Adding/Editing Days Off
Who can do this with default user permissions?
District Level Administrators, District Staff, School Level Administrators, School Staff
You can use days off to record holidays, non-teaching days, and other occasions when school is not in session. Renaissance uses this information to calculate the number of actual school days in the school year or a reporting period; this number is used for Accelerated Reader when calculating the percent of the marking period completed in the TOPS Report and when making recommendations for point goals.
Adding Days Off
- Enter a name for the days off in the Name field
.

- Select the Date Range field
and enter start and end dates for the days off, either by typing them in the date fields
or selecting them from the scrollable calendars
.
For a single day off, select the same date for the start and end date.
- When you are done choosing dates, select Apply
(or Cancel
to close the calendar without saving your choices).
- Use the Schools drop-down list
to choose which schools the days off should apply to. (School administrators and school staff will only see the schools they have access to.)

- Select Add
.

The days off will be added to the table at the bottom of the page
. If necessary, you can select Edit
to make changes to the days off, or Delete
to delete them.
- Select Done
to save the days off.
Editing Days Off
You can make changes to any of the information defining days off.
- Select Edit in the row for existing days off to edit them.
- Change the name for the days off in the Name field
.

- Select the Date Range field
and enter new start and/or end dates for the days off, either by typing them in the date fields
or selecting them from the scrollable calendars
.
For a single day off, select the same date for the start and end date.
- When you are done choosing dates, select Apply
(or Cancel
to close the calendar without saving your choices).
- Use the Schools Using drop-down list
to change which schools the days off should apply to. (School administrators and school staff will only see the schools they have access to.)
.
- Select Save
to save the changes to the days off (or Cancel
to leave this page without saving your changes).

- You will return to the Days Off tab; your edited dates will be in the table at the bottom.
