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 ======= Welcome to AccuClass ======= ======= Welcome to AccuClass =======
-Below you will find the first steps when setting up your **AccuClass** account+Below you will find the first steps when setting up your **%%Accuclass%%** account
  
 <HTML> <HTML>
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-  <img src="http://www.attendance-tracking.com/docs/lib/exe/fetch.php/accuclass/accuclassquickstart10.png" alt="" style="float:right;border:3px solid #871cc1"> 
   <p>There are two ways to enter your students:</p>   <p>There are two ways to enter your students:</p>
   <ul>   <ul>
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   <p>To manually enter them you must go to the <b>Students and Enrollment</b> section under <b>Students</b> of the main menu.</p>   <p>To manually enter them you must go to the <b>Students and Enrollment</b> section under <b>Students</b> of the main menu.</p>
 +  <img src="http://www.attendance-tracking.com/docs/lib/exe/fetch.php/accuclass/accuclassquickstart10.png" alt="" style="float:right;border:3px solid #871cc1">
   <p><img src="http://www.attendance-tracking.com/docs/lib/exe/fetch.php/accuclass/accuclassquickstart9.png" alt=""></p>   <p><img src="http://www.attendance-tracking.com/docs/lib/exe/fetch.php/accuclass/accuclassquickstart9.png" alt=""></p>
   <p>Once there click <b>Create New</b> and fill in the following info about your student:</p>   <p>Once there click <b>Create New</b> and fill in the following info about your student:</p>
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-  <img src="http://www.attendance-tracking.com/docs/lib/exe/fetch.php/accuclass/accuclassquickstart12.png" alt="" style="float:right;border:3px solid #871cc1"> 
   <p>There are two ways to enter your instructors:</p>   <p>There are two ways to enter your instructors:</p>
   <ul>   <ul>
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   <p>To manually enter them you must go to the <b>Instructors</b> section under <b>Classes</b> of the main menu.</p>   <p>To manually enter them you must go to the <b>Instructors</b> section under <b>Classes</b> of the main menu.</p>
 +  <img src="http://www.attendance-tracking.com/docs/lib/exe/fetch.php/accuclass/accuclassquickstart12.png" alt="" style="float:right;border:3px solid #871cc1">
   <p><img src="http://www.attendance-tracking.com/docs/lib/exe/fetch.php/accuclass/accuclassquickstart11.png" alt=""></p>   <p><img src="http://www.attendance-tracking.com/docs/lib/exe/fetch.php/accuclass/accuclassquickstart11.png" alt=""></p>
   <p>Once there click <b>Create New</b> and fill in the following info about your instructor:</p>   <p>Once there click <b>Create New</b> and fill in the following info about your instructor:</p>
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-  <img src="http://www.attendance-tracking.com/docs/lib/exe/fetch.php/accuclass/accuclassquickstart13.png" alt="" style="float:right;border:3px solid #871cc1"> 
   <p>There are two ways to enter your classes:</p>   <p>There are two ways to enter your classes:</p>
   <ul>   <ul>
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   <p>To manually enter them you must go to the <b>View/Edit Classes</b> section under <b>Classes</b> of the main menu.</p>   <p>To manually enter them you must go to the <b>View/Edit Classes</b> section under <b>Classes</b> of the main menu.</p>
 +  <img src="http://www.attendance-tracking.com/docs/lib/exe/fetch.php/accuclass/accuclassquickstart13.png" alt="" style="float:right;border:2px solid black">
   <p><img src="http://www.attendance-tracking.com/docs/lib/exe/fetch.php/accuclass/accuclassquickstart7.png" alt=""></p>   <p><img src="http://www.attendance-tracking.com/docs/lib/exe/fetch.php/accuclass/accuclassquickstart7.png" alt=""></p>
   <p>Once there click <b>Create New</b> and fill in the following info about your class:</p>   <p>Once there click <b>Create New</b> and fill in the following info about your class:</p>
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-  <p>To find out which attendance method is best for you, visit <a href="http://www.engineerica.com/accuclass/attendance-recording-options">Recording Attendance</a></p> 
   <h2>Click on an option below to choose how you would like to track attendance for your classroom!</h2>   <h2>Click on an option below to choose how you would like to track attendance for your classroom!</h2>
   <p style="text-align: center;">   <p style="text-align: center;">
-        <a href="http://www.attendance-tracking.com/docs/doku.php/accuclass/options2" class='btn-big w-300' style="margin: 5px;">+        <a href="http://www.attendance-tracking.com/docs/doku.php/accuclass/recording-attendance/method" class='btn-big w-300' style="margin: 5px;">
