1. Enter the course.

2. Click on “Course Tools” on the navigation bar (along the left side, if accessing on a computer)

3. Click on “Attendance”

4. IF FIRST TIME TAKING ATTENDANCE IN THIS COURSE:

   1. Click on “Add Attendance”

   2. Adjust grade settings as desired

   3. Click “Save”

   4. NOTE: If you are using a copy of a pre-existing course, attendance tracking may already be activated

   5. NOTE: If you need to change grade settings in this or a future year, click on the little gear icon in the upper right corner

5. Mark each student as Present, Late, Absent, or Excused

   1. You can mark all as present, absent, etc. by clicking on that column heading

   2. You can unmark a student by clicking again on whatever marking you previously assigned them

6. Attendance markings are saved automatically (can be altered later as desired)

7. Any attendance tracking activity will result in an “Attendance” column being automatically added to your gradebook

   1. NOTE:  You must alter final grade column settings if you want attendance record to be calculated into final grade; otherwise, the column is just there for your and students’ reference

8. IF NEEDING TO EDIT ATTENDANCE FOR PREVIOUS DAY:

   1. Click on the left arrow until you reach the desired day

   2. Edit as desired (saves automatically)

9. IF NEEDING TO CREATE A PREVIOUS DAY FOR ATTENDANCE TRACKING:

   1. Click on “Today” at the top of student attendance column

   2. Click “Edit meeting”

   3. Choose the appropriate meeting day from the calendar that pops up

   4. Edit attendance for that day as desired

10. To see students’ overall attendance records, click on “Overall” (upper right, near the settings icon)

11. To switch back to daily view, click “Meeting”

Other basic functions not referenced here are just variations of the steps listed above.