Step 1: Enable Editing<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nClick \u201cTurn editing on\u201d at the top of the course site.<\/p>\n
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\nStep 2: Creating the activity<\/h2>\n
Click on “Add an activity or resource” at the bottom of the first block, or under the “News forum” at the top of your course page and select the “Attendance” activity.<\/p>\n
![\"Attendance](\"http:\/\/support.isucomm.iastate.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2155\/2015\/01\/attendance-add-335x400.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nWith the next screen that pops up, choose your preferred grading method. For example, maybe you don’t want to assign a grade to attendance. In this case you would select “None” and the attendance activity will not appear or be connected in any way to Moodle’s gradebook<\/a>. If you want to connect attendance to\u00a0gradebook<\/a>, if you use gradebook<\/a>, you can choose to assign “points”. Also, if you have “groups” in your course site (e.g., for two sections), you can configure attendance to work with groups selecting by “Separate groups”. Click “Save and return to course” when you have your desired configurations set.<\/p>\n![\"Attendance](\"http:\/\/support.isucomm.iastate.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2155\/2015\/01\/set.png\")
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\nStep 3:\u00a0Adding Sessions<\/h2>\n
Now the attendance activity should be located in the first block or week of your course page.\u00a0To set up the activity to keep track of attendance for each class session please follow the following procedure:<\/p>\n
-1 click on the attendance activity (the activity itself, not “Edit settings”), and<\/div>\n-2 choose the “Add” category<\/div>\n<\/div>\nFrom here there are quite a few parameters that need to be set:<\/div>\n-1 check the “Create multiple sessions” box, (labeled “1” in red in the screenshot below)<\/div>\n-2 set the “Session dates” to start and finish at the beginning and end of the semester, respectively<\/div>\n-3 Time of day that the class meets<\/div>\n-4 Set “Duration” to the length of class meetings (e.g., 1 hour 20 minutes)<\/div>\n-5 Check the days of the week the class meets in “Session days”<\/div>\n-6 Keep “Frequency” at 1 because the class meets on a weekly basis.<\/div>\n-7 click “add” session at the bottom of the screen (not pictured below)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"Attendance](\"http:\/\/support.isucomm.iastate.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2155\/2015\/01\/attendance-frequency-and-length-400x240.png\")
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\nStep 4: Settings<\/h2>\nFrom within the attendance activity, go to\u00a0“Settings” and you will see the following screen for keeping track of attendance.\u00a0You can manipulate the variables as you see fit in the “Action” column.\u00a0Attendance categories can be deleted too. For example, if you want to get rid of the “Excused” absences category, you can simply click on the x in the “action” column.<\/div>\n![\"Attendance](\"http:\/\/support.isucomm.iastate.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2155\/2015\/01\/21.png\")
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<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0Step 5: Taking attendance in class<\/h2>\n\nWhen you click on “Sessions” you will see that you have sessions set up to keep track of attendance for the semester. When you are actually in class and want to take attendance, you will click on the green radio buttons seen in the screenshot below. (This screenshot has “All” selected to view all class sessions.)<\/div>\n![\"Attendance](\"http:\/\/support.isucomm.iastate.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2155\/2015\/01\/all.png\")
<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nYou will then see something like what is pictured below, but a longer list.\u00a0You can start by giving everyone in class a perfect score all at once by clicking P at the top left-most column, and then take that P away from students who are not present.<\/div>\n![\"Attendance](\"http:\/\/support.isucomm.iastate.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2155\/2015\/01\/Screen-Shot-2015-09-09-at-12.47.33-PM.png\")
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\nStep 6: Handling Multiple Sections in Attendance<\/h2>\n
You might have one attendance module set up for multiple sections of class. If this is the case, you can choose to view sessions for all sections, or choose to view sessions only for the relevant sections by clicking on the “sessions” drop-down menu and selecting your preference.<\/p>\n
\nClick \u201cTurn editing on\u201d at the top of the course site.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n\n<\/a><\/p>\nWith the next screen that pops up, choose your preferred grading method. For example, maybe you don’t want to assign a grade to attendance. In this case you would select “None” and the attendance activity will not appear or be connected in any way to Moodle’s gradebook<\/a>. If you want to connect attendance to\u00a0gradebook<\/a>, if you use gradebook<\/a>, you can choose to assign “points”. Also, if you have “groups” in your course site (e.g., for two sections), you can configure attendance to work with groups selecting by “Separate groups”. Click “Save and return to course” when you have your desired configurations set.<\/p>\n Now the attendance activity should be located in the first block or week of your course page.\u00a0To set up the activity to keep track of attendance for each class session please follow the following procedure:<\/p>\n You might have one attendance module set up for multiple sections of class. If this is the case, you can choose to view sessions for all sections, or choose to view sessions only for the relevant sections by clicking on the “sessions” drop-down menu and selecting your preference.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nStep 3:\u00a0Adding Sessions<\/h2>\n
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\nStep 4: Settings<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n\u00a0Step 5: Taking attendance in class<\/h2>\n
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\nStep 6: Handling Multiple Sections in Attendance<\/h2>\n
![\"Attendance](\"http:\/\/support.isucomm.iastate.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2155\/2015\/01\/sessions-400x247.png\")
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