EKAL User Guide - First Time User
New User - using the app for the very first time
- Download app from Google Play
- On an Android phone open Google Play Store
- Search EKAL
- Locate EKAL Capita PLC in the list
- Install
- Open app and select preferred language
- Click Next
- Sign in as a new User
- When logging in for the first time select ‘Sign in as a New User’
- Set up and register your school
- by filling in your details and relevant school details
- Note we will associate these details to your Google account to make future logins more streamlined
- Sign in with Google
- Choose your preferred account to login with
- Note we will associate your google account details with you school details to make future logins more streamlined
- Registration account creation (Wait a moment whilst your account is set up and configured)
- Data Sync takes place
- Enter a new pin and confirm pin code
- This will speed up your future login sessions
Congratulations you have created a school and linked it to your profile, all you need to do now is add a few student details to get you started
Adding your Students
- Dashboard: Top tip - Look at the dashboard for prompts of daily tasks that need attention
- Dashboard: There are no student details available
- Click on dashboard notification
- Add basic student information
- Click + Add new student to save and add another student
- Repeat as desired
- Click Finish to go back to the dashboard
- Dashboard: Take attendance
- Click on tile, record attendance for students on roll today by marking pupils as present () or absent (x)
- If any children are absent, please provide a reason if known
- Dashboard: Complete school set up
- Fill in the outstanding data fields to complete your school set up
Congratulations, you are all set up Provide feedback on your experience so far
What can I do next
- Run reports - As you start recording student and attendance information you will see the results become available in reports
- Click on the reports icon
- Select report type from the list
- Pick the date range to run reports
- View your information.