How to setup an Attendance activity.

The attendance activity module enables a teacher to take attendance during class and students to view their own attendance record.

The teacher can create multiple sessions and can mark the attendance status as "Present", "Absent", "Late", or "Excused" or modify the statuses to suit their needs.

Reports are available for the entire class or individual students.

 

Step 1. Login and enter into the relevant course

 

 Step 2. Click the Course Administration (cog icon) on the right-hand-side

 

Step 3. Select Turn editing on

 

Step 4. Select “Add an activity or resource” from the relevant section

 

Step 5. Select “Attendance” from the pop-up box.

 

Step 6. Select “Add”

 

Step 7. This is a required field for you to enter the name of the Attendance in the Name textbox.

 

Step 8. Enter the relevant description details for the Attendance and enable the description if required on the course page

 

Step 9. Grade Setup.

Grade	Select the type of Grading for this activity. Choose the scale from the drop-down if you have chosen "Scale". If it is "Point-Grading", enter the maximum grade.
Grade category	This setting controls the category wherein the grade of this activity is placed in the grade book
Grade to pass	This allows teachers to set the minimum grade required to pass and will be indicated by green for a pass and red for fail.

 

Step 10. Common module settings Setup.

Options	Description
Availability	The availability option permits students to view and access feedback
ID number	The ID number can be entered to reference the same ID number from a third party package especially gradebook
Group mode	There are three options group settings available. None, separate or visible.
Grouping	If separate or visible grouping is enabled, you will then be given an option to Add group/grouping access restrictions

 

Step 11. Restrict access settings

Teachers may restrict students from accessing attendance content based upon a set of conditions. These conditions may be based on whether an activity has been completed or not, date restrictions when assignments can commence, a specified grade to be achieved, a certain user profile or a set of nested restrictions based on the above settings.

Step 12. Activity completion setup

Options	Description
Completion tracking	There are three options available: Do not indicate activity completion Students can manually mark the activity as completed Show activity as complete when conditions are met
Require grade	Enable this option if you require students to receive a grade to complete the activity
Expect completed on	If date and time restrictions are placed to submit the book, then select the Enable field.

 

Step 13.  Tags Setup

Tags will allow students and teachers to connect to other courses and content being offered.

Step 14. Competencies Setup

Competencies will not be available unless they have been set up at a course level. Administrators can set up competency frameworks and add competencies within the framework. Teachers can also add competencies to courses and course activities. 

Options	Description
Course competencies	Course competencies allow you to search for competencies that you’d like to link to this activity.
Upon activity completion	There are four options to select once an activity has been completed. Do nothing, attached evidence, send for review or complete the competency.

 

Step 15. Extra restrictions setup.

Attendance may be restricted by specifying a full IP address that can only be accessed by certain groups or individuals

Step 16. Click Save and return to course.

The activity that has been created will now be displayed in the section where you selected ‘Add an activity or resource’.