Set Up and Create Hall Pass Types

Set up and activate Hall Passes, create customized Hall Passes and decide which Hall Passes students can create on their own and which require teacher approval.

Permission Level: Owner | Manager 

Setup

Video Tutorial:

Step by Step:

  1. Login from your computer (https://app.minga.io)
  2. Go to Hall Pass
  3. Click the Types tab 
  4. Set Status to ACTIVE on all standard Hall Pass Types you wish to use
  5. Select Edit Screen Shot 2022-11-07 at 11.42.18 AM then toggle on Student Created, adjust desired settings and hit Save. Most commonly this will be done for Restroom and Fountain (This typically represents 90-95% of pass use and enables students to create these passes for themselves)
  6. Done!
  7. If there are any of these standard passes you don't wish to use, simply mark them INACTIVE or delete them. 

Create Custom Hall Pass Types

Create your own custom Hall Passes to accommodate the needs of your school specifically.

Video Tutorial:

Step by Step:

  1. From Hall Pass > Types - Click Create Type
  2. Enter Hall Pass Name and select Color and Icon
  3. Set the Priority ('0' is the highest priority and will show first in Teacher Tools)
  4. Choose Default Pass Time, Max Simultaneous Passes
  5. Limit students this pass is available to if it is limited to a select group of students and add those students. Limit who can assign this pass and limit how many times this pass can be used by a student per day. 
  6. Decide how you want this specific hall pass to end. Manually means a teacher/staff member or student will have to end the hall pass each time. Automatically means it will show up on the dashboard after the hall pass time limit is reached. 
  7. Decide if students can create by toggling on Student Created, toggle if you wish to Ignore Blackouts and/or Ignore Limits.
  8. Hit Save
  9. Set Status to ACTIVE
  10. Simply hit Edit Screen Shot 2022-11-07 at 11.42.18 AM and Delete if you wish to remove a custom Type. You can also mark it Inactive if you think you may use it again in the future

Create Teacher Approved Hall Pass Type

When turning on this setting, it will send an alert to the teacher and they will have the ability to approve or deny the student created pass.

Step by Step:

  1. Go to Hall Pass from the main menu
  2. Click the Types tab
  3. Create Type or Select Edit Screen Shot 2022-11-07 at 11.42.18 AM then toggle on Student Created and Teacher must approve pass, adjust desired settings and hit Save
  4. Done!

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Approve or Deny Hall Pass

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