how to see course attendence in blackboard

Does blackboard show attendance?

Blackboard Learn now has an Attendance tool that can be used to mark students as present, late, absent, or excused for a class session or time period. A column is automatically generated in the Grade Center which can be used in the calculation of final grades.

How do I use Attendance on blackboard?

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How do I download attendance on blackboard?

Export attendance data In the Overall view, select the Export icon to download a CSV file with your students' attendance records.

Meeting view

In the Meeting view, you can mark each student's attendance. You can also use the menu in a status's heading to mark all students present or absent. Then, you can change individual students' statuses or clear all marks. Your work is saved as you go.

Overall view

In the Overall view, you can mark attendance, view attendance history and class summary statistics, and create new meetings.

Student summary in grade pill

The grade pill for each student displays the overall attendance grade with the schema you chose in the Settings panel, such as A+ instead of 100. Select student names to view summaries of their overall attendance records. You can see how many class meetings each student has missed. This view is read-only.

Overall course summary

The Overall view displays course summary statistics about your students' attendance. These statistics are included:

Add a meeting

In the Overall view, you can add more than one meeting for attendance on a day. For example, if your class met for a field trip after your regularly scheduled class, you can add a meeting and mark who was present. Select the plus icon next to an existing meeting's date to add a new meeting.

Delete a meeting

You can delete a meeting in either view, but at least one meeting must remain. You can't have an empty Attendance page. If you have only one meeting and you delete it, a new Today meeting replaces it.

Specific scenarios and the results

If you copy a course with attendance data into a new course or an existing course with no attendance data, the source course's attendance data is not copied. One attendance grade column without data is added that you can delete.

Course Grades page

In a course, select the Gradebook icon on the navigation bar to access your Course Grades page and view your overall attendance grade. Select Attendance to open up the panel to view details of each course meeting. You can view a summary and easily see how many class meetings you've missed.

Course Content page

After your instructors assign attendance grades, you can access the details on the Course Content page. Select the Attendance link in the Details & Actions panel.

Activity stream

You can view your overall attendance grade from your activity stream, but you can't access the details.

Can you collaborate on Blackboard?

Blackboard Learn instructors can host a Collaborate session without tracking attendance manually. Based on criteria you and your instructors can set, Collaborate tracks if a student is present, late, or absent from a session.

Do instructors use attendance data?

Many instructors use attendance data as part of their students' overall grades. Also, some institutions and programs have attendance policies that require instructors to track the number of class meetings students have missed.

Taking Attendance In Blackboard

Blackboard now has an Attendance tool that can be used to mark students as present, late, absent, or excused for a class session or time period. A column is automatically generated in the Grade Center which can be used in the calculation of final grades.

Enabling Attendance in Your Course

The Attendance tool must be added and set up in the course before attendance is entered. To begin:

Setting Up Class Meeting Dates for Attendance

If you would like to set up your attendance meeting dates in advance, you can do so through the Attendance tool. To do this:

Marking Attendance

In the Overall view, you can also mark attendance, view attendance history, and access class summary statistics. Before beginning to mark attendance, however, it is very important that you have set up the Grading Schema the way you want it. Specifically, the “Late” status for attendance must be assigned the percentage that you have decided on.

What Does the Student See?

If the attendance grade has been made visible to students, they can view it in the MyGrades area of the course. Attendance will appear as a row in the list of graded items. To see the detail of their attendance, a student would need to click on the word “ Attendance ” to bring up their history.​

Word of Caution

WARNING: If you do NOT wish to use Blackboard Learn’s Attendance Tool, DO NOT CLICK on Attendance under Course Tools in the Control Panel menu. Clicking Attendance in Course Tools WILL generate a Grade Center column that cannot be deleted.

Attendance Workshop Video

Watch the video recording (19:28) of the " Bb09: Integrate Attendance Data Into the Grade Center Using the Bb Learn Attendance Tool" workshop.

Written Instructions

Blackboard Learn now has an Attendance tool. For each session, you mark students as present, late, absent or excused. A column is automatically generated in Grade Center and can be included in a “Totals” column for final grades. Check out this video demo to get a brief overview.

Using Blackboard Learn Attendance Tool with Weighted Grading

If you use Blackboard Learn’s weighted grading column, as with all grade-related columns, you will need to add the Attendance column to the “Selected Columns” list in the Weighted Total column and set the desired weight percentage.

Using Blackboard Learn Attendance Tool without Including in Grade Center Calculations

If you wish to use the Attendance tool to keep a record of students’ status for each class session, but you do not wish to include attendance in the total grade, you will need to change a couple of settings as noted below:

What Do Students See?

If the course instructor allows it, students can view their attendance history in My Grades (accessed via Tools in the student section of the Course Menu). As shown in the screenshot below, students need to click on either the All tab or Graded tab. Attendance will appear as a row in the list of graded items.

Learn More

For more information on the Blackboard Attendance Tool, visit Blackboard Instructor Help or request a consultation with an Educational Technologist.

Setting Up Attendance Taking

Setting up attendance taking in Collaborate Ultra is fairly straightforward. First, note that attendance is turned off by default. If you want to use it, you’ll need to turn it on for each session that you want to take attendance in. Also important to note, you will only be able to use this feature if:

Where to Find Your Attendance Records

Once you’ve gotten things set up and student attendance has been recorded, the next step is accessing these records. To do this, you’ll navigate to Collaborate Ultra in your course tools menu. Then, click the circle with three dots associated with the session for which you want to view attendance. Select View Reports.

Resources

Learn more about taking attendance in Collaborate Ultra from these resources:

Qwickly Attendance

Qwickly Attendance within Blackboard offers the ability to take attendance either manually, through a student check-in, through a card swipe, or through designated Blackboard course activity.

Introduction to Qwickly Attendance

Qwickly Attendance has been designed to be powerful, yet straightforward.