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Taking Attendance

To take attendance:

  1. Navigate to the “UD Attendance” tool in your Canvas course.
  2. Click on the name of an attendance item.
  3. The “Mark all displayed students as…” feature can be used to quickly mark all students as “Present”. To do this, select “Present” in the drop-down menu and click on the “Mark all” button.
  4. Next, you can individually mark students as Absent, Excused, Late, or Left Early by clicking on the corresponding icons next to their names. Attendance statuses are automatically saved as they’re marked in the table.
  5. As you’re marking attendance statuses, you can click on the plus icon in the “Notes” column to leave notes for students or private notes for individuals who have access to grade (TAs, Teachers, and Co-Teachers). To make a note private for graders, ensure that the “Only visible to instructors of this course” option is selected. Ensure that “Save Note” is clicked or else the note will be lost.