Skip to main content
Mark each student’s attendance with one of these statuses: Present, Absent or Absent with notice. Everyone starts as Present, so you only need to change the students who missed it.

​
Mark attendance from the calendar

  1. In Calendar, click the session.
  2. Under Attendees, hover over the status icon next to your student’s name (at first, the green tick). On a phone, tap it. The three statuses open up.
  3. Click the status: the green tick is Present, the X is Absent and the triangle is Absent with notice. It saves straight away.
Session open in the calendar with a student's three attendance icons, Present numbered 2 and Absent with notice numbered 3

Attendance, in a session open in the calendar

If the session has 4 or more students, you don’t see their names. Click the icon of a sheet with a tick, to the right of their photos. The session panel opens on the Attendance tab.

​
Mark attendance from the course page

  1. In Courses, open the course.
  2. In the Sessions tab, click the person icon (Open session details) on the session.
Session in the course list with the person icon numbered 2

The button that opens a session's panel

  1. The session panel opens on the Attendance tab.
  2. Click each student’s status. It saves straight away.
Session panel with the Attendance tab numbered 3 and a student's Absent with notice icon numbered 4

The Attendance tab in a session's panel

You can mark attendance before the session. For example, if your student tells you they’ll miss it.

​
What each status changes

  • Present: the session counts as done. If your student has a pack, it uses one session of the pack when the session starts, not before.
  • Absent: your student missed it without telling you. It doesn’t use a pack session. If the course charges Per hour, you can still charge for the session.
  • Absent with notice: your student told you they couldn’t come. It doesn’t use a pack session. If the course charges Per hour, you can’t add the session to a bill.
  • If the course charges Per month, attendance doesn’t change what you charge.
Your student sees their attendance in the student portal, on their past sessions: You attended, You missed it or You gave notice.

​
What you can’t do

  • You can’t leave a student without a status. If you don’t change it, it counts as Present and uses a session of their pack.
  • SmartCookie doesn’t tell your student when you change their attendance.
Last modified on September 30, 2026