After completing the Moodle setup to take attendance, follow these steps in enter student attendance in a class.
Go to the “Sessions” Tab
Click a date and select the green dot
Select the student(s) that you wish to take the attendance on
Select the appropriate status. If student has an excused absence, you not will mark any attendance status. You will simply type a word or phrase of your choice.
Select “Save Attendance”
Attendance record for date(s) is now updated
Upon looking at the gradebook, you will see that both students have 100%)
With the Attendance activity, you don’t have to enter as many grades into the grade book, however if you make a mistake and select the wrong status for a student, you will have to add a new session for the date that you made the error on and start over. It is recommended that you record these in a manual grade book initially before transferring them to your Moodle grade book.
