Attendance

Attendance registers can be used to track attendance. This tool does not connect to D2L Grades.  Grades related to attendance must be entered manually in Grades. Learn more about the Attendance Tool using D2L documentation on attendance.

    1. Select Course Tools in the course navigation bar. 
    2. Select Attendance.
    3. Select New Register. 
    4. Enter a name.
    5. Enter a description. 
    6. Select a scheme in the Attendance Scheme dropdown menu. Attendance schemes provide the criteria for marking attendance in a register.
    7. Enter a percentage that indicates a minimum attendance requirement in the “Cause for Concern(%)” field. 
    8. To prevent users from viewing the register, de-select “Allow users to view this attendance register”.
    9. In the “Sessions” area, enter names for sessions 1 -3. (The dates of the individual classes work well as session names.) 
    10. In the “Add Sessions” field, enter the number of additional required sessions. (For example, if a class meets biweekly, 20 total sessions are needed, and 17 should be entered in the “Add Sessions” field.) 
    11. Select Add Sessions.
    12. The additional session fields will appear. Enter names for the sessions.
    13. Select Save.
    1. Select More in the course navigation bar.
    2. Select Attendance.
    3. Select the name of the attendance register. 
    4. The “Attendance Data” page will open. Select the Enter Attendance icon next to the session name.
    5. Select the Set Status for All Users button. 
    6. A pop-up window will open. Select the “Status” dropdown menu to set attendance status for all users.
    7. Select Save. 
    8. Adjust the status for any individual users by selecting the dropdown menus in the “Attendance Status” column.
    9. Select Save. 
    1. Select Course Tools in the course navigation bar.
    2.  Select Attendance.
    3. Select the name of the attendance register. 
    4. The “Attendance Data” page will open. Select the Enter Attendance icon next to the session name.
    5. Select the dropdown menus in the “Attendance Status” column to set attendance status for each user. 
    6. Select Save.

Sometimes faculty need to verify whether a student was enrolled in a course. This can be done by first checking the last date the student was active in the course. If this date is after the start of the term, faculty will then also need to check whether the student received any grades. The last date of Attendance is defined as the date the student last had activity in the course.  This date can be easily identified through Class Progress and running through the options to see the last date stamped activity.