This guide will demonstrate how to take attendance using the Blackboard Attendance Tool
Accessing the Attendance Tool
Within your Blackboard course, navigate to the Details and Actions area, and click on Mark Attendance.
Taking Attendance for a Current Meeting
To take attendance for today:
- To take attendance for today, ensure the toggle is set for Meeting.
- Student: Your student roster from Blackboard will appear here.
- Today: This column shows a color-coded icon for each student's status.
- Present: Click in the cell that corresponds to each student to mark that student present for today's session.
- Late: Click in the cell that corresponds to each student to mark that student as late for today's session.
- Absent: Click in the cell that corresponds to each student to mark that student as absent for today's session.
- Excused: Click in the cell that corresponds to each student to mark that student as excused for today's session.
Taking Attendance for Previous Meetings
To take attendance for a previous meeting:
- Click on the Overall toggle to view all sessions.
- Locate the student you want to mark attendance for, and click the Mark link in that student's cell.
- Select the student's attendance status (present, late, absent, or excused) from the list.
When viewing all attendance sessions, it is possible to mark all students as attending or absent:
- Click on the column header for the session
- Select the option to mark all students as present, or mark all students as absent. You can also exempt the session from attendance collection.