How do I track attendance and progress online?

An LMS tracks progress automatically — there's no register to mark. As learners move through content, the system records:

• Started vs not started — who has begun each course
• Progress — how far through they are, lesson by lesson
• Time spent — engagement at a glance
• Scores — performance on quizzes and exams
• Completion — with a timestamp, plus any certificate issued

For live or blended sessions, an LMS can also log session attendance, combining the in-person and online record in one place.

This replaces attendance sheets and follow-up emails entirely. A learner's full history sits on their profile, and managers see team-wide progress on a dashboard. For schools tracking class engagement, or businesses tracking mandatory training, automatic progress tracking is one of the most immediately useful things an LMS does — it makes the invisible visible without any manual effort.