over time, class trends over a term, and school-wide overall attendance rate.

Absent notifications

When a student is marked absent, the system can automatically notify their parent/guardian via in-app notification or email. Notifications can be disabled per school from Settings → Notifications.