How to Set Up and Take Attendance in Moodle

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To add Attendance to your Moodle course, first log in to Moodle and navigate to the course home page.

Screenshot of an online course page titled "Course Syllabus" on the Oklahoma City Community College platform, showing a navigation sidebar with various modules like "I'm Ready: A Breif History of Spongebob" and "Quiz."

Select the topic you would like to add your activity or resource to in the Side Navigation Panel.

Click the "Edit mode" button.

Click the plus button at the bottom of the section page.

Click "Activity or resource".

Screenshot of an Oklahoma City Community College online course page showing the "Course Syllabus" selected, with one image also displaying a pop-up menu with "Activity or resource" and "Subsection" options.

Click "Activities".

Screenshot of an Oklahoma City Community College online course page showing the "Course Syllabus" selected, with a pop-up window titled "Add an activity or resource" in the foreground.

Click "Attendance".

Screenshot of an Oklahoma City Community College online course page showing the "Activities" tab of the "Add an activity or resource" pop-up, displaying a grid of activity options like Assignment, Quiz, and Forum.

Give your attendance activity a name and a description. Once the Attendance activity has been added to the course, click the carat next to Grade, and some options appear. Select the Type dropdown menu: Option 1: **None -** If you do not wish for the attendance item to be counted for a grade. Option 2: **Point** - If you choose to count the attendance activity as a grade, select **Grade Type:** > **Point** and indicate the number of points for the Maximum grade. The grade item will be automatically added to your gradebook.

Screenshot of an Oklahoma City Community College online course page in edit mode, showing the "New Attendance" settings screen with fields for Name and Description.

The **Attendance** activity must be added separately for each course.

Click "Submit".

Screenshot of an Oklahoma City Community College online course page in edit mode, showing the "Grade" settings section for an activity, with the grade type set to "None."

Click "Add session".

Screenshot of an Oklahoma City Community College online course page, showing the "All" tab of the "Add an activity or resource" pop-up with a list of activities, and Forum is the only visible activity under the tab.

Click the "Repeat the session above as follows" field.

Click "Submit".

Screenshot of an Oklahoma City Community College online course page in edit mode, showing the "Add session" screen for Attendance, with options to set the date, time, and multiple repeating sessions, and the date set to September 26, 2025.

Click "Take attendance".

By default, the attendance screen has four choices: P (Present), L (Late), E (Excused), and A (Absent).

If you need any assistance, please feel free to call the Center for Learning and Teaching by emailing [clt@occc.edu](mailto:clt@occc.edu) or by calling 405-682-7838!

How to Set Up and Take Attendance in Moodle

Mrooms3

To add Attendance to your Moodle course, first log in to Moodle and navigate to the course home page.

Select the topic you would like to add your activity or resource to in the Side Navigation Panel.

Click the "Edit mode" button.

Click the plus button at the bottom of the section page.

Click "Activity or resource".

Click "Activities".

Click "Attendance".

The **Attendance** activity must be added separately for each course.

Click "Submit".

Click "Add session".

Click the "Repeat the session above as follows" field.

Click "Submit".

Click "Take attendance".

By default, the attendance screen has four choices: P (Present), L (Late), E (Excused), and A (Absent).

If you need any assistance, please feel free to call the Center for Learning and Teaching by emailing [clt@occc.edu](mailto:clt@occc.edu) or by calling 405-682-7838!