How can I use ICONs Gradebook to record attendance?
Unfortunately, we don’t yet know of any simple, elegant method for recording absences and including them in the final grade calculation. But here are some approaches other instructors have taken: Some instructors create a separate grade column for each class period. The Checkbox grade item type works well for this because you can simply click on Check all Items and then de-select the names of students who are absent. Students receive either 100% or 0% of the credit allotted for that day’s attendance. If you are using the Weighted Grade System, you could group these items together in an Attendance category, assign the category a certain weight toward the final grade (e.g., five or ten percent), and instruct ICON to distribute that weight evenly across all items in the category. If you are not using the Weighted system, you could count the absences yourself or create a Formula grade item to count them for you (keep in mind that ICON won’t include Formula grade items in the final grade ca
