Never done anything like this before, very new to PowerApps, but my organization (an afterschool program) has been struggling with attendance logistics for years. A simple App would solve this. Here is what I am attempting to do: I want an app that allows teachers to take attendance for a given class in as few clicks as possible.
I think I have figured out how to do that with the actual taking of attendance, but the problem I have is writing the date to the data source. In most cases, today's date should just get written to the data source. But regularly, teachers forget to take attendance and have to go back to previous days to log the attendance from memory.
What would you suggest as the best way (fastest/least amount of clicks) to set the date. Currently, when a particular class is chosen the students in that class appear in a gallery. In the gallery there is a check box that allows the teachers to indicate which of each student is present or absent. I plan to have it set up to do something like, 'On Check' patch in attended.
But how do I handle the date? Again, most days it would just be today's date, but other times, the teacher might need to choose a previous date and retroactively take attendance. I don't want them to have to choose a date for each individual student in the gallery, ideally I'd like them to choose a date and use that for all of the students on that day.
Any ideats would be greatly appreciated. I figure it shouldn't be that difficulut, but like I said, I've never made anything with PowerApps before so I am trying to teach myself here. Thanks so much!
