Colleges × attendance
Semester attendance and the eligibility list
A college's attendance problem is not marking. It is the eligibility question at the end of the semester: who is below the threshold, who applied for condonation, who was granted it, and can the department defend each decision. That is a records problem, and it is the only reason subject-wise marking is worth its cost.
Subject-wise, because the consequence is subject-wise
Period-wise attendance is expensive to collect and most institutions collect it without using it. In a college it earns its cost, because the shortfall rule applies per subject and the consequence — exam eligibility — is decided per subject too.
- Marked per subject and per session, by the faculty member teaching it
- Aggregated per learner per subject across the semester
- Separate percentages per subject, because that is what the rule tests
- Across departments, with the department seeing only its own
Shortfall against a stated threshold
The threshold is your institution's, or your university's, and the useful version of the report is the one that arrives while the semester still has weeks in it. A list produced at the end is a list of decisions already made.
- A threshold you set, per subject
- Learners approaching it, weekly, not learners past it, monthly
- A per-subject view for the faculty member and a per-learner view for the coordinator
- Attendance on the same record as results, so the correlation is visible
Condonation has to be on the record
This is the part that gets a college into difficulty. A condonation granted in a conversation and recorded nowhere cannot be defended later, and at a university audit the absence of a record is the finding.
- A condonation recorded against the learner and the subject
- Who granted it, on what ground, and when
- Visible on the eligibility list rather than held separately
- An eligibility list the department can produce before the exam, not during it
Departments, semesters and the roll-over
A college's structure changes every semester: enrolment moves, electives are chosen, faculty allocations change. Attendance has to follow the structure rather than be re-created with it.
- Semester-wise enrolment, with attendance scoped to the semester
- Multi-department structures, each with its own view
- Faculty allocated per subject, marking only their own
- Roll-over at semester end without re-entering the roll
Everything in one place
What the platform covers
Subject-wise
Marked and aggregated per subject, because the eligibility rule tests it per subject.
Shortfall early
Learners approaching your threshold, weekly, while the semester still has time.
Condonation recorded
Who granted it, on what ground, visible on the eligibility list.
Questions, answered
Frequently asked questions
Can each department see only its own attendance?
Yes — visibility follows the role permissions the institution sets, so a department head sees their department and a faculty member sees the subjects they teach.
Who should set the shortfall threshold?
Whoever owns exam eligibility, usually against a university rule. The important part is that it is stated and applied by the system rather than interpreted per department, because an inconsistently applied threshold is harder to defend than a strict one.
Does it handle electives, where learners cross sections?
Attendance is marked against the subject, so a learner taking an elective outside their own section is marked in that subject by the faculty member teaching it.
Do families need an app for this?
No. Classfold has no parent app and no parent login — everything a family receives arrives over WhatsApp, SMS or email under your institute's own name, so there is nothing for them to install.
Can we start with just this and add the rest later?
Yes. Every plan includes the whole platform, so you can run one capability first and switch on the others when you are ready. Nothing has to be bought again.