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Positive Attendance Using Banner

1. Go to the Mt. SAC portal at this address:

http://myportal.mtsac.edu/

Enter your username and password. Click on the Login button. (If you

do not know your username and password, you may need to claim your

user account. If you do not have that information (as a handout or a

link), contact the Mt. SAC Help Desk at ext. 4357.)

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2. The main portal screen will look something like this:

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3. Now click on the Faculty Services tab.

4. Go down the list. Click on Positive Attendance Form.

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5. Select a Term and click on Submit.

6. Select a Class and click on Submit.

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7. You are now on the Positive Attendance screen for your class.

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8. To enter attendance hours...

A. Select the Week.

B. Enter the Weekly Hours and click on Submit.

C. Be sure to enter some number for each student, unless the

student has already dropped (orange color indicates this).

You can change the number of hours if there has been a

mistake until the end of class.

Each student must have at least 1 hour of attendance each

week to be accepted by the system.

You can’t update the Total Hours...only the weekly entry.

You need to enter the weekly hours each and every week.

Instructional aides are not allowed to enter the attendance

on Banner.

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9. OPTIONAL BUTTONS: Click on any of these buttons as needed.

a. CLASS ROSTER – provides a list of students and a chart to fill

in. This chart can be printed out and used to mark

attendance throughout the week. A drop list appears below

the active class roster.

b. EXCEL DOWNLOAD -provides an Excel chart with the

information to save and use in Excel. Note that RE =

registered, DB = dropped.

c. VIEW ALL –gives a list of all your students and all their

attendance hours week by week. This is printable.

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d. SWITCH CLASS – takes you back to SELECT a CLASS so you

don’t have to log out and log back in to go to a different

class in the same term.

e. CHANGE TERM – takes you back to SELECT a TERM.

10. Another Important Option under the Faculty Services tab

FINAL “GRADES” – Mark each student as Pass or No Pass at the

end of every term. (Note: ALL ABE, ESL, and vocational

instructors must do this. Some ABE – High School classes will

have letter grades. Some noncredit classes will be ungraded.

Check with your program manager or coordinator if you are

now clear about your class requirements.)

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11. Remember to EXIT. Look for the Thank You message after

exiting to make sure it is completed.