Overview
The Attendance Settings page is your central command center for configuring all attendance tracking, roll call systems, and related features in Orah. It provides comprehensive control over how attendance data is collected, processed, and managed across your school. There are 4 sub-tabs :
🧭 Navigate
Staff Menu → Supervise → Attendance → Settings
1. General Settings (Data Source)
Configure your primary attendance data source and tracking methods
Choose between Orah internal data or SIS integration
Set roll call timeframes and daily attendance policies
Manage attendance mode settings
2. Alert Settings
Set up automated notifications for attendance issues
Configure absence and tardiness alerts
Set attendance pattern detection rules
Manage notification recipients and methods
Read more here - https://success.orah.com/en/articles/9854002-attendance-alerts
3. Reasons
Manage attendance reason codes and SIS mappings
Create, edit, and delete reason codes (AE, AU, TE, TU, etc.)
Map Orah reason codes to SIS systems (Blackbaud, Veracross, Synergetic, FACTS)
Import/export reason code lists
Read more here -
4. Roll Settings
Configure roll call systems and workflows
Set up roll call types (Class Attendance, Daily, Automatic)
Configure roll call permissions and workflows
Manage roll call history and reporting
Read more here - https://success.orah.com/en/collections/10537726-roll-check