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Feature: Automatic Attendance

Take the work out of attendance tracking.

Tracking class attendance can be a chore. Top Hat makes it quick and easy in any classroom. Save time so you can focus on what you do best—engaging and connecting with your students.

98%

of instructors stated that class attendance improved with Top Hat

78%

of students say they are more likely to attend class because their instructor uses Top Hat

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Automated attendance tracking = time saved.

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    Automate attendance tracking in any in-person or online course so you can spend more time with your students 

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    Students easily confirm their attendance using Top Hat or SMS at the start of a lecture

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    For in-person classes, you can use geolocation technology to verify who’s showing up and who isn’t

Better attendance insights. Better student outcomes.

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    Attendance scores appear immediately in your gradebook alongside assignment and test scores, giving you a holistic view of student participation and performance

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    Our student attendance tracker lets you accommodate student absences as needed to make sure no one is unfairly penalized

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    Identify at-risk or chronically absent students by segmenting class attendance data by ‘attended,’ ‘absent,’ or ‘excused’ so you can better support them

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Actionable data for evolving teaching.

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    Every interaction in Top Hat leads to actionable data you can use to help students and personalize your teaching

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    Capture results from graded discussions in the Top Hat gradebook, along with quizzes, polls, and tests

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    See how your students are responding to material in class and out, so you know who needs extra support

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    Easily integrate with LMS platforms like Blackboard, Canvas, D2L, Moodle, and Sakai

Tools for teaching, learning, and engaging.

Automated attendance is just one of the many ways Top Hat enables professors to teach with engaging content, tools and activities in online, hybrid or face-to-face classrooms.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why educators and students love Top Hat.

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