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Background & Terminology
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Flaws with the manual process:
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attendance lists can be misplaced when circulated,
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the time it takes for students to complete these lists,
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students no having enough time to sign the list,
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attention span that is lost when the list is sent around and signed,
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paper-based attendance lists are not easy to archive/record,
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students not signing lists (missing the list, forgetting about it or a
student that didn’t send it along to the next student or row),
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students signing for their friends,
Manual attendance-taking
usually take the form of lists (multiple pages or a
pre-created attendance log book) sent around
class which students need to fill in and/or sign.
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