Overview
You can take course attendance within PointSolutions Web. Using this method, you can also enable location-based attendance.
Please note that this attendance method will only work with mobile app responses (not physical clickers).
For additional step-by-step instructions and tips for using PointSolutions in the classroom, faculty can register for OIT's Self-Paced Clicker Training Resource on Canvas Catalog.
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Instructions
Take attendance using PointSolutions Web:
1. Go to the PointSolutions Instructor site at instructor.turningtechnologies.com, and from your Courses dashboard, select the Canvas course you want to take attendance in.
2. Once you've selected the course you want to take attendance in, select Attendance in the course navigation menu.
3. Optional*: You can enable location-based attendance. Within Attendance, click Attendance Settings. From Attendance Settings, you can choose to do location-based attendance. This setting is optional and should only be used if all your students are in the same physical location for the course.
*If you do not want to use location-based attendance, skip to step 4.
3a. To enable location-based attendance, first toggle this option on in Attendance Settings.
Location-Based Attendance Best Practices
- Participants should use the Android or iOS mobile applications to respond to Location-Based Attendance
- Participants must enable precise location services for the mobile app to use this feature
- Participants should NOT use a VPN while taking attendance and polling.
3b. Once you have enabled location-based attendance, add the physical address for your class meeting location and select your desired radius. Students and participants must enable location services on their mobile devices to use location-based attendance. After you’ve finalized your location-based attendance settings, click ← Back to Attendance.
4. When you are ready to take attendance, select Open Attendance. This will notify all the students on the roster that course attendance is open.
5. Once attendance is open, your course participants and attendance data will appear in a list. This screen does not automatically refresh, so you will have to click the Refresh button to see students check in. If needed, you can also manually check them in after closing attendance. When you’re ready to close attendance, click Close Attendance.
You can export the attendance data at any time to an Excel spreadsheet using the Export button.
