FAQs

The Attendance activity in Moodle is allows instructors to take attendance for the class, and if desired, assign an automatically calculated grade for attending.
Students are able to view their own attendance record, and can view dates, notes and any points associated with their tracked attendance.

Learn more about tracking attendance in Moodle.

To set up the Attendance Tool in Moodle:

FIRST – Add the Attendance block to your course

1. Click Turn editing on. 
2. Click the Add a block link on the lower left side of the course page. (At the bottom of the left menu.)
3. In the menu that appears, select Attendance. The Attendance block will appear on the right side of the screen. Just ignore the block for now.

SECOND – Add the Attendance Activity

1. On the course main page, in the section where you want the Attendance link to appear, click the Add an activity or resource link  and add the Attendance activity.
2. On the Adding a new Attendance page, change the Name of the Attendance module if you wish, and select the Grade that will be generated from the student's attendance. (You can also opt for no grade to be assigned for attendance. You can add a grade column in the gradebook for manual attendance grading if you prefer.)
3. Click Save and display.
4. On the Attendance for the Course page, click the Add session tab.
5. On the Add session page, select the Date of the first class meeting. 
6. Select the Time of the class class meeting.
7. You can add a description if you want, but you do not need one.
8. Under Multiple sessions, check Repeat the session above as follows. (This will allow you to create multiple attendance rosters, one for each day the class meets.)
9. Under Repeat on, check the days your class meets each week
10. Under Repeat every, select “1” if your class meets every week. ("2" means the class is held every two weeks).
11. Set Repeat until to the last date your class meets. 
12. Click Add.
13. On the Sessions page, check that the sessions have been set up correctly. (Click the All button at the top right to see all the sessions.)
14. If you are using the automatic attendance grading, click the Status set tab at the top of the screen and set the point values you want for attendance, absence, etc. You can change the preset Descriptions and Points for these options.

NOTE: Not all the settings are listed in these instructions. The other settings are optional based on your needs.