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Attendance in Blackboard
Note: Online Attendance is a Blackboard plug-in tool developed by Baylor University that allows instructors to
keep track of students’ attendance within the Blackboard course. The Online Attendance tool makes it
much easier to view attendance records for students, easily identify attendance issues, and create and
export attendance records.
Note: You will be able to create attendance reports, but there is no link to the Grade Center. If your students
are graded on their attendance, you will still be required to create a Grade Center Column and
manually input the grades.
Configuring Online Attendance
1. Go into the course you wish to add Attendance too.
2. On the left side, click the + button.
3. From the menu, select Tool Link.
4. In the Name field, enter Attendance.
5. In the Type field, click the drop-down arrow and select
Online Attendance.
Click the box next to Available to Users.
Note: You can leave this box unchecked if you do not want the
students to see the Attendance button.
6. When finished, click the Submit button.
Note: Attendance will be listed at the bottom of the burgundy panel. Click
and drag it to the middle section of the course menu.
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