Recording attendance in your class

Brightspace, Grades

I was disappointed to discover a few years ago that the “Attendance” register in Brightspace does not connect to grades so I made up my own solution which works well.

If you require attendance in your class, here’s how I manage attendance in my class.

Step 1.  In Grades, I create a scheme called “Weekly Attendance” that looks like this: New Scheme screen in Brightspace

Step 2.  Create a item for each date you want to record attendance AND apply the Weekly Attendance scheme to the item:

Add Grade Item screen

Step 3 :  Enter grades for that item and you should have a drop down box that looks like this:

Enter Grades screen