Mark a whole column at once

When most of a class is present, you can set today's whole column in one go instead of marking each student. This needs Attendance write access (the same access used to take a roll); for read-only staff the column control is hidden.

1. Open the column menu

   On the roll, click the action control on today's column header. The menu reflects the column's current state.

   

2. Mark everyone at once

   Choose All present or All absent. Every student in today's column is set to that status, except any student who already holds an approved absence — bulk marking skips those, so it never overwrites a resolved absence.

3. Clear the column if needed

   To start over, open the menu again and choose Reset, which clears your pending marks for today's column.

4. Submit the roll

   Bulk marking doesn't save on its own. After the column is set, adjust any individual students as needed, then click Submit to send the roll.