Using Attendance as a Grade

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  1. Log onto Canvas (https://susqu.instructure.com) using your SU Account
  2. Click on ‘Attendance’ in your Course Navigation Menu*

    **NOTE: You may have to activate this feature in your settings. Go to the navigation tab, click and drag Attendance to your list. (This is the list that is visible to students.) Click ‘Save’***
     
  3. Click on ‘Grades’ in your Course Navigation Menu

     
  4. You will see that a section in the grade book has been automatically created for ‘Roll Call Attendance’

    ***IF YOU ACCIDENTALLY DELETE THIS ROLL CALL ATTENDANCE, PLEASE FOLLOW THE NEXT SET OF INSTRUCTIONS!***
     
  5. By using the attendance feature in Canvas, you can automatically calculate it into your students final grade.
    Create an assignment.
    a) assign a point value,
    b) assign it to the ‘Attendance’ group,
    c) display grade as points or percentage,
    d) assign an external tool as the submission type.
        Arrow: Click the ‘Find’ button to search a listing of external tools, click ‘Attendance.’
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