The Absence Request and Approval feature allows Students to request an absence from an Event with Mandatory Attendance and provides the Course/Event Administrators (who may be the Course Director/Coordinator) the ability to approve or deny the request.
NOTE: Only Users with System Administration or Super User access will be able to edit the options available in the Account Manager.
In order to review and approve the absence request from an Event, this option needs to be enabled in the Account Manager > Profile settings.
However, institutions can determine who can be assigned as System-wide Attendance Administrators. Once a person is identified as an Attendance Administrator they will have a wider access within Leo.
Path: Home > Admin Toolbar > People > Absence Requests
This report shows all absence requests for all dates greater than or equal to the current date. You can mark the requests as Excused or Unexcused.
- Administrators: Allows you to mange the attendance admin list.
The primary purpose of the Attendance Administrator group is to define the Users who will be automatically notified when requests for an excused absence are made. The primary pool of Users is made up of Staff and Faculty.
If you do not want to look through the entire list, then use the search option to type in a particular name.
The article explains that steps that Students follow to request an absence from a mandatory event.