  <img class="size-full wp-image-4295 alignnone" src="http://www.attendance-tracking.com/docs/lib/exe/fetch.php/accuclass/accuclassrecordingatt1.png" alt="" width="24%" />  <img class="size-full wp-image-4295 alignnone" src="http://www.attendance-tracking.com/docs/lib/exe/fetch.php/accuclass/accuclassrecordingatt1.png" alt="" width="24%" />
         By a METHOD         By a METHOD
  </a>  </a>
-        <a href="http://www.attendance-tracking.com/docs/doku.php/accuclass/options" class='btn-big w-300' style="margin: 5px;">+        <a href="http://www.attendance-tracking.com/docs/doku.php/accuclass/recording-attendance/devices" class='btn-big w-300' style="margin: 5px;">
  <img class="size-full wp-image-4295 alignnone" src="http://www.attendance-tracking.com/docs/lib/exe/fetch.php/accuclass/accuclasstopper.jpg" alt="" width="24%" />  <img class="size-full wp-image-4295 alignnone" src="http://www.attendance-tracking.com/docs/lib/exe/fetch.php/accuclass/accuclasstopper.jpg" alt="" width="24%" />
         With a DEVICE         With a DEVICE
  </a>  </a>
 </p> </p>
 +<p>To find out which attendance method is best for you, visit <a href="http://www.engineerica.com/accuclass/attendance-recording-options">Recording Attendance</a></p>
 </div> </div>
  
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-  <p>To set up your Timezone go to <b>Advanced Options</b> and click Settings.</p> +  <p>To view and edit the attendance of a class go to the <b>Attendance</b> section and click on <b>Sheet</b>.</p
-  <p><img src="http://www.attendance-tracking.com/docs/lib/exe/fetch.php/accuclass/accuclassquickstart3.png" alt=""></p>+  <img src="http://www.attendance-tracking.com/docs/lib/exe/fetch.php/accuclass/accuclassquickstart18.png" alt="1" style="float:right;border:3px solid #871cc1"
 +  <p><img src="http://www.attendance-tracking.com/docs/lib/exe/fetch.php/accuclass/accuclassquickstart17.png" alt="1"></p> 
 +  <p>Once there you will be prompted to select the class your want the Attendance Sheet to be pulled. Select the class and click the <b>View Attendance</b> button.</p> 
 +  <p>At this point you will see a complete chart of the students and the days of the semester with the attendance data.</p> 
 +  <p>There are multiple ways to <b>edit</b> attendance:</p> 
 +  <ul> 
 +      <li>To edit the attendance for a particular <b>day</b>, select the appropriate column for that day. This will open the <b>Roll Call</b> for that day.</li> 
 +      <br> 
 +      <p><img src="http://www.attendance-tracking.com/docs/lib/exe/fetch.php/accuclass/accuclassquickstart19.png" alt="1" style="border:2px solid black"></p> 
 +      <li>To edit the attendance for a <b>student</b>, select the student by clicking on their name. This will open the students <b>Attendance Logs</b> for every day.</li> 
 +      <br> 
 +      <p><img src="http://www.attendance-tracking.com/docs/lib/exe/fetch.php/accuclass/accuclassquickstart20.png" alt="1" style="border:2px solid black"></p> 
 +      <li>To edit the attendance for a particular <b>Log</b>, select the appropriate log for that day. This will open the <b>Attendance Details</b> for that log.</li> 
 +      <br> 
 +      <p><img src="http://www.attendance-tracking.com/docs/lib/exe/fetch.php/accuclass/accuclassquickstart21.png" alt="1" style="border:2px solid black"></p> 
 +  </ul> 
 +  <p class="note">You can click the <b>Hide Totals</b> button if you would like to view the charted data without the text summary for each student.</p>
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-  <p>To set up your Timezone go to <b>Advanced Options</b> and click Settings.</p> +  <p>To export your data go to the <b>Advanced Options</b> section and click <b>Export Data</b>.</p> 
-  <p><img src="http://www.attendance-tracking.com/docs/lib/exe/fetch.php/accuclass/accuclassquickstart3.png" alt=""></p>+  <p><img src="http://www.attendance-tracking.com/docs/lib/exe/fetch.php/accuclass/accuclassquickstart22.png" alt=""></p
 +  <p>You can download your data by clicking the Download lightened text. You are able to download your data as <b>.CSV</b> , <b>HTML</b> and <b>Excel 2007/10</b> file.</b>.</p> 
 +  <img src="http://www.attendance-tracking.com/docs/lib/exe/fetch.php/accuclass/accuclassquickstart23.png" alt="" style="float:right;border:3px solid #871cc1"> 
 +  <ul>The data you can download is: 
 +    <li>Students</li> 
 +    <li>Instructors</li> 
 +    <li>Instructors Assignments</li> 
 +    <li>Enrollment</li> 
 +    <li>Classes</li> 
 +    <li>Card Swipes</li> 
 +    <li>Attendance</li> 
 +    <li>Attendance Swipes</li> 
 +    <li>Attendance Summary By Status</li> 
 +  </ul>
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-=====1. Setup Timezone===== 
- 
-To set up your **Timezone** go to **Advanced Options** and click **Settings**. 
