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Repeated early departures: spot students who leave class early

Built by Edusign · Attendance

A student who signs in and then leaves class distorts your actual attendance rates. The alert makes this behaviour visible and lets you talk about it early.

Already a customer? Set up this alert in Edusign ›

Alerts are recalculated every night at 04:15: the email goes out the following morning.

Preview

1 trigger · 1 scope
  1. When

    A student has at least 2 early departures over the last 30 days

  2. For

    All students in the account

  3. Then

    Send an email to the student and the administrators

Why turn on this alert

Signing in proves attendance at the start of the class. Early departures recorded by the instructor complete the picture: the alert adds them up over a month.

  • The student knows their early departures are being tracked.
  • The student office can talk about it before the pattern sets in.
  • Your attendance statistics stay accurate.

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 has 2 early departures in 30 days

    Applies to
    Student
    Absence type
    Number of early departures
    Rule
    greater than or equal to
    Value
    2
    Period
    over 30 days
  2. Step 2 · “Filters” block

    For all students

    Choice
    All students in the account
  3. Step 3 · “Actions” block

    Then notify the student and the student office

    Email
    ticked
    Recipients
    Student, Administrators
  4. Step 4 · “Finalisation” block

    Name and activate

    Alert name
    Early departures

Alert or automation?

An alert fires above a threshold over a period. To notify someone at every event, with no threshold, use an automation instead.

Automation: inform the manager of each early departure ›

Frequently asked questions

The instructor, in the Edusign session. The alert adds up these departures over the chosen period.

The automation notifies the manager of each departure. The alert waits for the second departure within 30 days.

Yes. In the Filters block, choose Groups or Courses.

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