New in ME 1.19!
The option to allow learners to record their own attendance at events as long as they are physically near the event location (database setting: location_attendance_active)
On the Attendance tab of an event page you can record attendance for an event. Elentra supports recording attendance manually, by having users swipe an id card (kiosk mode), having learners mark themselves present using geolocation checking, or by having users send a text message to confirm attendance (using Twilio).
Please note that there is a separate attendance tool for learners to record their attendance at clinical events (if you have scheduled learners into clinical events in the Clinical Experience > Rotation Schedule).
Click the checkbox beside the name of each learner in attendance. Click the checkbox again to change the attendance status.
Changes are saved constantly so there is no Save button on the page.
Search for a learner by typing in his/her id number.
Any student whose absence is pre-approved via the Absence Management module will have a comment in the Notes section indicating so, they should still be marked absence by de-selecting the tick box. This will be recorded on their dashboard as an “Approved” absence.
Kiosk mode allows learners to swipe their school ids to complete the attendance record for the event. To use kiosk mode your organisation must set up some hardware and link it to Elentra to record attendance.
Once attendance kiosk mode has been configured it is easy to use.
Navigate to the relevant learning event page.
Click on the Attendance tab.
Click 'Kiosk Mode'.
When the green check mark comes up, learners can begin to swipe their cards.
You can download a CSV of learner attendance (blank or after completion) using the Download CSV button at the bottom of the page.
Information about potential hardware you could use is posted below.
Elentra introduced an optional Absence Management module in Elentra ME 1.18. If the module is in use and configured to track attendance by event, you may see comments in the Notes section of an attendance page.
New in ME 1.19! Allow learners to confirm their attendance at events by marking themselves as present and feel confident they are being truthful by checking their physical location at the time of confirming attendance.
A database system setting is required to use this feature (location_attendance_active).
This feature relies on organizations entering longitude and latitude coordinates for their buildings in Admin > System Settings > Locations. Make sure you have done this before expecting learners to mark themselves present.
You must also enable Location Attendance Taking on each event where learners will be expected to confirm their attendance. Do this on the Setup tab of the event in the Event Options section.
When learners access the event they will be able to click a button to say "Mark Attendance."
They will be prompted to consent to sharing their location information by clicking Allow.
Their attendance will be confirmed or rejected based on their location.
Please note that Twilio is a fee-based service. If you choose to use this attendance option, your institution will need a Twilio account. See more at https://www.twilio.com/
This optional feature allows learners to mark their own attendance at a learning event via text message.
To use this feature, your Elentra installation needs events_sms_attendance_enabled and twilio_enabled to be active. Speak to a developer about enabling those settings.
To use this feature learners need to provide their contact information in their user profile. Their numbers will be verified by Twilio.
This option allows learners to mark themselves present using a code distributed during a learning event.
To use this feature, your Elentra installation needs events_sms_attendance_enabled to be active. Speak to a developer about enabling the settings.
People teaching an event can enable SMS mode on the attendance page of an event.
Teachers enter a timeframe (in minutes) for how long learners can mark their attendance.
Teachers click Generate Code. After the code is generated, teachers share the code and destination phone number with learners.
Learners text the code to the number provided.
After texting the code to the provided phone number the learner's attendance will be updated to present.
