# Attendance

The attendance tool lets you track learner presence for scheduled class sessions, whether in-person or online.

## Creating an Attendance Sheet

1. Open the **Attendance** tool from the course homepage
2. Click **Create an attendance sheet**
3. Enter a **title** for the attendance sheet (e.g., "Week 1 - Introduction")
4. Save

## Adding Dates

Each attendance sheet contains one or more dates (sessions) where you record presence:

1. Open an attendance sheet
2. Click **Add a date** <img src="https://3870221420-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FSHilSeDtvDev0n1c7wbJ%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-e51223a8cd8436fef8896a6c3f9703cc94a151e3%2Fmdi-calendar-plus.svg?alt=media" alt="Add date" data-size="line">
3. Select the date and time
4. Save

You can add multiple dates to the same attendance sheet (e.g., all sessions for a month).

## Recording Attendance

For each date, mark each learner as:

* **Present** — The learner attended
* **Absent** — The learner did not attend

Click on the status cell next to each learner's name to toggle between present and absent.

## Viewing Attendance Reports

![The attendance sheet showing a summary table with learners, dates, and presence indicators](https://3870221420-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FSHilSeDtvDev0n1c7wbJ%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-48dcd6c7af80845c3e3faa259de0865dacb29ba2%2Fattendance-sheet.png?alt=media)

The attendance tool shows:

* A summary table with all learners and all dates
* Each learner's attendance percentage (present sessions / total sessions)
* Color-coded indicators for easy scanning

## Tips

* **Link to course progress** — Use attendance data alongside the Course Progress tool to correlate presence with topic coverage
* **Export data** — Export the attendance sheet for administrative records
* **Set expectations** — If attendance is mandatory, communicate the policy clearly in your course introduction or announcements