Attendance Release Notes - May-June 2026

Our latest Attendance updates put more control in the hands of both students and administrators. Students can now submit attendance correction requests directly through Portico Attendance for staff review and approval, while administrators can manage student group membership updates in bulk through a simple file upload. Together, these updates reduce manual work, improve efficiency, and help schools manage attendance processes at scale.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Student Attendance Exceptions
• Student Group Bulk Import Management

Attendance

Student Attendance Exceptions

Give students a way to correct their own attendance — with full school oversight. 

What It Is

Students can now submit attendance exception requests directly from Portico Attendance to correct or add attendance records. All requests require instructor or administrator approval before any attendance is updated.

Who It's For

Schools using Portico Attendance that want to streamline attendance corrections while maintaining approval controls.

Problem Solved

Attendance corrections often require manual staff intervention, creating extra administrative work and delays for students.

Why It Matters

Students can self-service routine attendance corrections, while schools maintain complete control over official attendance records and compliance requirements.

Details

• Students can submit attendance exception requests from web or mobile.
• Schools can define how long after a session ends students are eligible to submit requests.
• Students can track request status, including approved, pending, and rejected requests.
• Instructors and administrators can approve or reject requests from a dedicated review queue.
• A new report provides visibility into all attendance exception activity.

Attendance

Student Group Bulk Import Management

For Portico Attendance users: Add or remove students from groups in bulk — no more one-at-a-time updates

What Is It

Administrators can now upload a CSV or Excel file to add or remove students from student groups in bulk, directly from the Import tab.

Who It’s For

School administrators and operations staff managing student cohorts or groups.

Problem Solved

Manual, one-at-a-time group membership updates for large student populations.

Why It Matters

What used to require updating each student individually can now be done in a single upload — saving significant administrative time during cohort creation, program transitions, and any time group membership needs to change at scale.

Details:

• Available under Management > Import > Enroll Users into Groups
• Download a CSV template with the required fields: Student Email, Student Group Status, and Group ID
• File validation runs before processing — errors are surfaced upfront so nothing is applied until the file is clean
• A results summary displays after upload showing successful updates, failed records, and error reasons
• Group ID is now visible on the Group card for easy reference when building upload files

Watch the video:

Manage User Groups and Bulk Enrollment, Attendance

We’d love to hear from you and your colleagues about product feedback or what you’d like to see next.

Sign up to participate in future product feedback sessions or early design reviews.