Thank you @asergay for linking out to Ohio's ed code. I teach at the college level and am responsible for taking attendance, though only on a daily level and not the number of hours. And we generally do not have parents to report absences do, like my daughter's high school does to me.
In my classes I take attendance by having students complete an activity. That enables me to count it as participation and thereby give points for their efforts. Mine is not very automated, however, as I have to look at the Google Slides my students edit during the breakout rooms and then note which students reported their attendance on a Google Sheet. Periodically I then record scores in the Canvas gradebook.
To make it more automated and use the tools that are built into Canvas, I suggest creating an attendance quiz or survey for each day the class meets. It could be a quiz/survey with a single question and might be useful to collect feedback or other relevant data from students.
I hope our colleagues in the Community share their answers to this important question.
