Video: What is the Roll Call Attendance Tool?

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00:07: What is the roll call attendance tool?

00:09: With the attendance tool instructors can keep track.

00:12: Of course, a tenants by taking role electronically.

00:15: Instructors can choose to view the tool in a list or grid format and can

00:19: customize the placement of each student in the seating chart.

00:24: When you take attendance using roll, call canvas automatically adds attendance

00:28: as an assignment. The default point value for attendance is 100

00:32: points. To avoid attendance, calculation, errors, never delete

00:37: rename, or unpublish the attendance assignment.

00:41: The status set for each student is associated with a percentage value.

00:46: Statuses include present and on time, not present, late, and

00:50: unmarked excused absence.

00:53: The attendance tool also creates an assignment in the Gradebook in calculates, attendance

00:57: as a percentage of a student's grade.

01:00: By default the value of being late is 80% of the present value.

01:05: So, if a student is late, the student will receive 80% for the day in the

01:10: full, 100%. The late value can be adjusted in roll,

01:14: call settings.

01:16: In the Gradebook attendance column by default, canvas displays the assignment

01:20: based on percentage of the point value.

01:23: For instance, if the point value is 100 and roll call has been taken

01:27: twice a student with one present value 100%.

01:31: And one lateness value, calculated at 80% will

01:35: have a score of 90 points or 90% The attendance

01:39: Gradebook column will update. Every time you take roll call in the attendance tool.

01:45: At both the account and course, levels, the attendance tool allows users to

01:49: create attendance reports

01:52: At the account level, admins can create and manage badges used in the attendance

01:56: tool.

01:58: At the course, level. Any badges added by a canvas admin automatically

02:02: appear for the course.

02:05: However, instructors can also create additional badges for their course as

02:09: needed.

02:14: This guide covered the roll. Call attendance tool.