Summary
Attendance Insights has a total of 9 widgets, this article will lay out the functions of individual widgets. This Attendance Insights Dashboard offers school administrators and educators a variety of tools to monitor and analyze attendance at both a macro (overall trends) and micro (individual student) level. Each widget helps identify attendance patterns, track specific students, and provide insights for strategic intervention or policy adjustments.
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All 9 Widgets :
Attendance Rate Overview
Shows overall attendance percentage at high level using pie chart
For 4 different time ranges - Today, 7 Days, 30 Days, 12 Months
Use: Quick glance of the moving attendance trend spread across different period
Attendance Rate
Displays a trendline chart tracking attendance percentage over the selected period
Hover over the line dot to show more information
Attendance Target/KPI can added to have a visual mark on the attendance rate
Adjust your school's target/KPI by using the 3 dot ellipse option on top-right corner
Use: This visual helps track attendance fluctuations over time, with the ability to monitor whether attendance rates are improving or declining.
Attendance Heatmap
Visualizes attendance patterns across different classes over the selected period
Same grid chart can be used to visualize level year grouping using the dropdown
Hovering and clicking over each cell would provide details of the class
Scroll to view more classes below
A heatmap using colors ranging from blue to yellow and red, indicating classes with high to low rates of attendance
Grey means no data i.e.
the roll call for that class was not taken or
there was no class scheduled for that period
Use: Allows educators and administrators to spot problem areas, i.e., classes where students frequently have low attendance.
Most Unexcused Absences
Lists the top 10 students of unexcused absences over a selected period
Scroll to view rest of the students
The list has been broken down by Classes and Days missed :
Classes - counts the no. of unexcused absences for individual classes
Days - missing all classes in a day will mark the student absent for whole Day
Clicking over each cell would provide details of the class
You can even export (in CSV format) the unexcused absences list in details
Use: Administrators can identify which students need interventions due to their high unexcused absence rates.
Most Tardy Students
Lists the top 10 students of tardy over a selected period
Scroll to view rest of the students
Clicking over each cell would provide details of the class
Details of the classes can be exported (in CSV format) from the same modal
Use: Highlights students frequently arriving late, allowing the school to investigate and potentially address underlying issues.
Most Excused Absences
Lists the top 10 students of excused absences over a selected period
Scroll to view rest of the students
The list has been broken down by Classes and Days excused :
Classes - counts the no. of excused absences for individual classes
Days - missing all classes in a day will mark the student absent for whole Day
Clicking over each cell would provide details of the class
You can even export (in CSV format) the excused absences list in details
Use: Allows educators to differentiate between valid and unexcused absences and identify students with legitimate reasons for missing class.
Attendance Trends
Visualizes the trends in attendance, showing breakdowns of excused and unexcused absences over the select period range
A bar graph could be for day/week/month, showing the proportion of present, absent (excused), and absent (unexcused) students.
Use: This widget helps administrators see trends over time to detect whether attendance is improving, stable, or declining.
Attendance by Excuse Type
Breaks down the types of excuses students have used for their absences over the select period range
A pie chart indicating categories created by schools like
Hover over pie chart to find the breakup
Use: Helps administrators understand the reasons students are missing classes, which can inform policy decisions or individual student plans.
Students Attendance Table
Provides a detailed table of students with their attendance rates, and a breakdown of absences.
Data for each student allows for detailed tracking with available columns :
Attendance Rate (%)
Unexcused Absent Classes
Unexcused Absent Days
Excused Absent Classes
Excused Absent Days
Late
Attendance Trends
Sort data in descending or ascending manner by following headers:
Attendance Rate
Unexcused Absent Classes
Unexcused Absent Days
Excused Absent Classes
Excused Absent Days
Late
Student First/Last Name
Search for individual students from the full list
Filter with equals, more/less than, range from, is empty, is not empty options by :
Attendance Rate
Unexcused Absence Classes
Unexcused Absence Days
Excused Absence Classes
Excused Absence Days
Late Count
Export
data in one click
only export for student(s) search for
only export for filter-applied records
Use: A comprehensive tool to see both individual and group attendance performance in a tabular format. The data can be filtered or exported for reporting or follow-up actions.
Time Range
All of the data within the attendance dashboard can be ranged by :
Today
Last 7 days
Last 30 days
Last 12 weeks
Last 12 months
Custom Date
This gives staff users more control over the time period
Filters
All the data on attendance insights page can be filtered by 3 options :
House
Tags
SIS Groups/Meeting
Total number of students in the filter is visible below the filter section
You can even save the filter to a new view to only have view of your students
Renaming Widgets
All the widgets can be renamed by clicking on the 3-dot option on top-right corner of each widget
Hope this was helpful. If you have any further questions, email us at support@orah.com or just click the blue chat icon at the bottom right corner of this page, we will help you navigate through it. Stay ahead of all the attendance trends in your school.