Usually when you have to track attendance it’s for your department. Follow your departmental instructions for Navigate.
If you want to track attendance in Brightspace, use the Attendance tool.
Go to Course Admin -> Attendance
Create an Attendance Register
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Note
The Attendance tool does not integrate with Grades
Note
Attendance registers are entries that you create to track attendance for activities in your organization or course. For example, you can create attendance registers to track attendance for mandatory chat sessions, weekly seminars, or meetings.
Use registers to define the sessions, attendance expectations, and applicable users and enter data as you complete each session.
Click a register's name to view or make changes to its attendance data.
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