{"id":404,"date":"2024-09-04T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/ed-tech\/?p=404"},"modified":"2026-01-08T17:53:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T17:53:12","slug":"taking-attendance-through-canvas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/ed-tech\/taking-attendance-through-canvas\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking Attendance through Canvas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"168\" src=\"http:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/ed-tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/04\/FAQbanners_Canvas_Attendance_TakingAttendanceThroughCanvas-1024x168.png\" alt=\"Taking Attendance through Canvas\" class=\"wp-image-2702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/ed-tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/04\/FAQbanners_Canvas_Attendance_TakingAttendanceThroughCanvas-1024x168.png 1024w, https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/ed-tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/04\/FAQbanners_Canvas_Attendance_TakingAttendanceThroughCanvas-300x49.png 300w, https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/ed-tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/04\/FAQbanners_Canvas_Attendance_TakingAttendanceThroughCanvas-768x126.png 768w, https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/ed-tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/04\/FAQbanners_Canvas_Attendance_TakingAttendanceThroughCanvas-1536x253.png 1536w, https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/ed-tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/04\/FAQbanners_Canvas_Attendance_TakingAttendanceThroughCanvas-1200x197.png 1200w, https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/ed-tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/04\/FAQbanners_Canvas_Attendance_TakingAttendanceThroughCanvas.png 1922w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#attendance-overview\">Attendance Overview<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#add-attendance-to-course-navigation\">Add Attendance to Course Navigation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#additional-resources\">Additional Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"attendance-overview\">Attendance Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As outlined by the Academic Advising and Registration Office (AARO), faculty must monitor and record attendance during the first two weeks of class. View this video on how to take attendance through Canvas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TakingAttendance\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HRWbbFEGxeo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"add-attendance-to-course-navigation\">Add Attendance to Course Navigation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If the <strong>Attendance<\/strong> course navigation link is not visible in your Canvas course:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In Course Navigation, click the <strong>Settings<\/strong> link.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select the <strong>Navigation<\/strong> tab.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You will see two lists. The top list displays active course navigation items visible to students. The bottom list displays inactive course navigation items that are hidden from students. Click and drag <strong>Attendance<\/strong> from the inactive (bottom) list to the active (top) list.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Alternatively, click the <strong>Options<\/strong> (three vertical dots) icon next to <strong>Attendance<\/strong>, and select <strong>+ Enable<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the <strong>Save<\/strong> button at the bottom of the screen.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"additional-resources\">Additional Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-adv-tabs advgb-tabs-wrapper advgb-tab-vert-desktop advgb-tab-vert-tablet advgb-tab-stack-mobile advgb-tabs-3221f533-4a60-4cfe-9180-018f235939a6\" data-tab-active=\"0\"><ul class=\"advgb-tabs-panel\" role=\"tablist\"><li class=\"advgb-tab advgb-tab-active\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"background-color:#e9e9e9;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-radius:10px\"><button class=\"advgb-tab-button\" id=\"advgb-tab-_9d369a-7a-0\" aria-controls=\"advgb-tab-panel-_9d369a-7a-0\" role=\"tab\" aria-selected=\"true\" tabindex=\"0\" style=\"color:#242424;background:none;border:none;width:100%;text-align:inherit;cursor:pointer;padding:8px 16px;font:inherit\"><span>Manage Course Navigation links<\/span><\/button><\/li><li class=\"advgb-tab \" role=\"presentation\" style=\"background-color:#e9e9e9;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-radius:10px\"><button class=\"advgb-tab-button\" id=\"advgb-tab-_9d369a-7a-1\" aria-controls=\"advgb-tab-panel-_9d369a-7a-1\" role=\"tab\" aria-selected=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\" style=\"color:#242424;background:none;border:none;width:100%;text-align:inherit;cursor:pointer;padding:8px 16px;font:inherit\"><span>Attendance &#8212; Policies<\/span><\/button><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"advgb-tab-body-wrapper\" style=\"border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-radius:10px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-tab advgb-tab-body-container\"><div class=\"advgb-tab-body-header advgb-tab-class- header-active\" id=\"advgb-tab-panel-_9d369a-7a-0\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"advgb-tab-_9d369a-7a-0\" tabindex=\"0\"><span>Manage Course Navigation links<\/span><\/div><div class=\"advgb-tab-_9d369a-7a advgb-tab-body\" aria-labelledby=\"advgb-tab-panel-_9d369a-7a-0\" style=\"display:block\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/community.instructure.com\/en\/kb\/articles\/660741-how-do-i-manage-course-navigation-links\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How do I manage Course Navigation links?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><div style=\"position:relative;width:100%;max-width:900px;margin:8px 0;padding-top:56.25%;overflow:hidden;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/embed.app.guidde.com\/playbooks\/fKnPe27BLYrhVbp5QwER7V\" title=\"How do I manage Course Navigation links?\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-forms\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;background:#000;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-tab advgb-tab-body-container\"><div class=\"advgb-tab-body-header advgb-tab-class- \" id=\"advgb-tab-panel-_9d369a-7a-1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"advgb-tab-_9d369a-7a-1\" tabindex=\"0\"><span>Attendance &#8212; Policies<\/span><\/div><div class=\"advgb-tab-_9d369a-7a advgb-tab-body\" aria-labelledby=\"advgb-tab-panel-_9d369a-7a-1\" style=\"display:none\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/policy\/attendance\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/policy\/attendance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Attendance &#8212; Policies<\/a> (CCS Webpage)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<style class=\"advgb-styles-renderer\">.advgb-tabs-3221f533-4a60-4cfe-9180-018f235939a6 ul.advgb-tabs-panel li.advgb-tab.advgb-tab-active {background-color:#251c5c !important;color:#fff !important;}#advgb-tabs-3221f533-4a60-4cfe-9180-018f235939a6 .advgb-tab-body-header.header-active, .advgb-tabs-3221f533-4a60-4cfe-9180-018f235939a6 .advgb-tab-body-header.header-active{background-color:#251c5c !important;color:#fff !important;}<\/style>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attendance Overview As outlined by the Academic Advising and Registration Office (AARO), faculty must monitor and record attendance during the first two weeks of class. View this video on how to take attendance through Canvas. 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