NOTE: This article covers adding attendance in Blackboard Original. If your course is in Ultra, see Adding Attendance in an Ultra Course.
Adding Attendance Tool Link in Blackboard Course - Blackboard Original
- Login to Blackboard, and go to the course in which you wish to add attendance.
- Make sure your Edit Mode is ON(button located in far upper right-hand corner of Blackboard course):
- Click the Add Menu Item button (plus sign icon located in the upper right-hand corner of the Course Menu):
- Click the Tool Link button on the drop-down menu that appears:
- A pop-up window appears. In the window do the following.
- Name the link (the example uses "Attendance")
- Select Q Attendance for the "Type" using the dropdown menu selection
- Decide whether or not to make the Attendance Tool available to users/students
- Click Submit.
- The tool link will be created at the bottom of your Course Menu:
Setting Up Attendance
- Once the Tool Link has been created, click the Attendance link you created:
- Click the Begin Set-Up button that appears in the middle of the screen:
- The next screen appears:
- Select the current Semester from the dropdown list.
- Set your Default Style for taking attendance.
- Choose whether or not to include a Grade Center Integration.
Caution: Do not select to both put points in for attendance and create a column for absences. It does something weird in the grade center calculations - Choose whether or not to have students checkin and include a pin/timer (you must have the link available to students for this option) in the Check In section.
- Choose your settings for Absence Email.
- Scroll to the bottom of the window when done, and click the Save Settings button.