School2000 offers a number of ways to enter and manage attendance. In Primary schools only Session attendance (morning and afternoon) is marked/managed, although we can enable Period attendance, if required. In secondary schools, both Session attendance as well as Lesson attendance is marked/managed. Lesson attendance can be mapped to morning and/or afternoon session attendance. Teachers can view the previous attendance for that period/subject for the year

Teachers can also click on photographs of students to mark them ABSENT or LATE. This is useful for supply teachers who may not be able to recognize students. We first implemented this module in St. Augustine School, Oxford Road, London. Please click Reference if required

The most popular way is to enter/manage attendance on Networked PCs, Laptops and Pocket-PCs
Networked PCsLaptops and Pocket-PCs

• PCs, Laptops and Pocket-PCs must be networked to the School2000 server
  
• Laptops are heavy and cumbersome to carry from class to class. If teachers already have Laptops, then they may not need Pocket-PCs
• Palm2000 (below) is an option
  
  
  

s are off-line devices

• Palm2000s work off-line and do not need any network access
• Palm2000s being off-line devices work in and out of the school
• They work out of the school, in the playground and during field trips
• Teachers have reliable/constant access to their students' records
• Palm2000s are small, light, portable and fits into shirt pockets and handbags
• Palm2000s boot in less than a second
• PCs and Laptops are prone to virus attack. Palm2000s are not
  
• Attendance and grades can be entered and managed on the Palm2000
• Teachers can send/receive messages and Emails to other teachers, parents and students from their Palm2000s
  
• Palm2000s update School2000 using a cable/cradle or IrDA/Infrared
• School2000 provides driver for Palm IIIXEs to function as Palm2000
  
  

Pocket PCs are getting popular with teachers

• Pocket-PCs is similar to and work like Palm2000
• Pocket-PCs may be networked, Internet enabled or work with cables/cradles
• School2000 works with most versions/models of Pocket-PCs. However please check for compatibility
• Schools must purchase Intranet software for Pocket-PCs
  

Scanner and Fax update

• Teachers can update attendance by scanning and Emailing an attendance-form
• Attendance is marked on a Fax-attendance A4 sheet, that is printed on any Windows printer
• Please ask for a sample Fax attendance sheet, if you are interested
  
• Standard/plain/white A4 sheets are used
• Students are marked 'absent' for selected sessions/periods using a black felt-tipped or marker pen
• The document is then scanned, sent by Fax or my Email attachment to School2000
• This is similar to using OMR (Optical Mark Reading) that is used in SIMs/Capita
• Scanners and Fax options are useful where attendance is marked offsite