1) If you are taking the attendance for your Registration Group, it will already be displayed on your Dashboard. Alternatively, use the dropdown menu in the top left to pick a class that you teach and would like to take attendance for.

2) If you need to take attendance for a class that you do not teach (e.g. as the cover teacher), you can do so by clicking on the  Search icon in the top right.

1. From the search bar, type the class you wish to locate and click on the correct class from the list of results that appears.
2. Once you are viewing the correct class, click  Actions from the bottom right and then click  Take Attendance.

The guided walkthrough on this page will not highlight the exact class that you are taking attendance for, as it just provides a stock example for your reference.
To mark attendance using your keyboard, begin by clicking the white space around the attendance options for the first student in the list. Once the box is highlighted, type the correct attendance mark and you will automatically move on to the next student.

1) Once the correct register has loaded for the class, you can mark the list of students in two ways: either by using your mouse to click the attendance marks, or using your keyboard keys to enter the codes.

2) To begin, click on the  icon from the side menu, then click  Play intro. This will show you how to take attendance in a few easy steps.

a. The guided walkthrough on this page will not highlight the exact class that you are taking attendance for, as it just provides a stock example for your reference.

b. To mark attendance using your keyboard, begin by clicking the white space around the attendance options for the first student in the list. Once the box is highlighted, type the correct attendance mark and you will automatically move on to the next student.

c. If you need to take the class attendance for a different day in the week, click the dropdown menu in the top right to pick a different date.

3) Once you have finished taking attendance for a class, click the  Save icon in the bottom right of the page.

• Once you have saved your attendance for a class in SCOMIS Desktop, this information is automatically sent to your MIS.
• If you have taken attendance directly in your MIS, it will take up to one hour for this information to be displayed in SCOMIS Desktop.