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News6 April 2020

RollCall responds to its client needs and adapts their system to manage Remote Learning Attendance

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Dean Langenberg
RollCall Team
RollCall responds to its client needs and adapts their system to manage Remote Learning Attendance

RollCall has adapted its school bus management platform to address a new challenge arising from pandemic-driven remote learning: verifying student attendance in virtual classrooms.

As schools rapidly transitioned to remote instruction, they faced an unexpected problem—establishing accountability for whether students actually participated in online classes. Traditional attendance verification methods no longer applied.

The Challenge

Schools needed a way to track student participation while maintaining parental involvement in the educational process. As the article notes, "the school needs records of attendance and absenteeism and students need to be able to verify their participation in learning activity."

The Solution

By repurposing existing functionality in their student tracking system, RollCall created a mechanism where parents independently confirm their children's engagement in remote learning sessions.

The Benefit

This approach distributes responsibility across the school-parent partnership, ensuring accountability during a period of significant educational disruption.

The article emphasizes RollCall's responsiveness to client needs during unprecedented circumstances, demonstrating how existing technology can be creatively reimagined to solve emerging problems.

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