Using the Attendance tool in Collaborate Ultra

Attendance can be automatically taken in Collaborate Ultra using the Attendance Tool.

This will only work if:

• You are using the Blackboard Attendance tool
• Your session has an end date
• Students are joining through the Collaborate Ultra tool in your course
  • Unfortunately, anyone using a guest link will not be recorded in Blackboard Attendance. 

To allow Attendance in you Collaborate sessions:

1. When creating your session, click the Attendance tab
2. Check the box that says Share attendance information with LMS
   
   
   
   
3. You can then adjust the time for when students are considered late or absent.
4. You can also adjust how long the student is required to be in the session in order to be considered present. 
   • Keep in mind that this is based on the time that the session is live, regardless of the end time listed. If you plan on talking to students after your session, keep this in mind.
     
     
5. When you have finished setting up your session you can click create.

You can find the attendance information populated in Blackboard Attendance. You can access this by going to Course Management > Course Tools> Attendance.