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Attendance App just keeps getting better

By Bonni Stachowiak | September 16, 2011 | | XFacebookLinkedInEmail

Most people don't enjoy learning to use new technology as much as I do and just want it to work “out of the box.” The iPhone application, Attendance, is one of those apps that is super simple to get started with – – and keeps getting better as you learn more, and as the developer adds more features to it.

Visit the Attendance page at:

http://www.dave256apps.com/attendance/

and get ready to make taking attendance and learning student names a whole lot easier.

My method for taking attendance is to have students sign a sign-in sheet as they enter the class. Then, I use the Attendance app during class to randomly call on students to assess how well they are retaining and absorbing the information. After class, I enter the attendance for that day on the iPhone app. Finally, I scan the sign-in sheets for my classes either on my scanner in my home office, or via the scanning app I use on my iPhone (GeniusScan), so I have a digial copy of the signed sheet that can be accessed at a later date, if there is a question as to whether or not they signed in that day.

Filed Under: Productivity

Bonni Stachowiak

Bonni Stachowiak is dean of teaching and learning and professor of business and management at Vanguard University. She hosts Teaching in Higher Ed, a weekly podcast on the art and science of teaching with over five million downloads. Bonni holds a doctorate in Organizational Leadership and speaks widely on teaching, curiosity, digital pedagogy, and leadership. She often joins her husband, Dave, on his Coaching for Leaders podcast.

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Comments

  1. Gary R. Hafer says

    November 28, 2014 at 6:24 am

    I’ve tried in vain to find the random feature within Attendance 2 you use for learning names. I’ve even bought the app and searched for it on the FAQ. Is that feature still there?

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