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# How to mark Students as Absent

1. Navigate to the Observation checklist
2. Select the Students that were absent, by either using the **Select All** function at the Student or statement level or by manually clicking on the box for each Student and statement
   
   ![Picture16-Aug-12-2024-09-52-09-1657-AM](https://trainerportal.ivet.edu.au/hs-fs/hubfs/Picture16-Aug-12-2024-09-52-09-1657-AM.png?width=688&height=314&name=Picture16-Aug-12-2024-09-52-09-1657-AM.png)
3. Click on the **Mark Selected as Absent** button in the top right-hand corner  
   ![Picture15-2](https://trainerportal.ivet.edu.au/hs-fs/hubfs/Picture15-2.png?width=688&height=127&name=Picture15-2.png)
4. Click on the pink **Save** button to finalise  
   ![Picture11-3](https://trainerportal.ivet.edu.au/hs-fs/hubfs/Picture11-3.png?width=688&height=127&name=Picture11-3.png)
5. The Student will now have a yellow **Absent** box in each applicable statement
   
   ![Picture17-3](https://trainerportal.ivet.edu.au/hs-fs/hubfs/Picture17-3.png?width=688&height=127&name=Picture17-3.png)

 

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