Add, Edit, Hide, or Delete Logs on the Students>Logs screen

Updated 1/21/26

This article has step-by-step directions to add, edit, hide, or delete log entries from the Students>Logs screen.

• Staff with SiD admin login accounts can create, edit, hide, and delete logs on the Students, Staff, and Volunteer>Log screens, and the Classes>Messages screen.
• Staff with SiD teacher login accounts can create logs on the Classes>Messages screen.

Log Entry Types

NOTICE: High-priority alert for staff about a student (e.g., send to testing, do not re-register). Log notices will appear in a yellow banner on the Students>Summary screen.

PRIVATE: Lower priority info for the student record (e.g., educational background, behavioral issues).

PUBLIC: Info shared with other programs (e.g., prior education, violent incident, learning issue).

MESSAGE: Teacher message to class members (e.g., class cancellation, homework).

• Messages appear only in the Student Portal. They are not emailed to the student. For specific instructions, see FAQ: How Do I Send a Message to a Student?

• To send a message to all active staff, students, and volunteers within an ABE site (site-wide), see Send a Site-wide Message to Active People. This feature is available to staff with SiD admin-level logins.

See Logs - Overview and Chart for more extensive descriptions of log types.

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Add a log

1. On the Student>Logs screen, select the type of log to be created.
2. The Log Date defaults to today's date. Change the date as desired.
3. Type the message or details to appear in the log. 
4. If desired, enter a Hide Date, after which the log entry will no longer be visible to anyone, including you.
   Note: if you pick "message" as the log type and leave the Hide Date blank, SiD will automatically hide the entry one week after the Log Date.
5. Click the Save button.

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Edit, hide, or delete an existing log

With a SiD admin login, you have the option to change an existing log entry, set a hide date after which the entry is no longer visible to anyone (including you)*, or delete the entry completely. 

*Hidden log entries can be retrieved by SiD Support staff. Send us an email at [e-mail] if you hid an entry by mistake.

To edit a log entry:

1. On the Students>Logs screen, select the row you want to change.
2. On the Edit screen that appears, make the change to the Log Type, Log Date, or Log Entry fields.
3. Click the Save Changes button.

To hide a log entry:

1. On the Students>Logs screen, select the row you want to change.
2. On the Edit screen that appears, add a current or future Hide Date. Once the Hide Date has has passed, the log entry will no longer be visible to anyone, including you. 
3. Click the Save Changes button.

To delete a log entry:

1. On the Edit screen that appears, click the "Delete this Log?" button.
2. Follow the "are you sure?" prompts. 
3. The log entry will be permanently removed from the database.