Accessing past semester attendance records

Courses in Canvas enter a read only state for faculty after final grades have been submitted, which will also prevent access to the attendance tool in the course navigation menu. The attendance records for past courses can still be accessed outside of Canvas by following the steps in this guide.

Log in to Canvas in your web browser.
- If you typically use the Canvas Teacher app to navigate Canvas, your mobile device may default to the app instead. You may need to switch to using a browser on a laptop or desktop computer instead to follow these instructions.
After you're taken to your Canvas dashboard, go to nelb.aplusattendance.com in the same browser.
If you see a screen that says "APlus API is requesting access to your account", verify that the name and email address in this screen are correct, then click Authorize to continue. This will allow the APlus Attendance tool to log you in by communicating with your Canvas account.
By default, the APlus Attend HE tool will remember the last semester that you looked at when accessing this tool. You may see a "Choose time period" window when you login warning you that the selected dates are in the past. Use the "Choose semester" and "Specify date range" tabs within this window to filter your list of courses as needed, then click Update.
- "Choose semester" will give you a dropdown menu of the past, present, and future semesters loaded into APlus attendance.
- "Specify date range" allows you to select a start and end date to filter your course list. This is especially useful if you need to access courses from multiple semesters.
After selecting a date range, you'll see the Attendance dashboard screen. Depending on the size of your device or any assistive technology you may be using, this dashboard may appear in several columns or the content may be presented differently.
- The courses that you taught during the selected date range will be listed in the leftmost column under "Your Courses".
- You may also find the course you need in the middle column under the "Recent Courses" heading or by searching using the box under the "Quick Find" heading.
- To change the current semester or date range, use the date picker at the top-right.
Click "Attendance" for the course you need in the "Your Courses" list.
- If you are selecting one of the courses under "Recent Courses", you'll need to click the title, then the "Attendance" tab.
The interface of the Attendance tab should be similar to the Attendance tool functionality within Canvas, including the navigation of the student list or class sessions calendar. Click "Reports".
The Reports screen will default to "Attendance Summary" which shows a table with your students in the left column, then columns counting how many times they were marked attended, late, or absent. The rightmost column labeled "Attendance*" shows the summary for how many times each student was present out of the total number of class sessions.
(Optional) Download the report to an Excel spreadsheet using the export icon to the right of the Attendance column header.
- You can choose to download the report table as an Excel document with formatting and colors or a CSV document without formatting, depending on your needs.