Blackboard Attendance

About the Tool

For each class meeting, you can mark whether a student is present, late, absent, or excused. Use a laptop or go mobile with a smartphone or tablet to mark attendance while you stand in front of your class. You have access to a compact view of attendance that displays one meeting at a time.

The attendance records for each student appear in a single column next to other grades in a Blackboard course.

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Depending on whether you are using the Original Course or the Ultra Course, the path to access the Blackboard Attendance tool will vary.

Original Course

Go to Control Panel > Course Tools
Select Attendance

After you configure the attendance tool, an attendance column appears in the Grade Center, but you will mark attendance from Control Panel > Course Tools > Attendance.

Ultra Course

On the Course Content page, select Mark attendance in the Details & Actions panel.

At any time, you can change the schema in the Settings panel, save, and then refresh the page. You'll see your newly selected schema reflected in the grade pills on the Attendance page in the Overall view.

Setting Up Blackboard Attendance

When you access the attendance feature for the first time, you decide if you want to add attendance to the Grade Center.

On the Attendance page, select Add Attendance and the Settings panel opens
If desired, change the default settings for the grade display and for Late in the grade schema. You can't change the percentages for Present and Absent at this time.
Save your settings or close the panel if you don't want to make changes.

An attendance column appears in the Grade Center, but you mark attendance from Control Panel > Course Tools > Attendance.

At any time, you can change the schema in the Settings panel, save, and then refresh the page. You'll see your newly selected schema reflected in the grade pills on the Attendance page in the Overall view.

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