This guide will allow you to modify how student grades are calculated for attendance. All attendance actions feed into a single column in the Grade Center labeled Attendance, and attendance grades
This guide demonstrates how to change the percentage weighting for Present, Late, and Absent, and whether to show points values to students, which is set to 100 by default and calculates as a running total out of 100 for the entire course (not per session).
Accessing the Attendance Tool
Within your Blackboard course, navigate to the Details and Actions area, and click on Mark Attendance.
Accessing the Attendance Options
To modify attendance options, click the gear icon in the upper right hand corner of the screen.
Modifying Attendance Grade Options
- To change student grade calculation values, enter the desired values in the section labeled Grade Schema.
- Grade Using: Use this option to change how the grade column is displayed in the Grade Center
- To close, click the X button in the upper right corner.