- 
-{{:accuclass:accuclassquickstart3.png?nolink|}} 
- 
-Once there simply select your timezone from the drop-down box (default is EST). 
- 
-{{:accuclass:accuclassquickstart1-2.gif?nolink|}} 
- 
-<note important>Click the {{:accuclass:accuclassquickstartsave.png?nolink|}} button to save your timezone.</note> 
- 
-=====2. Setup Attendance Statuses & Rules===== 
- 
-To set up your **Attendance Statuses & Rules** go to **Advanced Options** and click **Settings**. 
- 
-{{:accuclass:accuclassquickstart3.png?nolink|}} 
- 
-===Default Class Times=== 
- 
-Once there simply select your **Default Class Times**, this is option lets you select the class length per day (recorded in minutes).   
- 
-{{:accuclass:accuclassquickstart4.png?nolink|}} 
- 
-Next, Click on the **[Customize]** button next to Statuses, Rules, ect... under **Attendance Settings**. 
- 
-{{:accuclass:accuclassquickstart5.png?nolink|}} 
- 
-===Attendance Settings=== 
- 
-What is the Attendance Settings section? This is the attendance labels that you use for your Roll Call.  There are several that are pre-determined such as **Present**, **Absent**, **Tardy**, **Left Early**, and **Excused**. 
- 
- 
-{{ :accuclass:accuclassquickstart6.png?nolink&800 |}} 
- 
-=== Available Statuses === 
- 
-From this screen you can **Add other status** by clicking it. Modify the labels, the label colors, and the amount of credits they receive for the statuses. 
- 
-=== Selection Rules === 
- 
-This is where you determine all the rules that you want your sign-ins to follow. 
-You can set the following rules: 
-  * What **status** is given if the student **signs-in/signs-out correctly**. 
-  * What **status** is given if the student **neither** signs-in/signs-out. 
-  * What **status** is given if the student is late by **X** minutes. 
-  * What **status** is given if the student is late by **X** minutes or never signs-in (but signs-out). 
-  * What **status** is given if the student signs-out **X** minutes (or more) before the class ends. 
-  * What **status** is given if the student **does not** sign-out. 
-<note important>Don't forget to **Save** your changes by clicking the **Save** button!</note> 
-<note>This section only applies to those people who are using a PC Sign-in Station or the [[https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/accuclass/id649519620|AccuClass]] App</note> 
- 
-=====3. Setup Semesters===== 
- 
-To set up your **Semester** go to **Semesters** under the **Classes** section, click **Create New** and fill in the following info: 
-  *Semester Name: Complete with the name of your semester. 
-  *Start Date: Complete with a reference date for the conference.  
-  *End Date: Set up the dates that the conference is going to take place. 
- 
-Click **Save** button to save your input information. 
- 
-{{:accuclass:semester.png?nolink|}} 
- 
-=====4. Enter Students===== 
- 
-There are two ways to enter your students:  
-  *Using an **Import** in which you must create a **.CSV** file with all the Students data. using this method it will automatically have all your student data available to you. 
-  *Doing it manually: Input your **Students** information through [[:accuclass|AccuClass.]] 
-To manually enter them you must go to the **Students and Enrollment** section under **Students** of the main menu. Once there click **Create New** and fill in the following info about your student: 
-    *Unique ID (Required) 
-    *First Name (Required) 
-    *Middle Initial 
-    *Last Name (Required) 
-    *Email 
-    *Card Number (Will default to ID if none specified) 
-Click the **Save** button to save your Students data. 
- 
-{{:accuclass:user.png?nolink|}} 
- 
-=====3. Add instructors ===== 
- 
-There are two ways to enter your instructors:  
-  *Using an **Import** in which you must create a **.CSV** file with all the Instructors data. using this method it will automatically have all your Instructor data available to you. 
-  *Doing it manually: Input your **Instructors** information through [[:accuclass|AccuClass.]] 
-To manually enter them you must go to the **Instructors** section under **Classes** of the main menu. Once there click **Create New** and fill in the following info about your instructor: 
-    *Unique ID (Required) 
-    *First Name (Required) 
-    *Middle Initial 
-    *Last Name (Required) 
-    *Email (Required for login) 
-    *Card Number (Will default to ID if none specified) 
-Click the **Save** button to save your Students data. 
- 
-=====4. Enter Classes & Assign Instructors ===== 
- 
-There are two ways to enter your classes:  
-  *Using an **Import** in which you must create a **.CSV** file with all the **classes** data. Using this method it will automatically have all your **classes** available in the system. 
- 
-  * Doing it manually: Enter the **Classes** and their Schedule go to **View/Edit Classes** under the **Classes** Section. 
