TABLE OF CONTENTS

• About the Attendance Tool
• Access the Attendance Tool
• Mark Attendance
• Grade Attendance

About the Attendance Tool

The Attendance tool allows faculty to easily track attendance within myLesley. You can mark whether each student is present, late, absent, or excused. You may also decide whether or not to use Attendance in grading calculations.

Watch the Mark Attendance in Ultra Courses tutorial video for more information.

Access the Attendance Tool

Ultra Courses

To access the Attendance tool in your Ultra course, go to the Details & Actions menu and select Mark Attendance.

This will launch the Attendance tool. When the tool launches for the first time, you will be prompted to Add Attendance. 

Next, you will be prompted to review the settings for the Attendance values. By default:

• Present: 100%
• Late: 50%
• Absent: 0%

You may change the percentage for Late but, at this time, you cannot change the percentages for Present, Absent, or Excused.

You may decide whether or not to include the Attendance tool in your grading calculations. If you include Excused in your grade calculations, it counts as Present for scoring purposes.

Click Save to save your changes. Your Attendance column will automatically be created in the Grade Center. However, you will mark attendance using the Attendance tool.

Original Courses

To access the Attendance tool in your Original course, go to your course Control Panel, select Course Tools, and select Attendance.

This will launch the Attendance tool. When the tool launches for the first time, you will be prompted to Add Attendance. 

Next, you will be prompted to review the settings for the Attendance values. By default:

• Present: 100%
• Late: 50%
• Absent: 0%

You may change the percentage for Late but, at this time, you cannot change the percentages for Present, Absent, or Excused.

Once you set up the Attendance tool, a Grade Center column will be created automatically. If you include Excused in your grade calculations, it counts as Present for scoring purposes.

Your Attendance column will automatically be created in the Grade Center. However, you will mark attendance using the Attendance tool.

Mark Attendance

You may take attendance by launching the Attendance tool and marking each student's attendance.

Meeting View

When the Attendance tool loads, you will be brought to the Meeting view. Here, you can mark your students' attendance for Today. Your work is saved automatically.

Overall View

Click on the Overall button to view the overall attendance. In the Overall view, you can mark attendance, view attendance history, edit or create new class meetings, and more.

Mark Attendance

The most recent meeting will appear on the right side of the screen. Click Mark to mark each student's attendance. 

If all students are present, click on the date in the column header to open a menu. From the menu, select Mark all Present.

Add a New Meeting

To add a new class meeting, go to the column header and click between two dates (or to the left or right of a meeting date). A + button will appear. Click this button to add a new meeting.

Edit a Meeting Date

To edit a meeting date, click on the date in the column header to open a menu. From the menu, select Edit meeting.

This will bring up a calendar. Select the date. This will save automatically.

Delete a meeting

To delete a meeting, click on the date in the column header to open a menu. From the menu, select Delete meeting.

Grade Attendance

Attendance in the Ultra Gradebook

When you first set up the Attendance tool in your Ultra course it creates an item in your Gradebook that displays the students' accumulative attendance scores out of 100 points. You can use Attendance in grade calculations and as part of the Overall Grade.

Attendance in the Gradable Items View

In the Gradable Items view, click Mark Attendance to mark attendance.

Attendance in the Grades View

In the Grades view, you can see each student's accumulative Attendance score. To mark attendance, click on the Attendance column header to open a menu and select Edit.

Attendance in the Original Grade Center

When you first set up the Attendance tool in your Original course it creates a column in the Grade Center. This column displays the students' accumulative attendance scores out of 100 points. 

You cannot delete the Attendance column, but you can hide it from student view. You may also decide whether or not to include the Attendance column in Grade Center calculations (ex Total or Weighted Total columns).

Refer to the Grade Center and Grading in Original Courses support article for more information on using the Grade Center.