The HOME Page

This is the main dashboard for the notification process for your school.

1.      Menu

1. SchoolMessenger icon - takes you to SchoolMessenger Communicate

2. HOME – the main dashboard for the daily attendance process

3. REPORTS – view and schedule attendance reports

4. ATTENDANCE – view and edit reported and marked absences

5. SETTINGS – view the SafeArrival settings and view/edit report recipients

2.      School Selection: If your account has access to more than 1 school

3.      Your account name

4.      Click SIGN OUT to log out of SafeArrival.

5.      The SafeArrival Summary: shown after Notifications have been sent. Click the name or number for each list to see the individual absences listed in the table below.


Marked Absent From Class

This is the list of students who were marked with unexplained absences at the “Mark Time” according to the imported attendance data. Click the column headings to sort the list (where available). Click the column heading again to sort in reverse order.

Explained Absences

This is the list of students whose marked absence has been explained through SafeArrival. Click the column headings to sort the list (where available). Click the column heading again to sort in reverse order.

Unexplained Absences

This is the list of students whose marked absence has NOT been explained through SafeArrival. Click the column headings to sort the list (where available). Click the column heading again to sort in reverse order.

Discrepancies

This is the list of students for whom an absence was reported through SafeArrival but for whom there is no corresponding marked absence (unexplained) from class. Click the column headings to sort the list (where available). Click the column heading again to sort in reverse order.

All Absences

This is the list of all absences for today, including those that occur before or after the current notification period (Late Arrival, Early Departure, Leave & Return). Click the column headings to sort the list (where available). Click the column heading again to sort in reverse order.  

6.      This is the area where the IMPORT ATTENDANCE DATA and SEND NOTIFICATIONS buttons can be found. If your district uses SIS Integration to upload attendance files and your school uses the Trigger or Schedule auto-notification options, you will not see the IMPORT ATTENDANCE DATA or SEND NOTIFICATIONS buttons. These steps will be automated.

7.      The current number of unexplained absences is shown here. This is updated as parents/guardians explain absences.

8.      Any warnings related to the content of the absence file are shown here. If your District uses SIS Integration, these warnings will be included in the SafeArrival report.

1. If the absences were marked more than an hour ago, you will be given the option to upload a more recent file.

2. If there are invalid student IDs in the file, they will be ignored. You can view the list of invalid student IDs and check the Student Information System.

3. If there are students for whom notifications have already been sent for this marked absence, you will be given the options to ignore or re-send notifications for these students.)

4. If the file is in the wrong format, you will be shown an error message. Try re-creating the file and if the problem persists, contact your SafeArrival District Administrator.

9.      Depending on the category selected on the SafeArrival Summary, the list of student absences is shown here.

10.   Click LIST VIEW or TIMELINE VIEW to have the absences displayed in different formats. Here is an example of TIMELINE VIEW. It shows 2 Late Arrivals (students expected to arrive around 12:00 PM) and 3 Full Day absences.

11.   Enter text in the Search text box then click Search to activate the search. You can enter a Confirmation Number in the Search text box to find the absence for which that Confirmation Number was provided.

12.   If you place your mouse over a column heading and an underline appears, you can click the heading to sort the list of absences based on that column. An arrow appears beside the column heading to show which column is currently being used to sort the list. An up arrow indicates the list is sorted in ascending order while a down arrow indicates the list is sorted in descending order. The Mark Time is the time the student was marked absent (if this is provided by the Student Information System) otherwise it is the time the attendance file was uploaded.

At the bottom of the SafeArrival School Staff pages, the following information is shown:

On the left, you will see:

·        The username with which you are currently logged in

·        The current date, time and timezone

·        Your SafeArrival toll-free number

·        The URL for the SchoolMessenger app

On the right, you will see:

·        A District Service & Support link

·        The SchoolMessenger support email address and toll-free phone number

·        Links to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service

·        Copyright information

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