Teacher Assist – Absence notes

Teacher Assist – Absence notes #

Teacher Assist is a tool that allows teachers in Google Classroom to view and control students’ screens in the Google Chrome browser.

The Absence Notes feature in Teacher Assist allows teachers to easily log and track missing students during a live classroom session. Use this quick guide to learn how to add, view, and manage absence notes.

Add an absence note #

Start a classroom session and view all the students who are currently active.

Navigate to Teacher Assist > Teacher > Classrooms > Start session

View all active or inactive students part of the classroom

For inactive students, you will see a “blank screen” and the message “connection pending”.

Click on the 3 dots and select “Add absence”

In the pop up window fill in the info for the absence.

Enter the details for the Absence Note

• Absent reason – select any of the reasons for the absence
• Description – enter a description for the absence
• Add – click to save the absence note

Result #

Saved notes will be visible and accessible to the Teachers of the Classrooms.

View the Absence Notes for the Classroom session #

The Absence Notes can be seen in the Session Tools tab.

Click on the 3 dots in the classroom session and select “Absence notes” from the list of options.

NOTE: The Absence Note is specifically for the current Classroom session

This will show all the Absence Notes for the Classroom session.

View the details

• Full name – name of student
• Reason – reason for the absence
• Created – when it was created
  • Details to see further details of it
  • Pen icon – edit the absence note
  • Bin/Trash icon – delete the absence note

Summary #

Absence notes are tied directly to your active session, giving you and co-teachers an easy, central record of student attendance. You can update or remove these notes at any time during the session.