- 
-To create a **Class**, click **Create New**, and then fill in the following info: 
-    * **Semester:** Fill in the name of the semester the class is occurring. 
-    * **Unique Code:** This can be anything that will uniquely ID the course. (Session MAT-101-01,CRN 0488-981,etc.) 
-    * **Class Name:** Fill in the name of the class. 
-    * **Department (Not Required):** Fill in the Department. (English, Mathematics, Science, etc.) 
-    * **Instructors** Add the Instructors who will be managing the Roll Call or Sign-ins for the class so they'll have access to it when they login to %%AccuClass%%. 
-    * **Add schedule:** Select the day of the week in the dropdown box to add days that the class occurs. Adjust the times and set the classroom. (A sample will be given if none have been created.) You can also schedule one-time meetings for specific dates if you do not meet on a regular day and time of the week. 
-    * **Automatically check sessions after saving:** Uncheck this box if you are changing the schedule manually from a previously saved class. 
-Click the **Save** button to save the data. 
- 
-{{:accuclass:class.png?nolink|}} 
- 
-=====5. Enroll the students.===== 
- 
-There are two ways to enter your enrollment:  
-  *Using an **Import** in which you must create a **.CSV** file with all the Students data. Using this method it will automatically enroll all your students in their classes. 
- 
-  *Adding enrollment **Manually** can be done by clicking on **Students and Enrollment** under **Students** on the main menu. 
- 
-  - Click **Enrollment** on the student you want to enroll. 
-      *{{:accuclass:enrollment1.png?nolink|}} 
-  - Then select the class from the drop-down box. 
-      *{{:accuclass:enrollment2.png?nolink|}} 
-  - If you accidentally select the wrong class you can remove it by clicking the minus sign. 
-      *{{:accuclass:enrollment3.png?nolink|}} 
-  - Click Add Class button. 
-   
-  <note>You can also enroll the students similarly under the **Classes** section.  Just select the **class** first and then choose the **students** you want enrolled in it.</note> 
-   
-=====6. Record Attendance!===== 
- 
-To find out which attendance method is best for you, visit [[http://www.engineerica.com/accuclass/attendance-recording-options|this guide.]] 
- 
-There are several ways to record attendance: 
- 
-  -**Via Instructor Calling the Roll:** 
-    * [[accuclass:options:mobiledevice:call-the-roll-manually|Using an Apple or Android device.]] 
-    * [[accuclass:manual:attendance:roll-call|Using a computer]]   
-  -**Via Student Self Sign-in:** 
-    * [[accuclass:options:computer:using-a-rfidproximity-reader|Using a proximity / RFID reader (recommended for large classes)]] 
-    * [[accuclass:options:computer:magnetic-strip-readerbarcode-reader|Using a barcode reader]] 
-    * [[accuclass:options:computer:magnetic-strip-readerbarcode-reader|Using a magnetic strip reader]] 
-    * [[accuclass:options:computer:students-using-keyboard-entry|Using a keyboard]] 
-    * [[accuclass:options:timeclocks|Using a wall mounted time clock]] 
-    * [[accuclass:options:mountedipad|Using a iPad kiosk]] <html><font color=purple><b><i>Now Available!</i></b></font></html> 
-  -**Via Instructor Swiping Student In:** 
-    * [[accuclass:options:mobiledevice:using-a-qr-barcode-with-the-device-s-camera|Reading the QR code with Apple or Android device camera.]] 
-    * [[accuclass:options:mobiledevice:using-id-cards-with-a-magnetic-strip-reader|Swiping student ID in Apple or Android device using a mag-strip reader]] 
-  -**Via Instructor after the session (delayed entry):** 
-    * [[accuclass:options:mobiledevice:call-the-roll-manually|Using an Apple or Android device.]] 
-    * [[accuclass:manual:attendance:roll-call|Using a computer]] 
- 
-=====7. View and Edit Attendance Data===== 
-To view and edit the attendance of a class go to the **Attendance** section and click the **Attendance Sheet**.  Once there you will be prompted to select the class your want the **Attendance Sheet** to be pulled.  Select the class and click the **View Attendance** button.  At this point you will see a complete chart of the students and the days of the semester with the attendance data. 
- 
-To edit the attendance for a particular day, select the appropriate column for that day.  This will open the **Roll Call** for that day. 
- 
-<note>You can click the **Hide Totals** button if you would like to view the charted data without the text summary for each student.</note> 
- 
-=====8. Export Class Attendance===== 
  
-To export your data go to the **Advanced Options** section and click **Export Data**.  +----
-You can download your data by clicking the **Download** lightened text. You are able to download your data as **.CSV** , **HTML**  and **Excel 2007/10** file. The data you can download is: +
-  *Students +
-  *Instructors +
-  *Enrollment +
-  *Classes +
-  *Raw Swipes +
-  *Attendance Log+
  
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