Taking Attendance within MySPC
Taking Attendance within MySPC Information
Taking attendance within MySPC is required for all courses three times during the term for most courses. For more information about the college attendance policy, please view the Frequently Asked Questions.
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1. Go to MySPC and log on.

MySPC Login Screen
2. Click on the SPC Class Attendance link found under the Faculty Services. NOTE - This link will not be available until the first day of your class. This is the link you will use to take attendance for the first two weeks of your class.

SPC Class Attendance
3. You will see a list of the courses you are teaching for the term. Click on the Class Number of the course to take attendance.

Click Class Number
4. You will see a list of your students that are currently enrolled. Click the drop down list next to each student's name and choose whether the student has Attended class or was a No-Show. NOTE - For the first week of attendance, you will also see a second list of students. This list are students that have dropped your course during the drop/add period. You must also mark attendance for these students.

Mark Attendance
5. Once you have marked all students, you have two choices. If you click the Save button, you will be able to make changes to the student's attendance. Use this option if you wish to make changes to the attendance. If you click the Approve button, you will not be able to make any changes to the student's attendance. Use this option if you are sure of the attendance for your class.

Click Save or Approve
6. For the second week of the term attendance, you will repeat the same process as in Steps 4 and 5. The difference with this step is to click on the Approve button when you have entered attendance for all students. NOTE - When you click the Approve button, you no longer be able to make any changes to the student's attendance. The attendance link for the first two weeks will disappear on the Tuesday evening a week after the second week of classes. For more information about the college attendance policy, please view the Frequently Asked Questions.

Click Approve
7. At the 60% point in the term, you need to take attendance for the third time. After you log onto MySPC, click on the SPC 60% Participate link. NOTE - This link will appear the day after the 60% point in the term. Please view the College Calendar for the 60% date.

60% Point Link
8. You will see a list of the courses you are teaching for the term. Click on the Class Number of the course to take attendance.

Click Class Number
9. For the 60% point attendance, you will have a choice of Yes or No. Choose Yes if the student has been actively particpating in the class or No if the student has not been actively particpating in the class. NOTE - For information about the college attendance policy, please view the Frequently Asked Questions.

60% Point Attendance
10. Click the Approve button. NOTE - Clicking the Save button will not register the attendance in MySPC. Once you click the Approve button, you will no longer be able to make any changes to the student's attendance.

Click Approve