[Building Sakai] New Tool: Attendance

[Mathieu Plourde]

Hi Bryan,

We could use something like this at Delaware. I think that the calculation
of a grade to be linked to the gradebook would be a must. It would need to
work either as a regular gradebook item or as a "knock-down" for the final
grade (subtract points from the final grade without having to have an item
with an actual point value as denominator, the opposite of extra credits).

Mathieu
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Mathieu Plourde, MBA
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mathieu at udel.edu
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On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Bryan Holladay <holladay at longsight.com>wrote:

> Everyone,
>
> We are putting together some specifications and designs for a new tool that
> will track student's attendance, partially sponsored by some of Longsight's
> clients. The idea is to have a simple table that lists each day the class
> meets where a teacher can insert in attendance records for each student (see
> below (or attachment) for a crude mockup).  I've heard there's been some
> interest in the community for a tool like this and it would be great to get
> the community involved. I'm hoping to get input from everyone about any
> ideas or features they'd like to see. Also, any collaboration with design,
> UI, coding, or internationalization would help a lot. I've set up a wiki
> page where anyone can contribute input/ideas or sign up to help:
> https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/ATTEND/Home
>
> Here are some quick ideas for specifications:
> • Show a listing of dates (similar to a calendar, but in
> a spreadsheet-like format, rather than a monthly calendar-style view, and
> with the students names listed in one column on the left)
> • Have the ability to select only certain days of the week for viewing as
> the default for a particular site (for example, Mondays and Wednesdays only,
> if it is a M-W class)
> • Enter an attendance mark for each student for each date the class
> meets, such as P (present), A (absent), T (tardy), E (excused), H (holiday),
> etc.
> • Listing would be sortable by name, or specific date column
> • Students displayed could be filtered by group or section
> • Allow faculty to export and/or print the attendance data for
> offline-line record keeping if needed
> • Allow students to access the tool and view ONLY their own attendance
> data for that class
>
> Additionally, it would be really great if:
> • Faculty had a place where they could define the start and end dates of
> class for that term
> • There were a way to tabulate the number of absences per user and record
> it somewhere easily visible to faculty and students
> • The instructor could choose to assign points for attendance, and this
> data could be (optionally) linked to the gradebook to give an overall
> attendance score
>
>
> Even if you are unable to contribute, it would be nice to know the interest
> level within the community for this tool, so please reply with your thoughts
> or add comments to the confluence page.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Bryan Holladay
> The Longsight Group LLC
>
>
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