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Give and end a hall pass

Give a pass in one or two taps, watch who is out of class, and check students back in when they return. If you haven't yet, set up your quick buttons first, so your most-used passes are one tap away.

Give a pass to one student

  1. 1. Choose your class period

    After you sign in you land on your class grid. Choose a period at the top, and your students for that period are listed with their names and how many passes each has had Today.

  2. 2. Open the student

    Select the student's name to open their page.

  3. 3. Give the pass

    Under Quick Pass, choose one of your four buttons, such as Restroom. The pass starts straight away.

    For any other type, use the Pass type dropdown. If the pass is going to another teacher, such as Guidance or an Office visit, a Destination teacher list appears. Pick the teacher, then choose Create Pass.

    A student's page with four Quick Pass buttons, the Pass type dropdown with Create Pass, and an active pass with Count as 5 min and End buttons numbered in order

Give a pass to several students at once

  1. 1. On your class grid, choose Select Students.
  2. 2. Select each student who is leaving. A bar shows how many you have selected.
  3. 3. Choose Give Pass. Pick the Pass type, choose a Destination teacher if the pass type needs one, add Notes if you like, and confirm.

See who is out and check them back in

Students on a pass appear in Currently in the Hall at the top of your class grid. Each card shows the student's name, where they are going, when they left (Out since), when the pass runs out (Expires), and a live timer.

When the student returns, choose Check In at the bottom left of their card. You can also click their name and details in the middle of the card. Either way the pass ends right then and HallTracker records how long they were really out.

Count as 5 min is different. It records the pass as lasting 5 minutes, however long the student was actually gone, and it skips the automatic infraction for a pass that ran long. Use it only when you want that, for example when you don't want a late return counted against the student. HallTracker asks you to confirm before it does this.

You can also open the student's page and, on their active pass under Today's Passes & Infractions, choose End (check the student back in) or Count as 5 min.

The Currently in the Hall panel with a student card: the status badge, timer and eye icon across the top, the student's name and details in the middle, Check In at the bottom left and a separate Count as 5 min at the bottom right

Try it first in Practice Mode

Choose Practice Mode at the top right of the tracker to try giving and ending passes without touching your real records. A PRACTICE label shows while you are in it, and Exit Practice takes you back. Infractions can't be recorded in Practice Mode.

Troubleshooting

Check you are on the right period tab. Students appear in the sections you teach, so if a period or class is missing, ask your school administrator to check your sections.
Check the student back in right away, or open the pass from their page to edit or delete it.
Their pass hasn't been ended. Choose Check In on their card in Currently in the Hall, or click their name, to check them back in.
Check In (or clicking the name) ends the pass at the actual time. Count as 5 min records the pass as 5 minutes long and skips the automatic infraction for a pass that ran long.
That pass type sends the student to another teacher. Pick who they are going to before you create the pass.

Next: Record an infraction.

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