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How do I delete attendance items?

Navigate to the Take Attendance page.

Click on the pencil & paper icon (edit) in the Edit column for the item you want to delete.

In the Edit Attendance Item window, click Delete.

Note: Attendance records are not recoverable. Do not delete any attendance items that you may need.

You will be asked to confirm your decision. Click OK to complete the item deletion.

The item and related attendance records will be removed from the tool.

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Sakai Basic Navigation 3
- What is Home?
- What is Site Navigation?
- What is Worksite Setup?
Create a Course Site 3
- How do I create a new course or project site?
- How do I navigate within a site?
- What does Unpublished Site mean?
User Management 6
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Sakai and DukeHub 2
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- How do I control site access?
Customize Your Site's Homepage 2
- What is Overview?
- How do I edit the Overview site information display?
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- How do I add tools to my site?
Rename or Reorder Tools in the Menu 1
- How do I rearrange or rename the items in the Tool Menu?
Add Content to Your Course 7
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- How do I create folders?
- How do I upload files to Resources?
- How do I move a file or folder within Resources in the same site?
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- What is the Email tool?
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Conversations 16
- What is the Conversations tool?
- What are Conversations settings?
- How does bookmarking work in Conversations?
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Set Up a Discussion Forum 6
- What is the Forums tool?
- How do I create a new forum?
- How do I add a new topic?
- How do I organize forums and topics?
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Learn About the Rich-Text Editor 6
- How do I create a link to a Resources item in a text box?
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Creating Accessible Content 12
- Accessibility Information
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- What is the Assignments tool?
- How do I add an assignment?
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- How do I release assignment grades?
- How do students view their assignment feedback?
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- How do I create an assessment in Tests and Quizzes?
- How do I create a new question (with the assessment builder)?
- What are the Availability and Submissions options for an assessment?
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Teaching Assistant Permissions and Grading 1
- How do I assign grader permissions to teaching assistants?
Online Testing Guidelines 1
- How do I help students avoid problems when taking online tests?
Gradebook Basics 7
- What is Gradebook?
- How do I set up my Gradebook?
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- How do I add items to the Gradebook?
- How do I enter and/or edit grades in Gradebook?
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- How do I set up a Gradebook with categories for organization and/or dropping grades?
Taking Attendance 5
- What is the Attendance tool?
- How do I add a new Attendance item?
- How do I edit Attendance items?
- How do I delete attendance items?
- How do I take attendance?
Voicethread 5
- What is Voicethread?
- How do I Create a Voicethread?
- How do I Add a Voicethread to a Course?
- How do I View a Voicethread?
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Using Piazza 1
- How do I use Piazza with Sakai?
Using Warpwire 2
- External Tools
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Using Zoom Meetings 1
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Using Panopto 1
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Using Hypothes.is 1
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May 14, 2019

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