ABOUT ========== The "Attendance" module was developed by Dmitry Pupinin, Novosibirsk, Russia, Artem Andreev, Taganrog, Russia. This block may be distributed under the terms of the General Public License (see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt for details) PURPOSE ========== The attendance module and block are designed to allow instructors of a course keep an attendance log of the students in their courses. The instructor will setup the frequency of his classes (# of days per week & length of course) and the attendance is ready for use. To take attendance, the instructor clicks on the "Update Attendance" button and is presented with a list of all the students in that course, along with 4 options: Present, Absent, Late & Excused, with a Remarks textbox. Instructors can download the attendance for their course in Excel format or text format. Only the instructor can update the attendance data. However, a student gets to see his attendance record. INSTALLATION ========== The attendance module follows standard installation procedure. 1. Create folder /mod/attforblock. 2. Extract files from folder inside archive to created folder. 3. Visit page Home ► Site administration ► Notifications to complete installation.