This guide will demonstrate how to take attendance using the Blackboard Attendance Tool
Accessing the Attendance Tool
To access the Attendance Tool,
- Within your Blackboard course, navigate to the Course Management area, and click on Course Tools.
- With the Course Tools section expanded, click the link labeled 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.