Can I set a new default for the "lateness" setting in Roll Call?

[jcoehoorn]

I'm a new Canvas Admin on a self-hosted system, but learning fast. We're using canvas for many traditional seated courses, where we also want to use the Roll Call LTI tool for attendance. I have the tool installed and connected to Canvas (and without docker, let me tell you what a pain that was). I see there is a setting within Roll Call with this description:

A lateness counts as what percent of a presence?

The default value here is 80% (ie, 5 absences is the equivalent of having skipped class completely). Our institutional policy is 3 tardies counts as an absence, and so I'd like to change the default value here to 66%. Even better if I could lock this particular setting, but if I can just find how to change the default audits will be enough. 

Any idea how I can do this?

[kona]

 @jcoehoorn , greetings! I'm sorry that your question has sat here for so long without a response! There is some limited functionality for adjusting the lateness setting for Attendance. Check out this guide for more information - https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-13050-4152107406 (scroll down to "View Lateness Value").

Kona

[jcoehoorn]

Thanks, I've seen that much already for one course at a time. However, that's not a good solution when we publish a few hundred courses each term. I need to know how to change the default used by every course on the server, so courses will match our institutional policy out of the gate, without any extra work on ever course by instructors or support staff. I'm up for editing yml files or a database column if needed. If someone can point me to the right Ruby file, I might even submit a pull request.

[jcoehoorn · Accepted solution]

Okay, there is a pull request now:

https://github.com/instructure/rollcall-attendance/pull/9

Until then, or if the patch is rejected, others can use the info at that link to make the same changes.

[teacona]

It would be nice to add this feature so we can default an attendance percentage for tardy students. The thread says the question was answered however I have no clue how to use that link to (Add environment variable for default course tardy weight by jcoehoorn · Pull Request #9 · instructur... ) to work in canvas. Any explanation?