Attendance Feature Needs Excused Absence Option

[KarolynSteffens]

My college just switched from Blackboard to Canvas. The attendance tool in Blackboard was one of the only things that I have found far superior to Canvas. Canvas does not have the option to mark absences as excused. I can add a badge to absences that labels them excused but the students cannot see the badges and it still deducts the points as if it were an unexcused absence. 

My attendance policy allows for a certain number of unexcused vs. excused absences. There are significant grade implications for these and the distinction very much matters to final semester grades. Not having this ability for students to see how many excused vs. unexcused absences they have is a major problem and flaw in the design that is already creating confusion and anxiety in my students. 

Any help overhauling this or simply just adding the option of "excused absence" would be much appreciated! 

[KristinL · Accepted solution]

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