• On the blue navigation bar, on the far right click on ‘more’ drop down menu and click on ‘ATTENDANCE’
  • Click New Register
Attendance Registers box
  • Enter the Name of the attendance register and other optional properties as needed
New Register options for Attendance in D2L

NOTE: Students are able to see these attendance registers from your course in Brightspace from the Course Tools menu unless the visibility setting is unchecked.

  • Enter a session name: This example uses attendance for Class Meetings.
Class meetings options for attendance

  • To add additional sessions to the register, click SAVE, enter the number of sessions to be added, and click ADD SESSIONS.
Add Sessions and Save options box

  • To return and add or remove sessions at a later time, click the drop-down icon to the right of the register and select EDIT REGISTER from the drop-down.
Class Meetings and edit register drop down menu box in D2L

ENTER ATTENDANCE:

  • From ‘MORE’ on the navigation bar, Click Attendance:
  • Click the name of register.
Attendance Registers options

  • Click the Calendar icon beside session to enter the attendance:
Calendar icon

  • Click the Attendance Status drop-down to set each student’s status:
Attendance status options box
  • Alternatively, set the Attendance Status for students in bulk by selecting multiple students and clicking ‘SET STATUS’
Set Status for daily attendance box

CLICK SAVE WHEN FINISHED