Make-up Class Balance
Overview
Section titled “Overview”Slingui’s Make-up class balance feature allows teachers and schools to track each student’s make-up class credits and debits clearly and automatically. This document explains how to access and view the balance and understand the rules governing its automatic updates.
📍 How to Access
Section titled “📍 How to Access”To check a specific student’s make-up class balance and history, follow this path:
- In the main menu, go to Account.
- Click Students & groups.
- Find the student in the list.
- Click that student’s Actions button.
- Select the Make-up classes tab.
📊 Page Overview
Section titled “📊 Page Overview”On the Student make-up class balance page, you will find:
- Current total balance: The consolidated number of make-up classes (credits) the student is currently entitled to.
- Event history: A detailed list of all transactions (credits or debits) that have affected this student’s balance.
- Date filter: A tool for narrowing your search to view the event history for a selected period only.
Event List Information
Section titled “Event List Information”Each record in the history list displays the following information:
- Date: The date the event (credit or debit) was generated in the system.
- Amount: The credit (addition) or debit (subtraction) applied to the balance.
- Source: The origin or reason for the change (e.g., an update through class review).
- Class: The date and time of the class that triggered the change (displayed when relevant).
- Owner: The user (teacher or administrator) responsible for generating the event.
- Description: An optional description with additional details about the event.
⚙️ Balance Update Rules
Section titled “⚙️ Balance Update Rules”The student’s make-up class credit balance is affected exclusively by the attendance value (Presence) set for the student in the Class review form on the Calendar page.
The following table details how each attendance status affects the balance, depending on the class type:
| Class Type | Attendance Value (Presence) | Effect on Make-up Class Balance |
|---|---|---|
| Class (Regular Class) | Excused Absence | Single credit (+1) |
| Make-up Class | Present | Single debit (-1) |
| Make-up Class | Unexcused Absence | Single debit (-1) |
| Make-up Class | Excused Absence | No effect |
| Any other (not Make-up) | Present | No effect |
| Any other (not Make-up) | Unexcused Absence | No effect |
Interaction with Class Status
Section titled “Interaction with Class Status”Because a class’s overall Status can automatically change students’ Presence values, class status changes may also indirectly generate credit or debit events in the student’s balance.
💡 Tip: For a thorough explanation of how a class’s overall Status automatically affects individual student attendance, see the Calendar Documentation.
⚠️ Important Notices and Warnings
Section titled “⚠️ Important Notices and Warnings”To ensure students’ balances are calculated correctly, it is essential to follow this procedure:
- Required entry in Class Review: The credit balance will only be updated if the student’s attendance is properly recorded and saved in the relevant class’s Class review form.
- Marking the class as completed is not enough: Simply changing the class status to “Done” in the calendar interface is not enough to credit or debit make-up classes in the system. Completing each student’s attendance in Class review is strictly necessary.
- “Block Time” events: Calendar events created with the “Block Time” type are exclusively for organizing schedules and do not affect the student’s make-up class balance; they do not generate any credit or debit events.