# Personalize your attendance-taking with the various modes available in Qwickly Attendance service levels ## Qwickly Attendance Modes Qwickly Attendance offers a wide variety of attendance-taking modes in each service level: Qwickly Attendance Classic, Qwickly Attendance Plus, and Qwickly Attendance Pro. Each of these modes can be used interchangeably throughout the duration of a class and any of them can be turned off at the administrative (or course) level. No matter how attendance is taken, the data is compiled into individual student records for the course. ## Manual Mode The manual mode of Qwickly Attendance includes 3 sub-modes of attendance-taking. Instructors can take attendance by scrolling through a list of students with Full List Mode. One By One Mode allows instructors to click through students individually while reviewing photos to simulate the most traditional roll call version of attendance-taking. Participation Mode augments each of these sub-modes by using the Custom Course Statuses to create a point scale to track student participation and attendance simultaneously. ## Seating Chart Mode The seating chart attendance-taking mode offers instructors the ability to keep track of student seating arrangements. Easily build seating charts by choosing from either a 10 x 10 or 20 x 5 grid, accommodating up to 100 students per class. Once the seating chart is set up, student photo integration helps instructors learn student names and faces. Instructors have the freedom to customize their classroom layout by creating pods of tables or marking aisle locations. ## Card Reader Mode **USB Card Reader:** Qwickly Attendance Classic includes a card reader mode, which allows instructors to take attendance for large courses with a swipe or tap of a student's ID card. This is done by using a USB card reader that is hooked up to one or more computers. Students will swipe or tap their existing ID cards to be counted as present. This mode is included with every license of Qwickly Attendance Classic. There is no requirement to use a specific card vendor in order to use this mode, instead there is a quick configuration process that should work with nearly any card vendor. **Mobile Card Reader:** Qwickly's card reader mode is versatile when it comes to taking attendance. By utilizing a Bluetooth scanner with a mobile device, instructors can scan students into class even when they are not in a traditional classroom setting. Card Reader Mode will work with a variety of hardware, including magnetic stripe card readers, RFID readers, barcode scanners, QR code scanners, and Bluetooth scanners for mobile devices. Review [specific details on card reader configuration](https://qwickly.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360022055511-Qwickly-Attendance-LTI-Card-Reader-Mode) to get started with this popular attendance-taking mode. ## Check-In Mode **Check-In with PIN:** Instructors can allow students to check in to class on their own devices. This mode allows instructors to skip manually taking attendance and gives students credit for being in class. For extra security, Qwickly Attendance Classic can automatically generate a 4-digit pin for students to enter to be marked as present in the class. **Check-In with QR code:** Instructors can allow students to check in to class on their own devices. This mode allows instructors to skip manually taking attendance and gives students credit for being in class. With Qwickly Attendance Plus, instructors have the added option of using a QR Code that students can scan to be marked present in the class. Note that the QR Code refreshes constantly and requires use of the Qwickly Attendance Student App. **Check-in with a Tap of the Phone:** Using NFC capabilities, students can check in to class with just the tap of their phone. Instructors can either have one NFC tag at the entrance of the classroom or at each seat individually. **Check-In & Check-Out:** Instructors can allow students to check in to class on their own devices and, with Qwickly Attendance Plus, check out of the same class. This mode allows instructors to skip manually taking attendance and gives students credit for being in class. Students can check-in and check-out by entering a 4-digit PIN or scanning a QR Code. **Concurrent Check-In for Groups & Sections:** Instructors can easily take attendance for any or all of their course groups or sections simultaneously! Simply initiate a check-in session and effortlessly select the specific course groups or sections you want to include. This allows you to efficiently take attendance for all chosen classes simultaneously, saving you valuable time and effort. ## Student Activity Mode Automatically derive attendance statuses based on academic activity with Qwickly Attendance Plus's Student Activity mode. Attendance [for online courses](/content/online-course-attendance/index.html) is often tracked by looking at different academic activities a student has been asked to complete during a specific time period, such as an assignment, quiz, or discussion. Student Activity Mode allows instructors to automatically derive attendance statuses for students based on academic activity within the learning management system course. Instructors select the relevant activities students should complete during a given period of time, then this mode automatically checks to see if students have completed the assigned activities and records attendance based on the completion of these assignments (along with notes about the activity of the student) in the Qwickly Attendance record. ## Enrollment Verification Mode Enrollment Verification Mode enables schools to capture a semester based report verifying whether students are attending classes. Institutions often require verification that students are attending class regularly for various reasons, [including determining eligibility for distributing financial aid](/content/financial-aid/index.html). Instructors complete the Enrollment Verification form by selecting "Has Attended" or "Has Not Attended" for each student in a class. Instructors are also able to record comments relevant to each student's verification status. Administrators can set parameters to define how many times a student must attend a course to meet requirements. Instructors simply need to click the link and will be directed to a form where they will record if each student has been attending class. Administrators can easily report the verification status of students and which courses have or have not submitted the Enrollment Verification.