Qwickly Attendance and Tools Webinar June 18, 2019 Academic - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Qwickly Attendance and Tools Webinar

June 18, 2019 Academic Computing Services Summer Webinar Series

Academic Computing Services

Webinar Facilitator:

Allan Winter Academic Computing Coordinator

Webinar Presenter:

Charlotte Russell Cox Instructional Technology Specialist

Webinar Technical Help:

Adam McIntyre Blackboard Administrator

Co-Presenter: Qwickly Matt Hadgis Qwickly President & Co-Founder matt@goqwickly.com

Webinar Questions

• Question and answer

time will be at the end of the presentation.

• If you have questions,

type in the chat box to everyone.

• The webinar facilitator

will address questions.

Click on the Collaborate Panel

Objectives:

• Explain the rationale for using Qwickly attendance.
• Demonstrate how to create a Qwickly attendance tool link.
• Show how to modify Qwickly settings.
• Demonstrate how to take attendance in Blackboard.
• Show how Qwickly tools are beneficial in Blackboard courses/organizations.

Outcomes:

• Faculty/staff will know how to modify attendance settings and change student attendance.
• Faculty/staff will feel comfortable using Qwickly attendance and tools.

Qwickly Attendance and Tools Overview Presenter: Charlotte Russell Cox

What is Qwickly Attendance?

• “This robust course tool enables faculty

to take attendance that is automatically graded in the Blackboard Grade Center.”

• “Faculty can take attendance using an

attendance list on screen or allow students to check in on their own browser, complete with a PIN and countdown timer.”

Adding Qwickly Attendance to the Blackboard Course Menu

• Navigate to the course where you want Qwickly Attendance.
• Click on the “+” sign in the course menu.
• Click on “Tool Link” in the course menu.
• Name the tool for the course menu.

(example: Attendance or Qwickly Attendance)

• Select “Available to Users”.
• The attendance link is available on the course menu

Customizing Settings in Qwickly Attendance

1. Click on “Attendance or Qwickly Attendance” in course menu. 2. Click on “Settings”. 3. Select a default style such as “List or Check In”. 4. For example, the “List” allows you to view student in alphabetical order. You can take attendance by clicking “present, absent, excused or tardy” and comment if needed.

Full List View

• Full list view

displays all the students in alphabetical

• rder. To click

present, absent,

• r excused.

One by One

• Shows one student

at a time. You can click on the status

• f each student

and move to the next student using the arrows.

Accessibility Mode

• Accessibility Mode

displays all students in alphabetical order mainly easy for keyboard navigation.

Check-In

• Allows

students to check in on their own with their devices.

Additional Settings

• View Preferences
• Grade Center Integration
• Check In
• Absence Email
• System Statuses

Blackboard Grade Center Column

• Total Points

(total number of points that attendance is worth)

• Per Session

(total number of points for each class)

• Column Name
• Points

Student Check In

Will you require a PIN number or not? How many minutes for check in time?

Email

• If a student is absent

you can select for them to receive an email.

Taking Qwickly Attendance

• 1. Click on “Attendance” or

“Qwickly Attendance”.

• 2. Click on “Take Attendance”.

Check-In Example

• Click on “Start

Check In”.

• A screen will appear

with numbers and a timer for students to check in. Then click

• n “End Check In”.
• Students will type in

pin number and click

• n check in.

Student View

• Students will click on

“Check In”.

• Their attendance

summary will appear.

Attendance Record

• Student attendance records
• Filter the list by searching

for usernames or clicking on student names.

• Delete a record by clicking

in the column heading.

Attendance Details

• If you want to correct a

mistake or change the student’s attendance click

• n the colored box.
• Click on the correct detail.
• Click “Save Record”.

Export Attendance Record

• Export attendance

record into excel file.

• Click on the upload

icon.

Grade Center Column

• Attendance column

created in full grade center updates automatically.

Share Screen-Qwickly Attendance

Qwickly Tools Co-Presenter: Matt Hadgis Objectives:

• Demonstrate Course Availability shortcuts
• Discuss rapid communication with students

in multiple courses with emailing and announcements.

• Set up Qwickly Attendance to grade

participation

Qwickly Tools

Control Course Availability Post announcements to Multiple courses Send email to students in multiple courses Students: email instructors in multiple courses Quick link to items needing grading

Post Announcement

Course Selection (Select/Clear All) Individual Course Selection “Action”

• Subject
• Message
• Email

Creates Standard Bb Announcements

Send Email

Course Selection (Select/Clear All) Individual Course Selection “Action”

• Subject
• Message
• Receipt

Needs Grading

Click Needs Grading Action to see the courses that have items that have ungraded items

Qwickly Settings

Participation Grading on a 5-point Scale

Set Up

• Points Per Session Grading

(number of points session is worth, in this case 5)

• Optional: Rename Column

Participation Grading on a 5-point Scale

Create Participation Statuses

Participation Grading on a 5-point Scale

Set Up

• Custom Status Creation (0-5)
• All point statuses should be

worth 0% Absence

• Each Point Weight is 20%:

1 = 20% 2 = 40% 3 = 60% 4 = 80% 5 – 100%

Participation Grading

• n a 5-point Scale

Absent = Absent All Numeric Status = Present Click All Students Status to set initial status

Participation Grading on a 5-point Scale

Participation Grading on a 5-point Scale

Notes: All Absent: 0 Points, 8 Absences All Zeros: 0 Points, 0 Absences All 5s: 40 Points, No Absences

Participation Grading on a 5-point Scale

Question/Answer Time

Allan Winter, Academic Computing Coordinator Email: wintera@campbell.edu Work Phone: (910) 814-4768 Charlotte Russell Cox, Instructional Technology Specialist Email: crcox@campbell.edu Work Phone: (910) 893-7210 Adam McIntyre, Blackboard Administrator Email: amcintyre@campbell.edu Work Phone: (910) 893-1936

Academic Computing Services