=== Why Do I Need to Report Attendance? ===MCLA must maintain compliance with federal regulations to continue receiving and providing financial assistance to eligible MCLA students. Faculty reporting attendance is crucial in determining if students are receiving financial aid and not attending classes[[IMAGE:BlazerPrint.png|250px|right]]
Use ==Description==BlazerPrint is MCLA's robust and secure copying, printing, scanning, and fax solution served through a series of high-end multifunction copiers located conveniently across campus. All MCLA’s copiers have the steps below same tablet-like touchscreen experience. The BlazerPrint system has an intuitive design that is simple to use, resulting in fewer clicks to access each of your official course rosterscomplete a job and less time spent when scanning, copying and report data printing. BlazerPrint is driven by a management system called PaperCut which allows for students who have stopped attendinga customized end user personal experience by connecting to OneDrive, email, or who and faxing. All BlazerPrint copiers have never attended. Each roster contains all been equipped with embedded card reader technology allowing you to tap your MCLA ID card to authenticate to the device and only names of students it will know who you are officially registeredso it can offer a customized experience. If any student is attending your class but does not appear on This customization solves the problem of finding the official rosterright printer. With security and accessibility in mind, immediately refer them users simply print to a single, global, virtual, queue, then go to the Registrar's Office at (413) 662-5216 or registrar@mcla.edumost convenient multifunction device and release their print.
=== Who Can Help With Questions or Issues? =Information about BlazerPrint==For questions about the process: Registrar at *[[Registering your MCLA ID BlazerPrint]]*[[Connecting your personally owned device to BlazerPrint (x5216Students) or registrar@mcla.edu.]]For problems logging into Self-Service Banner: Administrative Systems at *[[Connecting your MCLA managed computer to BlazerPrint (x5295Faculty/Staff).]]*[[Releasing your print job on a BlazerPrint Copier]]*[[Document Scanning on a BlazerPrint Copier]]*[[Copying documents on a BlazerPrint Copier]]For any other technology problems: Help Desk at *[[Faxing on a BlazerPrint Copier or WestFax Portal]]*[[Checking Your Print Balance and Making Payments (x5276Students) or helpdesk@mcla.edu.]]*[[Guest Printing]]
=== How Do I Report Attendance? =Copier Guides==[[File:AltaLink.png|100px|left]]*[https://download.support.xerox.com/pub/docs/ALC81XX/userdocs/any-os/en_GB/AltaLink_C81xx_ug_en-us.pdf Xerox Altalink User Guide]*[https://www.support.xerox.com/en-us/product/altalink-c8100-series/videos Xerox Altalink Video Guides]
==== Access Your Course Roster: ====
Log in to the MCLA Portal (https://portal.mcla.edu), then enter Banner Self-Service by clicking the "Banner" link in the blue header bar.
In Banner, click the "Faculty and Advisors" link from the Main Menu.
From the "Faculty and Advisors" menu, click the "Student Last Attendance Worksheet" link.
From the drop-down menu "Select Term", choose the current term, then click the "Submit" button.
From the drop-down menu "Select a CRN", choose a course roster from your assigned courses, then click the "Submit" button. (Note: If you have more than 25 students enrolled in a course, you will navigate to more than one page within its roster.)
==== Report Attendance[[file: ====If ALL students in the course are attending regularly: Simply type the letter "Y" once, in the text box next to the current "Census Date" field at the top of the roster. There is no need to enter any dates for individual students: this roster is complete. Click the "Submit" button at the bottom of the pageversa.png|100px|left]] If ANY student in the course has been absent more than once*[https: Type the last date of attendance ONLY for students who have been absent from class more than once, using the format MM/DD/YYYYdownload. You do NOT need to enter dates for students attending regularly: a blank field means that a student IS attending regularlysupport. Click the "Submit" button at the bottom of the pagexerox.If ANY student in the course has NEVER attended: Type the first day of the term, as listed on the current official Academic Calendar, for com/pub/docs/VLC405/userdocs/any student who has NEVER attended the course. (You can find the calendar on the MCLA Portal, under the "Calendars" menu.) Click the "Submit" button at the bottom of the page-os/en_GB/VersaLink_C405_mfp_ug_en-US.pdf Xerox VersaLink User Guide]==== Repeat This Process For Each Course*[https: ====Once you have completed reporting for one course, click the "Faculty Services" tab//www.Click the "CRN Selection" link, choose your next course roster, and click the "Submit" buttonsupport.Proceed with Step 2 abovexerox.com/en-us/product/versalink-c405/videos Xerox VersaLink Video Guides]
Additional information ==FAQ about using Self-Service Banner can be found in the TechHelp guide to Self-Service Banner.BlazerPrint==
