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Take attendance

Mark who came, what marking someone absent does (credits, catch-ups, fill-ins), undoing a mark, and late registers.

For owners, managers and teachers

Who: the class's teachers, and managers for any class.

The register for last week's Salsa Beginners 1, with each dancer marked Here or Absent.

Where: open the class → Check in (Attendance once the class has started, or on an evening with a door).

Marking#

Tap Here or Absent beside each name. The summary at the top keeps count: leads, follows, or dancers for classes without roles.

Told you beforehand lists course dancers who said in advance that they'd miss this week. Their seats were already offered as fill-ins, so you don't need to mark them.

At an event#

An evening with a door (an event, or a class paid per visit) offers Here and nothing else: "Tap Here for anyone the door did not scan". Nobody who paid for a ticket is marked absent. The counts read "2 of 3 in". See Let people in at the door.

What "Absent" does#

It depends on why the person was there:

WhoMarked absent
Booked with credits, marked before the class startsThe credit goes back to them.
Booked with credits, marked after the class startedA no-show: the credit stays spent.
Course seat, before the class startsCounts as telling you in advance: their place can be offered as a fill-in, and they may catch the week up.
Catch-upThe catch-up week counts as used. Managers are told ("… missed a catch-up") and can choose Give the week back on this register if that's fair.
Fill-inTheir fill-in place is released.
Anyone, after the class startedRecorded as absent.

Marking absent before class can ask for a fill-in. If that leaves the class short and fill-ins are on for the school and the class, a request goes out straight away: "A request went out to 3 dancers." Otherwise: "Nobody new could be asked right now; the seat is open for anyone eligible." Classes with fill-ins off never ask.

Undo#

Tapped the wrong person? Undo the mark. Undoing an absence also reverses what it did: for example, a catch-up booked from that absence is dropped.

Late registers#

Mark the register on the night. If it's still open 15 minutes after the class ended, its teachers get a reminder. A register closed after the class ended is shown as Marked late.

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