[New Analytics] Online Attendance - weeks and start day of the week

Problem statement:

In New Analytics there is an Online Attendance report which shows you attendance by the week. In many parts of the world, the week starts on Monday not Sunday, so it can really disorient users off to look at a report which starts the week on Sundays when they are used to the week starting on Mondays. It would also be ideal to have some settings around the week number, which is used a lot more in Europe. https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-view-the-Online-Attendance-report-in-Ne...

Proposed solution:

It would be ideal for the end user (teacher/admin/etc) to choose in the settings if the week should start on a Monday or Sunday. This would allow the persons using the report to align it with their other calendars and materials and have the weeks line up. It would also be very helpful for the end user to choose if the week number shows before the dates, or to hide the week number. There are different ways to calculate week numbers in different countries and following different standards such as ISO 8601, so having some settings options to ensure the correct week numbers are shown for the perso using it would also be helpful. I don't have a specific example of this with Online Attendance, but I do know we have had to adjust databases to calculate week numbers properly in the past which was related to starting the week on Sunday vs Monday.

User role(s):

admin,instructor

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nathanatkinson
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nathanatkinson
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