ISU Canvas: Using the Roll Call Attendance Tool

Description 

The Attendance/Roll Call tool can be used for taking attendance in Canvas courses. With the Attendance tool, instructors can keep track of course attendance by taking roll electronically in online or face-to-face courses.

Instructions

In the left-hand navigation, click the Attendance tool. Note: The Attendance link does not display for students, so you do not need to hide this link in the Navigation tab within Course Settings. After the first time you take roll call, Canvas automatically creates an assignment for Roll Call Attendance and adds a column to the Gradebook. The attendance tool is configured by default to allow taking roll seven days a week. However, the attendance tool will only calculate grades in the gradebook out of the total number of days roll has been taken.