Student attributes are user defined fields of information you wish to maintain about a Student. Student Attributes are different to Contact Attributes:
- Student Attributes are pieces of information about a Student, available to all Parent Contacts for that Student
- Contact Attributes are fields specific to a Parent Contact. They are only visible to that Contact, and not to other Contacts for the Student
To access Student Attributes click your user name at the top right of the page, and click the Settings option.
You can change the Sort Order by clicking the Sort By Name button, or search for a particular Attribute by entering keywords in the search box and clicking the search button.
Click the Action button to Add a New Attribute, or to Show All and remove the effects of a search.
Click the Edit button at the end of each row to view the detail of a Attribute. You may be shown an alert warning:
Editing an Attribute that has already been used for a Student could lead to incorrect display of information if you change the Attribute's name or options. Are you sure you wish to proceed?
The warning is ensuring you understand that if one or more Students already have values for this Attribute, you could cause confusion by editing the Attribute, for example, changing the name of the attribute. You will also not be able to edit any options (in the case of a Checkbox field or a List field).
There are three types of Student Attribute field:
- Text box - a plain text field
- List - a drop down list of options, where one option can be selected
- Checkboxes - a list of checkboxes when one or more options can be selected
The Attribute fields will be displayed and can be edited as part of a Student record:
