{"id":10572,"date":"2022-05-02T21:12:24","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T21:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/accinsweb8366.wpenginepowered.com\/faculty\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=10572"},"modified":"2025-06-17T20:24:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T20:24:55","slug":"qwickly-attendance-taking-attendance-by-groups-or-with-a-timer","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/nexus\/article\/qwickly-attendance-taking-attendance-by-groups-or-with-a-timer\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackboard Ultra: Taking Qwickly Attendance by Groups or with a Timer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Taking Qwickly Attendance by Groups or with a Check-In Timer<\/h2>\n<p>Qwickly Attendance offers a variety of ways to take attendance: take attendance manually using a list of students, click through students one by one, or start a student check-in session in which students can check in on their own devices.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Attendance by Groups or Sections<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Qwickly Attendance allows instructors to take attendance for <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1a_KVRq95Objmd05P3Te6O-SkhcjwxGV1dLMfdxaVFKE\/preview?tab=t.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">select groups or sections of students<\/a> in a course if it has been set up in such a way.\u00a0 This feature allows instructors to keep attendance when a single Blackboard Ultra course is used to maintain the enrollment of 2 or more separate course sections.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Using a Check-In Timer<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Checking in allows instructors to skip manually taking attendance and gives students credit for being in class.\u00a0 Qwickly Attendance allows Instructors to set a timer for a student check-in attendance session.\u00a0 When running the check-in session, this timer will be displayed on the instructor screen.<\/p>\n<p>Click the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/19-85_8gSvdfDIjI5f0LB_2epawOd-wzweGh9cwn1ikE\/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.k2sm93zaephk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>article link<\/strong><\/a> and view the video below to learn more about how to enable the timer during student check-in.<\/p>\n\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/714145462?h=6ec8f64ba2\" height=\"405\" 0=\"width=&quot;720&quot;style=&quot;border:\" 1=\"1px\" 2=\"solid\" 3 4=\"style=&quot;color:\" 5=\"#ff0000&quot;&gt;\" 6=\"allowfullscreen\" 7=\"allow=&quot;autoplay&quot;&lt;\/span&gt;\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<h2 id=\"contact-support\">Contact Support<\/h2>\n<p>This article was created and is maintained by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tled.austincc.edu\/tled-offices\/office-of-academic-technology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Office of Academic Technology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you need assistance incorporating this article in your course, please contact an <a href=\"https:\/\/acchelp.austincc.edu\/TDClient\/277\/Portal\/Requests\/ServiceCatalog?CategoryID=1377\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Educational Technologist<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taking Qwickly Attendance by Groups or with a Check-In Timer Qwickly Attendance offers a variety of ways to take attendance: take attendance manually using a list of students, click through students one by one, or start a student check-in session in which students can check in on their own devices. 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