Week 10: Google Meet Attendance Extension

 

If you are using Google Meet and are struggling with keeping up with attendance, this is a must-have for attendance. I know for me teaching Hybrid, I have Four options that I can put into my attendance, so mistakes can be made easily! This extension has helped me be able to go back and correct my attendance later, without any questions on whether I the student was on campus, virtual, absent, or tardy. It is all there in the extension. For a much better explanation, watch the tutorial video below. And if you are not using this valuable extension or are about to go into Hybrid teaching, you must start using this!

Since we all love data so much, this extension is just a great way to keep track of our kiddo's attendance. It also helps you when you are gathering information for IEPs, 504s, or RTI information. They are also constantly updating the extension with new features. The newest one is a ghost feature. It tells you how long the students have been idle on the meet. This tells me I need to engage those students specifically. 


So, here with the yellow bar, you can see how long the students have been engaged with the google meet. This new feature has become a great way for me to know who is actually interacting with the work and who is just signed on and leaving the computer. I can then use the raise the hand feature to asked specific students if they are still working or engage them in the chat. 


Tutorials



Comments

  1. Jessie HedgeMarch 3, 2021 at 12:36 PM

    Wow what a convenient feature! Unfortunately, I don't use google meets for my classroom, but if I taught slightly older students I definitely would! I especially like that ghost feature that can help you sort of "see" what is going on with the student, since we can't see through the computer to their home.

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    1. Tara ThompsonMarch 4, 2021 at 8:00 AM

      Jessie, what are you guys using? I believe Zoom has a similar feature. My wife has mentioned using something similar to take attendance with Zoom. I really do not know how you can get through attendance in a timely manner without some kind of extension, because students are jumping in and out.

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  2. Barbara AndersenMarch 8, 2021 at 4:22 PM

    HI Tara,
    Thank you for the info!
    I have used this extension and it really does make taking attendance so much easier. Especially, since it tells you how long a kid was on!
    Thanks for sharing!
    ~Barbara (Week 10)

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    1. Tara ThompsonMarch 8, 2021 at 6:12 PM

      Hi Barbara,
      Glad you have been using this extension too. We were told to use this at the beginning to the year, and I cannot imagine doing attendance without something like this every again. Next year is going to be strange when we are all back in person. Maybe, I will have my kids sign in to Google Meet just so I can do attendance! I really like the trail it leaves.

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