Attendance

Names Total Mon 8/15/22 Tue 8/16/22 Wed 8/17/22 Thu 8/18/22 Fri 8/19/22
Student 1 0
Student 2 0
Student 3 0
Student 4 0
Student 5 0
Student 6 0
Student 7 0
Student 8 0
Student 9 0
Student 10 0
Student 11 0
Student 12 0
Student 13 0
Student 14 0
Student 15 0
Student 16 0
Student 17 0
Student 18 0
Student 19 0
Student 20 0

To start the In the first box under "total" type =SUM. Without
attendence sheet, clicking out of the =SUM box, hit Shift + Right
type "student 1" arrow until you reach the end of your sheet (stop
under "names." Hit at the last date). When you hit enter, a zero (0)
Cntrl + Enter, and dragshould show up in first box under "total." Grab the
the bottom right-handbottom right-hand corner of the 0 box and drag it
corner of the box to the last student. Zeros should appear in all the
down however many boxes below "total." Test your attendence sheet by
boxes you need (I said inputting numbers under the dates. The sum of
20). these numbers should appear in the "total"
column.
ance To insert the date, first type in the first day you need (for
Mon 8/22/22 Tue 8/23/22 Wed 8/24/22 Thume, 8/15/2022).
8/25/22 Right click over the date you just input and
Fri 8/26/22
select "format cells." Under numbers, select the category
"custom," and input ddd m/d/y in the spot that says "type."
This format will make every date the three-letter
abbreviation for the day (Mon / Tue / Wed / Thu / Fri). Like
you did for the names, click the bottom right-hand corner of
the cell and drag to your preferred date (for me, Fri
8/26/22). To elimate the weekends, click on the right-hand
corner of your last date and select "Fill Weekdays."

Add a column for "total" next to the

students' names. This allows you to
keep track of the students' running
attendence, and it makes it easy to see
what days they have missed. Put it
next to the name inestead of on the
far side so you don't have to go
hunting for someone's column.
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70 C Student 1 85 87 78 90 85 85 100
80 B Student 2 70 70 70 70 70 70 70
90 A Student 3 90 90 90 90 90 90 90
Student 4 64 52 73 75 72 70 90
Student 5 59 55 62 60 73 70 82
Student 6
Student 7
Student 8
Student 9
Student 10
Student 11
Student 12
Student 13
Student 14
Student 15
Student 16
Student 17
Student 18
Student 19
Student 20

To create this gradebook,

I first typed "student 1"
under names and
dragged down from the
bottom right-hand corner Next to the "names" column, input any assignments your
to the end, just as I did students have completed. This can include tests, projects,
for the attendence sheet. reports, classwork, homework, ANYTHING!
 Homework 3 Homework 4 Average Grade Assignment Weight
100 100 86 B Tests 50
70 70 70 C Lab reports 40
90 90 90 A Homework 10
90 90 90 A
78 71 70 C
#N/A For example, my weight for
#N/A each assignment is represented
in the table above. So, the
#N/A formula I input into the
#N/A "average" column was:
#N/A
#N/A
#N/A (((T1 + T2 + T3)/3)*0.5) + (((LR1 +LR2)/2)*0.4) + (((HW1 + HW2 + HW3 + HW4
#N/A
#N/A To input the letter grade for each student,
#N/A I created a lookup table containing the
cut-off point for each grade letter. Then, I
#N/A input a VLOOKUP into the "Grade"
#N/A column. The VLOOKUP will automatically
#N/A fill in the letter grade.
#N/A
#N/A

To calculate the student's total

grade, insert a formula into the
box beneath "average." This
formula should account for the
ments your weight of each assignment and
s, projects, the number of each assignment.
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