iLearn has an attendance module that instructors can add to their course to record class attendance and for students to view their own attendance record.

Note: Attendance displays it's total grade based on a percentage of times attendance has been taken.

As an example, you've created an attendance activity and set it to 200 points. You have two students, Jules and Jane, and you've taken attendance two days so far. Jane has been in class on both days, so Jane has a 100% for attendance. Jules, however, has only shown up on one day, so has a 50% for attendance. In the gradebook, Jane will show 200 points for attendance because they've attended 100% of the possible days so far (200 X 100% = 200). Jules will show a 100 in the gradebook because they've only attended 50% of the possible days so far (200 X 50% = 100). This score will continuously adjust as you take attendance more days throughout the semester. It's important to note, then, that you MUST fill in attendance for every day for every student or some students will not have accurate scores.

To create the Attendance activity

1. From the course page, in the upper right corner, select the Edit icon (⚙️) and select Turn editing on.
2. In the section/week you want to add the Attendance activity, select the Add an activity or resource button.

   Recommendation: Adding the Attendance activity to the top section in your course will make it easiest for you and your students to locate.

3. In the menu, select Attendance and the Add button.
4. In the Grade section, set the Maximum grade field to how many points attendance will be worth overall in the course.
5. Select the Save and return to course button.

Add sessions to the Attendance activity

In order to use the Attendance activity, you need to add a Session for each date you wish to take attendance for.

1.  From the course page, select the Attendance activity you created previously.
2. Select the Add session tab.
3. In the Date field, enter the date you want to first take attendance. You will be able to bulk create additional sessions in later steps.
4. In the Time field, enter the time the first class session took place. Note: Times are listed in 24 hour format. A class that took place from 11am - 2pm would be entered as 11: 00 - 14:00.

   The following steps will go over how to create additional sessions in bulk. If you would only like to create a single session, you may skip these steps and select the Add button.

5. In the Multiple sessions section, select the checkbox next to the Repeat the session above as follows field to create additional sessions in bulk. 
6. In the Repeat on field, select the days of the week you would like to create additional sessions.
7. In the Repeat until field, select the last day you would like to create a session for (e.g. last day of classes).
8. Select the Add button.

To take attendance

1. From the course page, select the Attendance activity you created previously.
2. Locate the session date you would like to take attendance for and across from it select the Take attendance icon (▶️).

   Note: If you do not see the session you want to take attendance for, on the right side, select the All option filter.

3. Mark attendance for each student.
4. Select the Save attendance button. 

For additional assistance, contact Academic Technology: (415) 405-5555, at@sfsu.edu, LIB 80