Configure the settings:

It’s best to leave the Name set to Attendance.

Scroll down a bit and open the section named Grade.

If attendance is for a grade, click the Type dropdown and choose Point. Set Maximum grade to the total course value. For example: 5 points per day x 32 class meetings = 160 points.

If attendance is NOT for a grade, click the Type dropdown and choose None.

Scroll down to Activity completion and select Do not indicate activity completion.

Click Save and display.

Setup the number of sessions your class will meet. Click on the Attendance link on your course page.

Add the course session:

Click Add session

Set Date to the first day your class meets.

Set Time to the start/end time class meets.

If you want this added to your calendar, place a check mark in the box to the left of Create calendar event for session.

Click on Multiple Sessions.

Check the selection box: Repeat the session above as follows.

Select the days your class meets.

Keep this setting: Repeat every, 1 week(s).

Set Repeat until... as the last day you plan to meet with your students for the semester.

Click the Add button at the bottom of the page.

By default, the variables are set for Present, Late, Excused, and Absent. If you like these options and your attendance is not for a grade, skip part 3.

If your attendance does have value, this is where you set the “points per variable.”

Set the variables

Click the More dropdown menu and select Status Set.

Use the Description field to set the variable name (you can keep these default names).

Use the Points field to set the value of each variable.

You can set these values based on “points per class” if you desire. It doesn’t matter what these are set to if your overall attendance grade has no point value.

Click on the Update button at the bottom of the page.

If desired, you can click on the trash can in the Action column to remove a variable.

Once your Attendance activity is set, you can begin recording student attendance.

Click the Attendance link on the course homepage

Click the blue arrow icon in the Actions column to view your course roster

Click on the radio button to the right of the student’s name to record their attendance.

NOTE: Clicking a radio button at the top before the students’ names will select the same attendance for all students. For example, clicking the radio button under “P” will mark all students as “Present”.

Click on the Save attendance at the bottom of the page.

Notice that the blue arrow in the Actions column has now changed to green to indicate Attendance has been taken for that particular date.

You can view the Attendance Report by clicking on the Report tab.

You can Export a copy of the report as a spreadsheet by clicking on the Export tab.