Attendance Roster Application

If you are tasked with processing drops to fulfill the mandatory first day class attendance policy, consider using the Attendance Roster application. This application allows you to indicate all of the individuals who should be dropped and process those drops as a group when you submit the roster. Additionally, this application allows you to drop a student's course, even if it is that student's last class. If you chose not to use the application and need assistance processing drops, please e-mail them to the Registrar's Office at registrar@admin.fsu.edu.

System Availability and Limits:

Availability: The system is available for active use beginning at 7:00 a.m. the first day of classes and will close at 5:00 p.m. of the fifth day of classes. You can go in now and look at it to familiarize yourself, but the save and submit attendance buttons are non-functional until the first day of classes.

Using the Attendance Roster Application:

  1. Log in to Blackboard and click the Secure Apps tab.
  2. Click either the Faculty Course List or Enrollment Reporting-rosters link.

Faculty Course List instructions: Select the year and term for which you are teaching.  Under Report type, select Attendance Roster. Click the submit button.

Then click on the section number that you wish to process.

Enrollment Reporting-Rosters instructions: You have several criteria options that are provided that will allow you to narrow your search. At a minimum, select the search criteria appropriate for the year/term and course or department, to see a list of sections. Under Report type, select Attendance Roster.  Click the submit button.

The click on the section that you with to process.

  1. Once you select a section, a list of students with their names and pictures will appear.

 

  1. Only click a student's picture if you want to drop him or her from the class. Do not click a student's photo if they were present. When you click a picture the word absent will appear under or by the student's name. Should you click the wrong picture, click it again to mark the student present; the picture button works as a toggle switch between present and absent.
  2. If you need to pause or take a break you can save your work by clicking the Save button located at the top or bottom of the page. This DOES NOT process the drops.  Saving a roster will mark the rest of the students as present. Should you need to make a change before clicking the Submit button, simply click the picture again and the status will change. Make sure you save any changes you make.
  3. To process the drops, click the Submit Attendance button.

Athletes: When an attendance roster is submitted that contains athletes selected to be dropped, they will be processed as Absent not yet dropped, and the application will indicate Submission complete. The Registrar's Office regularly runs reports to identify student-athletes and will process these drops by hand. Don't panic if you notice that an athlete was not dropped. Any athlete that contacts you with questions as to why they were not dropped should be directed to contact the Registrar's Office.

CAUTION: Unlike grade rosters, you cannot recall or change a submitted roster. The Save and Submit attendance buttons become inactive after the roster is submitted and the drops are processed in real-time. If you are waiting for additional information before processing the drops, simply enter your changes and click save. Students are not dropped from classes until you click the submit attendance button. If you chose to hold off submitting drops for some reason, please remember to submit them before the end of the day, especially the fourth day of classes. Any additional drops for the class must be processed by hand using the NWRDC screens or by reporting these to the Registrar's Office as noted above.

Tips for Department Coordinators

Contact: registrar@admin.fsu.edu