{"id":1170,"date":"2023-04-20T10:05:56","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T22:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/?page_id=1170"},"modified":"2025-02-18T12:39:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T23:39:47","slug":"attendance-for-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/assessing-students\/attendance\/attendance-for-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Attendance for Students"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summary<\/h2>\n

You may find your module or course utilises the\u00a0Attendance<\/em> activity in Moodle – this activity allows students and staff to monitor attendance at specified teaching sessions. Within Early Learning in Medicine (ELM) this is highly utilised for all compulsory teaching sessions.<\/p>\n

How do I check my attendance?<\/h2>\n

You can check your attendance in any module you find an Attendance activity being used – you’ll recognise the activity by its purple icon with 3 figures on it (it is also very often named ‘Attendance’).<\/p>\n

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  1. Open the\u00a0Attendance<\/em> activity by clicking on it<\/li>\n
  2. On the page that opens you will see your attendance for that Module – you can toggle between seeing: All; All past; Years; Months; Weeks <\/em>or\u00a0Days.<\/em><\/li>\n
  3. There are tabs across the top displaying:\n
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    1. This Course<\/em> (that’s your current page);<\/li>\n
    2. All courses<\/em> (that’s all the courses\/modules you are enrolled in) and<\/li>\n
    3. All sessions\u00a0<\/em>(that’s all the attendance sessions across all your courses).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      \"Screenshot<\/a><\/p>\n

      The screenshot above shows the\u00a0All sessions<\/em> report. This report is useful to see your overall attendance across all modules\/courses. In the top right-hand corner you can see some controls that let you filter what attendance data you see and how it looks.<\/p>\n

      How do I take my attendance?<\/h2>\n

      There are a couple of ways to do this and will depend on what has been set up for your session.<\/p>\n

      QR Codes<\/h4>\n

      If the session is set up with QR Codes your teachers\/tutor\/demonstrator will display a QR Code for you – this could be printed or on a screen. Simply scan this with a QR Code Reader on your phone. This will take you directly into the attendance session in Moodle (you may have to log in first). If you don’t have a phone or QR Code Reader keep reading below.<\/p>\n

      \"Screenshot<\/a><\/p>\n

      Directly into Moodle<\/h4>\n
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      1. Log into Moodle (https:\/\/medschool.otago.ac.nz or https:\/\/hsmoodle.otago.ac.nz)<\/li>\n
      2. Navigate to the course or module your teaching session belongs to.<\/li>\n
      3. Locate the\u00a0Attendance<\/em> activity in your course – in MedMoodle it is usually called Attendance in the Assessment section.<\/li>\n
      4. Open the\u00a0Attendance<\/em> activity up.<\/li>\n
      5. Locate the session you’re looking for and click\u00a0Submit attendance<\/em><\/li>\n
      6. If the session uses a password you’ll need to enter that before you attendance is recorded*<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        *If your session uses a QR Code and a password – the password should be displayed with the QR Code (in the example screenshot above the password is\u00a0lunchTime<\/em>).<\/p>\n

        How do I report a future absence?<\/h2>\n

        Sometimes your course or module may allow you to self-report a future absence – perhaps you know you cannot attend a tutorial because of a medical appointment. In this case you can follow these instructions.<\/p>\n

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        1. Log into Moodle (https:\/\/medschool.otago.ac.nz or https:\/\/hsmoodle.otago.ac.nz).<\/li>\n
        2. Navigate to the course or module you’re reporting your absence for.<\/li>\n
        3. Locate the\u00a0Attendance\u00a0<\/em>activity in your course – in MedMoodle it is usually called Attendance in the Assessment section.<\/li>\n
        4. Open the\u00a0Attendance\u00a0<\/em>activity up.<\/li>\n
        5. Locate the session you’re going to absent from and click\u00a0Report future absence<\/em>.<\/li>\n
        6. Select\u00a0Student notified absence<\/em> and click\u00a0Submit.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Make sure you follow any other processes for reporting absences that your course or module may have.<\/p>\n

          \"Screenshot<\/a><\/p>\n

          Related Pages<\/h3>\n