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The register you already keep, recorded

Keep the paper attendance register your school already uses; photograph it and the day’s roll is recorded, with an absence reaching the child’s parents the same day. Manual entry works too.

Attendance — the roll call, whatever a school calls it — is marked on paper in class and retyped by somebody later, if anyone gets to it, and a parent hears about an absence at the end of the term.

Keep the paper register. Photograph it, and the roll is recorded and the absence is home the same day.

Paperhint reads attendance from the paper register the school already keeps. Mark the register in class as always, then photograph it with the mobile app; the day’s roll is recorded and an absence reaches that child’s parents the same day it is read — with no phone call from the office. Schools that prefer to enter attendance directly can do that too. The office sees every register that has come in and which are missing.

How attendance works

  1. Mark the register as you always have

    The paper register stays. Nothing changes in the classroom.

  2. Photograph it

    One photo with the mobile app; the roll is read into the record.

  3. Absences go home the same day

    A parent is told of an absence the day the register is read.

  4. The office sees the whole school

    Which registers are in, which are missing, and the roll across sections.

Worth being clear about

Questions schools ask

Can we keep our paper attendance register?

Yes. Mark it as you always have, photograph it, and the roll is recorded. Manual entry is also available.

How quickly are parents told about an absence?

The same day the register is read — the absence reaches the parents automatically.

Do we need a scanner?

No. The register is photographed with a phone using the Paperhint mobile app.

Do students need an ID card or a QR code?

No. Most attendance apps ask a school to issue QR codes or barcode cards and change how a class checks in. Paperhint reads the paper register the school already marks — nothing changes in the classroom, and there is nothing for a student to carry or scan.