Allowing students to create their own hall passes helps streamline your hallways and saves teachers valuable instructional time. This guide will walk you through how to enable student-created passes and customize their duration and frequency to fit your school’s needs. By the end of this article, you will be able to set clear boundaries for student movement while maintaining full oversight.
Permission Level Required: Owner
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Enable student-created hall passes: Activate the foundational setting that allows students to initiate their own passes.
Set pass duration and wait times: Control how long student passes last and how often students can create them.
Require teacher assignment: Ensure every student-created pass is linked to a specific staff member for better reporting.
Enable Student-Created Hall Passes
Owners can manage student permissions to ensure the Hall Pass module reflects current school policies and data goals.
Step-by-step Guide to Configuring Student Pass Settings
Step-by-step Guide to Configuring Student Pass Settings
Select Hall Pass from the main navigation menu.
Click on the Settings tab located at the top of the screen.
Locate the Student Settings section.
Toggle the Allow students to create hall passes switch to On.
*Note: This setting must be active before you can see the additional timing options.Adjust the following settings by entering your preferred numbers:
Maximum student created hall passes per day- This number will be the total number of hall passes a student can create themselves per day. Hall passes that are assigned by a teacher are not affected by this setting.
Maximum number of active student created hall passes- This number is the total amount of hall passes that have been created by students that can be active at one time.
Default student created hall pass duration (mins)- The number entered here will be the length of time, in minutes, a student created pass will be active for.
Wait time between student created hall passes- This is the number, in minutes, a student has to wait before they can create another pass.
*Note: This number is defaulted to 0 and Minga's best practice is to set this as the same length of time as a class.
Settings are saved automatically once you click out of the field or change a value.
Tip: We recommend starting with higher limits to gather a baseline of hallway data. You can lower these numbers later as you identify specific trends or areas for improvement.
Require Teacher Assignment
Adding a required teacher assignment helps with accountability and ensures the correct staff member is connected to the hall pass.
Step-by-Step Guide to Enabling Teacher Assignment
Step-by-Step Guide to Enabling Teacher Assignment
Navigate to Hall Pass > Settings > Student Settings.
Find the setting labeled Must assign a teacher to a hall pass.
Toggle this setting to On. When active, students will be forced to select a name in the Approved By field. The selected teacher will receive an automatic notification when the pass is created.
FAQs
FAQs
How long can a student stay on a hall pass?
You can set the specific length of time for student movement by entering a value in the Default Student Created Hall Pass Duration field within the Settings tab.
Can I prevent students from creating passes back-to-back?
You can prevent consecutive pass creation by setting a specific number of minutes in the Wait Time Between Student Created Hall Passes field.
Does a teacher get notified when a student creates a pass?
Teachers receive a notification if you have toggled the Students Must Assign a Teacher to a Pass setting to On and the student selects them in the Approved By field.
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