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Attendance Checks
Eight 1-point checks, run in class on days we do not announce in advance. When one happens, a QR code goes up on the screen — scan it with your phone and enter your NetID. That is the whole thing.
📋 What to do
- Be in class. There are 8 attendance checks over the term, each worth 1 point. They are unannounced — you will not know ahead of time which class meeting carries one.
- Scan the QR code on the screen. When a check is running, a QR code goes up on the projector. Point your phone camera at it and open the page it gives you. There is no login.
- Enter your NetID and check in. The page confirms it back to you with a short receipt. Use your own NetID — that is what earns the point.
- The window opens 10 minutes before class starts and closes 10 minutes after class ends. A scan outside that window will tell you that no check is open.
- There is nothing to submit on Canvas. Your score is posted after class — the Canvas card is where the point lands, not where you hand something in.
🎯 How it is scored
- Checked in during the window → 1 point. Not checked in → 0.
- The Activities group drops your five lowest scores, so missing a check or two generally costs you nothing.
- Distance-learning students are excused automatically. You do not need to do anything, and an excused check does not count against you.
🙋 If something went wrong
If you were in the room and your check-in did not register — or you were absent for a reason that should be excused — tell us and we will fix the score.
Ask the Teaching Team → — it goes straight to a real person. Access opens with your course login; if it asks you to sign in, that is expected.
Note: this page reproduces the activity instructions so you can find them again after class, and it stays current. Your scores live on Canvas.