The CMS Widget - Actions records a student action from a portal page and, when configured, collects typed attribute values alongside it. The widget can be found within the Student Details group. Please review Adding CMS Widget for more information. To limit the visibility of this widget, review CMS - Conditional Logic.

Action Types determines which student actions the page may record. When a single action type is selected, the type selector is hidden and every entry is recorded as that action.

Attributes determines which student action attributes are collected with the action. Each selected attribute renders the input that its data type calls for, so an Integer attribute is entered as a number, a Date attribute through a calendar, a Boolean attribute as a checkbox, and an attribute driven by a lookup list as a drop-down. Attributes are defined in Campus under Administrator, Maintenance, Student Action Attributes, and they appear in the order set on that page. Note: the list below the entry form carries an Attributes column that stays hidden until it is enabled through Columns.

Add Confirmation Email sends an email when an action is recorded. The emails are configured in Admin, Students, Email screen.

Delete Access Type controls who may remove a recorded action. Access Restricted To Modifier allows a user to remove only the entries that the same user recorded. Full Access allows any entry to be removed. No Access hides the delete option.

Hide Comment removes the comment box from the entry form.

Hide Date removes the date field. The action is then dated with the current date.

Hide File removes the file upload from the entry form.

Is Edit Disabled renders the widget as a read only list, with no entry form.

Is File Upload Required requires a file before the action may be saved.

School Division limits the widget to a single division.

Year determines which academic year the recorded action belongs to.

Example: a school that collects community service hours defines Activity, Hours and Description as student action attributes, then places this widget on a portal page with Action Types set to the service action and those three attributes selected. A student records each activity through the year, and the hours report in the Data Analytics Tool as their own value rather than as text inside a comment.