Information and Telecommunications Technologies in Education

An approach to automated attendance checking of events participants

D. Yu. Raychuk^a, A. V. Samochadin^a, D. A. Timofeev^a, A. A. Lukin^a, I. A. Khmelkov<sup>b

a</sup> St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
^b IBS

Abstract: Attendance checking is a time-consuming, yet important activity in many kinds of events. Most approaches to attendance checking automation require specialized equipment to be installed. A more appealing approachis to use mobile devices such as smartphones that are ubiquitous nowadays. We propose a context-aware attendance checking service based on a mobile device management (MDM) system. This approach may be used during a wide spectrum of events, and requires a limited set of equipment that is commonly availablewhen a conference or a lecture takes place. The service can identify an attendee's mobile device using QR-codes, Bluetooth, or Wi-Fi. User authentication is provided by the underlying MDM system.

Keywords: attendance checking, mobile devices, mobile devices management.

UDC: 004.7