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Scholarship students: warn them before the attendance threshold

Built by Edusign · Attendance

Keeping a means-tested grant or scholarship depends on meeting an attendance requirement. Warning the student before your institution's threshold gives them time to get back on track and saves you from a late report.

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Preview

1 trigger · 1 scope
  1. When

    A student reaches alert threshold set by your institution hours of unjustified absence over 6 months

  2. For

    The scholarship students group

  3. Then

    Send an email to the student and the scholarship office

What to personalise

The [VARIABLES] are filled in by Edusign each time a message is sent. Replace the fields in yellow with your own values in the alert's email editor.

  • alert threshold set by your institution

Why turn on this alert

Set the alert threshold a little below the threshold that triggers a report: the student is warned while they can still get back on track.

  • The student is warned before any report is made.
  • The scholarship office follows at-risk situations.
  • A dedicated group limits the alert to scholarship students.

Set up the alert, step by step

In Edusign, open Attendance › Alerts › Add an alert, then fill in the blocks in this order. Open the Alerts screen in Edusign

  1. Step 1 · “Trigger” block

    When the student approaches the threshold

    Applies to
    Student
    Absence type
    Number of hours of unjustified absence
    Rule
    greater than or equal to
    Value
    alert threshold set by your institution
    Period
    over 6 months
  2. Step 2 · “Filters” block

    For scholarship students

    Choice
    Groups
    Selection
    Scholarship students
  3. Step 3 · “Actions” block

    Then notify the student and the scholarship office

    Email
    ticked
    Recipients
    Student, Administrators (scholarship office / student office)
  4. Step 4 · “Finalisation” block

    Name and activate

    Alert name
    Scholarship students – attendance threshold
    Start date
    First day of the semester

Prerequisite: Create a “Scholarship students” group in Edusign and add the relevant students to it.

Frequently asked questions

The alert threshold is set by your institution. Place it before the threshold that triggers a report, to give the student time to get back on track.

Create a Scholarship students group, then choose Groups in the Filters block.

No. With this setting, only hours of unjustified absence are counted.

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