Moodle ISU Attendance: Options in ISU Canvas for Faculty

moodle Faculty attendance canvas

Description

The Attendance tool is an external app (LTI) that 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

To add the attendance tool to a Canvas course, follow these steps:

Open your Canvas course.
Go to the Modules page in your Canvas course.
Select the + (Add Item tool) within a module to add an item
Use the drop-down menu to select External Tool
Select Attendance
Select Add Item

Can I use Attendance for grading?

When you take attendance using the Attendance tool, Canvas automatically adds it as an assignment. The default point value for attendance is 100 points.
The status set for each student is associated with a percentage value. Statuses include present and on time, not present, late, and unmarked (excused absence).

Can students view their attendance?

Although students cannot view the actual attendance tool, if you are using attendance for grading, they can still view their attendance score in their Grades page and view their attendance report. You can prevent the assignment from triggering notifications by setting a manual posting policy for the assignment.

Can I allow students to self-record attendance?

Unfortunately, the Attendance tool does not provide an option for allowing students to self-record attendance.

Can I export the Attendance data?

The Attendance tool allows instructors to create attendance reports.

Seek Further Assistance

For additional assistance, please contact the ITRC at (208) 282-5880 or itrc@isu.edu.
For more information and detailed instructions, please visit Instructure | Community Canvas - Instructure Community: What is the Roll Call Attendance Tool?

Contact the ITRC if you need additional assistance.

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