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📒 Guide to using the Attendance module in Campus

This guide explains how a teacher can manage student attendance in Campus: create sessions, take attendance, and review reports.
✅ The technical part is already configured by the administration, here you'll only see what's necessary for your daily routine.

1️⃣ Access the attendance activity​

  • Enter your course within Campus.
  • Locate the activity called Attendance.
  • Click on it to open the menu with Sessions, Report, and Marking Options.

Attendance Icon

2️⃣ Create class sessions​

Sessions represent your classes or meetings.

  1. Within the activity, go to Sessions → Add session.
  2. Indicate:
    • 📅 Date and time of start and end.
    • 🔁 Repetition (example: every Monday at 10:00).
    • 👥 Groups (if you work with student groups).
  3. Save and the session will be scheduled.

Session​

3️⃣ Take attendance in class​

You have two ways to do it:

🖊️ 3.1 Manual marking​

  • Enter the created session.

Session

  • You will see the student list.
  • Mark each student as:
    • ✅ Present
    • 🕒 Late
    • 🚫 Excused Absence
    • 💻 Unexcused Absence

Session

  • Save when finished.

📱 3.2 Student self-marking​

  • Activate the self-registration option in the session.
  • Students can mark their attendance using:
    • 🔑 A password you give in class.
    • 📸 A QR code they scan from their mobile.

Students

👉 You decide whether to do it manually or automatically depending on the group and situation.

4️⃣ Consult reports​

  • Go to the Report tab within the activity.
  • You can see:
    • 📊 By student → attendance summary and percentage.
    • 📆 By session → who attended each class.
  • Export data in Excel or CSV if you need to take them out of Campus.

5️⃣ Best practices​

  • ✨ Create all course sessions at the beginning, you'll save work.
  • ⏱️ Use self-registration with QR for large classes (fast and no queues).
  • 👀 Review reports to detect recurrent absences.
  • 📂 Save your exports if you need to justify them later.

🎯 In summary

  1. Access Attendance in Campus.
  2. Create sessions 📅.
  3. Take attendance 🖊️ or let students mark themselves 📱.
  4. Consult and export reports 📊.

And that's it! Your attendance control will always be organized.