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How do I export attendance records from Moodle?

Note: Moodle allows you to export the attendance record only for a single module. While you can view attendance records of a single student across all the modules they are enrolled on and you have access to, Moodle doesn’t allow you to export a report of attendance of all or specific students across all their modules.

Teaching staff can export the attendance record of all or specific students in a single module:

  1. Go to your module in Moodle.
  2. Expand the Key Resources section if it’s not already expanded.
  3. Click on the Module Attendance.
Moodle module with Key Resources expanded, number 2 next to it, and number 3 next to Module Attendance activity.
  1. Click Export (from the top menu, below the Module Attendance title)
View of the Module Attendance screen with the Export options highlighted with the number 4.
  1. Choose the settings below:
SettingWhat option to select
GroupSelect All participants to export the records of all the students in the module or select a particular set to export.
Export specific usersSelect:
No if you wish to export all students 
Yes if you wish to export specific students.
Users to exportIf you select Yes above, you can select for which students you wish to export the attendance record of this module
Identify student byTick Username and Email address
Select all sessionsTick Yes.
Include not taken sessionsTick Yes.
Include remarksTick Yes.
Include session descriptionUntick this option.
Start of periodOption is disabled
End of periodOption is disabled
FormatSelect Download in Excel format
  1. Click OK

Moodle will ask you to download the record as a spreadsheet on your computer, which you can open with Microsoft Excel.

Updated on November 16, 2024