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How Admins Take Attendance

Post Check In/Out or Present/Absent Activities from the Admin Portal or the Instructor Portal

Written by Serena Edwards

Admin users can take attendance from several pages in the Admin Portal, or from the Instructor Portal. Start by choosing which attendance Activity fits your program.

Choose an Attendance Activity — Check In/Out or Present/Absent

Check In/Out works best for most in-person programs:

  • Has a dedicated In/Out page in the Instructor Portal and the Customer Portal

  • Shows a green checkmark beside Enrollees who are checked in

  • Updates Class ratios in real time

  • Records both a check-in time and a check-out time

Present/Absent works best for virtual classes, such as Zoom classes:

  • Is posted from the Activities page and has no dedicated page

  • Doesn't show checkmarks

  • Doesn't affect Class ratios

  • Records one date and time, with no check-out

Both Activities record the date, time and Class name.

Enrollee timeline in Enrollsy showing date and time stamps for Check In and Present Activities

You can also create your own custom Activities.

Take Attendance in the Admin Portal

Open an Enrollee's timeline from any of the pages below, then post a Check In, Check Out, Present or Absent Activity.

From the Ratios Page

  • Go to Dashboard > Ratios

  • Select the Enrollee's name to open their timeline

Ratios page in Enrollsy with an Enrollee's name selected to open the timeline window

From the Classes Page

  • Go to Classes

  • Select the timeline icon beside the Enrollee under their Class

Classes page in Enrollsy with the timeline icon beside an Enrollee under a Class

From the Activities Page

  • Go to Enrollees > Activities

  • Select the Enrollee on the left to open their timeline

Activities page in Enrollsy with an Enrollee selected to open their timeline


Post the Activity

  • In the timeline window, choose the Activity you want to post

  • Save the Activity

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Alt text: Enrollee timeline window in Enrollsy with the list of Activities to post

Take Attendance in the Instructor Portal

To use the Instructor Portal, first create an Instructor profile for yourself and turn on Can access all classes in the Instructor settings.

To check Enrollees in or out:

  • Select In/Out in the menu

Instructor Portal menu in Enrollsy with the In/Out option selected
  • Select Check In or Check Out

  • Select all Enrollees, or only the ones you need

  • Select the green Check In button or the red Check Out button

In/Out page in the Enrollsy Instructor Portal with Enrollees selected and the Check Out button

To mark Enrollees present or absent:

  • Select Activities in the menu

  • Select Present or Absent from the Activity list

Activities list in the Enrollsy Instructor Portal showing the Present and Absent Activities

See Who's Checked In

When an Enrollee is checked in with the Check In Activity, a green checkmark appears:

  • On the Enrollee's info card in the Instructor Portal

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Alt text: Enrollee info cards in the Enrollsy Instructor Portal with green checkmarks for checked-in Enrollees

  • Beside the Enrollee's name, on the far left of the Admin Classes page

Admin Classes page in Enrollsy with green checkmarks beside checked-in Enrollees

The checkmark stays until the Enrollee is checked out. Checkmarks don't appear for Present or Absent.

Checked-in Enrollees also turn green on the Ratios page, and Class ratios update in real time.

 Ratios page in Enrollsy showing checked-in Enrollees in green and updated staff to child ratios

Check Out Everyone at the End of the Day

To check out every Enrollee and Instructor in a Class at once, close the Class from the Ratios page. For steps, see How to Fix and Prevent Missing Enrollee Check Outs.

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