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# How do I record attendance?

| Attendance recording is currently available only for individual teachers on Silver plans. Bronze users can [upgrade](https://www.seatingplan.com/upgrade) to use them.

An attendance system for whole-school plans (Gold/Platinum) is in development.

1. On your seating plan, click the 'Check attendance' button on the toolbar.

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2. Your seating plan will enter 'Attendance mode'. To update attendance entered previously, select a lesson from the dropdown list. Otherwise, leave it set to 'New'.
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3. Students in the seating plan have their attendance defaulted to 'Present', whereas those in the waiting area default to 'Absent.

4. To change attendance, simply click on any student to cycle through 'Present', 'Absent' and 'Late'.
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5. When you're done, click 'Save attendance'.