# Attendance

> The record of who was present in a class, for how long. Online, it is derived from join and leave times rather than a register being called.

Source: https://prolaud.com/glossary/attendance

Attendance is the earliest signal that a student is drifting — it drops weeks before results do, which makes it the one worth watching if you intend to intervene while it still helps.

For coaching institutes it is also a parent-facing fact: the question asked at home is whether the child attended, not what they scored.

## On Prolaud

Joining and leaving a live class writes to the student's attendance record automatically, and the per-class and per-student views are built from it.

## Related

- [Live class](https://prolaud.com/glossary/live-class)
- [Student record](https://prolaud.com/glossary/student-record)
- [Completion rate](https://prolaud.com/glossary/completion-rate)