What is the Attendance Tool?
Grading Options
What Students See
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What is the Attendance Tool?

Roll Call is an integrated LTI tool in Canvas for taking attendance in face-to-face classes. The tool is called Attendance and will display in the left navigation of a course. When the instructor clicks attendance the first time a message will appear stating Roll Call is requesting access to Canvas. This is normal. On the Roll Call page a list of students in the course will appear. Review the numbered items below.

Marking Students – (a) Click Mark All Present to mark all students present or click Unmark All to unmark students. (b) Click More to set attendance individually for each student.
More - When more is clicked choose one of the options. (a) Click the green checkmark for present. (b) Click the X for a student who is absent. (c) Click the filled in checkmark for a student who is late. (d) By default students are set at not marked.
Cross-Listed Courses - If course sections are cross-listed (merged), there will be two tabs for each section.
List/Class – By default the list will display. Use the Class view to create seating charts if desired. Attendance can be taken from both views.
Current Day/Set a Date – Use the arrows to navigate to a different day or click the calendar icon to select a date.
Gear Settings – Click to set the desired late percentage allowed or to create an attendance report

Grading Options

When the attendance tool is activated, a graded assignment is automatically created. DO NOT rename or delete this assignment. If you wish to edit the assignment settings, please note when the assignment is viewed from the assignment page it will appear a bit different than typical assignments. Click Edit Assignment Settings on the right sidebar.

By default the attendance assignment is worth 100 %; however, the instructor can change the assignment settings if desired. Please note; however, if you edit the assignment settings, the instructor view may change. Review each option below and choose the desired option for your courses.

Option 1:Set the Assignment as Ungraded - To make the assignment ungraded click the Edit Assignment Settins button and scroll down to section Display Grade as and select Not Graded as the option. Save the assignment. Ungraded assignments will not display in the gradebook but will display in the assignment list. Students can view the assignment in the assignment list and on the assignment they can click Assignment Details to view a chart of their attendance record.

Option 2: Do not include score in gradebook total – When you edit the assignment settings you can check the box next to Do count this assignment towards the final grade. The assignment will be kept in the gradebook but will not be included in the total score. Students will see the attendance assignment in the grades list and can see a chart of their attendance record.

What Students See

Please note instructors will not be able to view the student view of attendance. Depending on the settings you change in the assignment settings they can see the attendance assignment from grades and assignment list.

If you choose the option to not include score in gradebook total, students will see a notification that states the assignment does not count toward the final grade.
A chart will display that represents the days attended, days absent, and days marked late.
Below the chart will be a list of the days students have been marked late or absent.

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Note: These guides are maintained by the Canvas Documentation Team and are available on the Canvas Community site. Some of the information in these guides may not apply to the Lake Land College instance of Canvas. If you have a question about any features mentioned in these guides, please review the Getting Help page for details on who to contact at Lake Land College.

How do I configure the Roll Call Attendance tool for my course?
How do I take attendance using Roll Call?
How do I use Roll Call Badges?
How is Roll Call Attendance graded in Canvas?
How do I create a seating chart using Roll Call?
How do I run Roll Call Attendance reports for my course?