Towards Efficient Monitoring of Online Distance Learning with Google Meet Intelligent Attendance (GMiA2021)

Abstract

The use of Google Meet has grown since the Covid-19 pandemic hits the world. Google Meet is an effective platform for delivering online education. Currently, Google Meet attendance sheets are only available through ‘G Suite Enterprise for Education’, requiring a subscription fee. For other user types, the Google Meet attendance extension is a good alternative. However, it comes with several disadvantages, including the inability to identify absent students and summarise the monthly attendance of students. As a solution, Google Meet Intelligent Attendance (GMiA2021) was developed, which includes a more systematic and easy-to-use multi-functional coordination and help track student absenteeism. This intelligent attendance system can connect directly to WhatsApp to remind students of class absences. GMiA2021 also allows lecturers to keep proof of absence and documents provided by the students and prepare monthly attendance reports, in line with academic rules to enable students with 80% attendance to sit for the examination. GMiA2021 is expected to help efficient monitoring of the student’s attendance and collaborations with university academic administration for a systematic attendance system.