The attendance feature in Kangarootime streamlines the process of tracking and managing student attendance within schools. This integrated tool allows educators to efficiently record and monitor student presence, absences, and tardiness directly within Kangarootime. By leveraging this feature, schools can automate attendance tracking, generate exports, and analyze attendance patterns to support student engagement and academic performance. The attendance feature simplifies administrative tasks, enhances communication with parents and guardians, and provides valuable insights to help improve overall school management.
How to Review Daily or Weekly Attendance Data
How to Export a Class Attendance Roster
How to Export an Attendance Report
How to Review Daily or Weekly Attendance Data
- Log in to the Kangarootime website
- Select Attendance within the navigation menu
- Select Attendance/Bookings or open Kangarootime School
- Select which school's attendance you would like to view*
- Select the weekly date range you would like to view by using the date selector and choose the week you wish to view
- The page will then display all of the programs happening at that school and the expected attendance for that chosen week
- For a daily view, use the date selector on the bottom portion of the Attendance/Bookings page, set it to the Daily option, and choose the day you wish to view*
- To specify by class, use the Class filter
- To specify by a child's current status, use the Expected, Unknown, Late, Absent, Checked in/out filters
*Only one School at a time can be viewed
Weekly Class Attendance Rosters are available to print through Kangarootime School. Rosters can be filtered by class or grade and include emergency contacts, student health summaries, and allergy notices for easy reference. Children who are not expected on a certain day(s) of the week will be shaded for clarity.
How to Export a Class Attendance Roster
- Open Kangarootime School
- Select Attendance
- Select the three-dot action button
- Select Rosters
- Select by Class(es) or Grade(s)
- Select Weekly Date Range
- Select the checkbox if you wish to include Emergency Contacts
- Select the checkbox if you wish to include Health Summary
- Select Create Report
Attendance reports are available to print through Kangarootime School. The export can be filtered by class or students. Student names, date(s), check-in and check-out times, duration of care, the name of the contact or staff member, and the method used (Kiosk, KT Connect, POC) to check in or out the student will be displayed.
How to Export an Attendance Report
- Open Kangarootime School
- Select Attendance
- Select the three-dot action button
- Select Attendance Report
- Select by Class or Student
- Select Class(es) or Student(s)
- Select Date Range
- Select Create Report
For more information on attendance features in Kangarootime, check out How to Utilize the Attendance Screen and Attendance Reporting Dashboards Guide articles.
Please contact helpdesk@kangarootime.com with any questions.