Attendance, Credits & Demerits

AC&D

Attendance, Credits & Demerits is a 'points' system which enables school authorities to keep track of the attendance & behaviour of their students. It consists of HUDs, a Bank, a noticeboard, and optional Phones and PA. The Bank & Noticeboard are provided in two formats: a separate ATM & noticeboard or a Laptop computer which combines both.

The HUD is worn by authorities, and shows 3 icons - a 'register', a 'happy face' and a 'grumpy face'. Clicking the register allows attendance to be monitored (range 20m) and recorded in the Attendance Bank. Clicking either of the others scans the whole sim and presents a dialogue box listing names of students. On selecting a student's name, 1 - 3 points are given, following which a brief statement of the reason is submitted in a text box. The details are sent to the relevant database in the Bank, which can be located on a wall in a central place (ATM) or placed on a table (laptop).

A single click on the Bank gives 4 automatic levels of access, depending on the status of the user (e.g. Student, Staff, Manager, or Owner). Each level up enables more facilities to be accessed by dialogue box, ranging from total reports (level 1) to backup & restore (level 4). The point at which credits/demerits have to be translated into rewards or corrective action is not defined by the system, leaving the authorities to make this decision. When this is done, a student's points can be individually cleared by anyone at level 2 and above.

The Noticeboard/Laptop displays current totals of Credits or Demerits.
The Phone is a device which allows reports to be obtained from the Banks from other parts of the sim.
The PA is an optional relay which will announce the giving of credits & demerits in an area beyond the chat range of the HUD.
The Email Relay enables the system to be extended to multiple sims.

It is possible to have more than one system, each with its own communicating HUDs in the same sim. This is achieved by entering an integer in the object description of the Bank & HUDs to define an offset for the communication channel.

Potential purchasers are welcome to IM Kharmen Spad for discussion and/or demonstration.

• HUD with region-wide communication to Banks
• HUD available to all authorised personnel
• Fully tested in school situation
• 4-level Bank menus according to user-status
• optional accessories