1. A necessary evil Manage attendance by block

2.   School Policy  Attendance is at least 80%  Checked at the block  Points may be reduced from Exam  See page 16 of school Catalog Why take attendance? The Attendance module is designed for teachers to be able take attendance during class, and for students to be able to view their own attendance record.

3.   Turn editing on, add an activity  Attendance module

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5.  You can type a name for this part if you want, then “save and display”

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8.  1 Block is 4 weeks, so enter start and end of Block Select the days of the week for which your course is taught. Ensure the frequency is set to 1 week and click Add session

9.  Settings Options

10.  Goto Sessions tab click option to pick Monday of week to take attendance or “Today”

11.  Click green circle to mark attendance for that day

12.  Everyone present except for “Joe Snow”

13.  Report with default of 2 points per attendance

14.  Export to Excel options

15.  Student view of attendance

16.  Questions and discussion