This feature will allow schools to configure which rooms, when visited as a destination, count towards a student's daily pass limit, and which do not. By using this setting you can ensure you are tallying trips out of the classroom such as restrooms, and water fountain visits, but not penalizing students for visiting the social worker, another teacher, or even a principal.
Please note that counting a room towards pass limits only relates to the pass limit for how many passes a student can get in a day, and does not have any relation to other pass settings such as the limit for how many students can leave a room at a given time (Max Passes From).
Why Might I Need This?
Schools often will disable pass limits for student movement that might be considered productive. For example, a student may need to move from one class to another in order to make up a test. In this situation, we do not want to penalize the student for constructive time spent in an alternate classroom; therefore, schools will usually disable pass limits for class-to-class movement.
Alternatively, most schools will count trips such as restrooms and water fountains towards a student's pass limit. These proper configurations ensure that passes are "fairly" counted towards student movement.
Setting Counts Towards Pass Limits
Note: If a room is listed within a folder, then the setting is only editable at the folder level. Standalone rooms can be edited at the room level.
Log in as an Admin.
Navigate to the Rooms section.
Click on the room whose pass limit you want to modify.
Locate the Counts toward pass limits toggle. This toggle will be enabled by default.
To disable counting passes to this room towards the pass limit, simply toggle off the Counts toward pass limits setting. Changes made are autosaved.
If Counts toward pass limits is disabled, passes to that specific room will no longer count toward the students' pass limits. Students won't see if a certain room counts toward the pass limit or not.
If you want to adjust the pass limit for a folder, instead of clicking on a room, click on the desired folder. Follow the same steps listed above.
Tip: Enable pass limits for areas like restrooms and water fountains, while disabling them for the majority of other rooms.
For iOS users: To utilize this feature, ensure that the app is updated to version 1.10.2 or higher.
FAQ
I want to count a room towards pass limits, but how do I accommodate students with medical needs/504/IEPs?
You can adjust a student's pass limit on an individual basis by going to the pass limits settings on your accounts page.
I have toggled these settings on for some rooms, but it seems my students do not have any passes counted to these locations. What did I do?
You likely have not turned on pass limits for students yet. Head to your accounts tab and click pass limits to do this.
Which types of rooms should count towards pass limits, and which should not?
Typically schools count restrooms, water fountains, lockers, and maybe a few other ones. Be sure to include any areas where students have a history of "abusing" passes.