Getting started with Daily Tab
Daily Tab replaces the paper attendance register with something faster: teachers mark a full class in seconds from their phone, and administrators get a live, shared picture of every class.
This short guide explains what Daily Tab is and how to begin, whether you are a teacher or an administrator. More detailed guides for each task are linked at the end.
What Daily Tab is
Daily Tab is a mobile-first attendance tool for colleges. Instead of carrying a register to class and marking names by hand, a teacher opens Daily Tab on their phone and marks the whole class in seconds. That attendance is then available instantly — to the teacher, and to the college's administration — without anyone gathering or reconciling paper.
It works on any phone as an installable app, and there is nothing to buy — Daily Tab is free to use.
If you are a teacher
You do not set anything up yourself. Your college's administrator adds you and sends you an invite. Once you accept it and sign in, your classes are already there, ready to mark.
From there, marking attendance takes seconds. See the Marking attendance guide for the day-to-day steps.
If you are an administrator
As an administrator, you set up your college so teachers can start. In broad strokes, that means:
- Create your college's structure — its classes, subjects, and periods.
- Invite your teachers so they can sign in and see their classes.
- From then on, attendance flows in automatically as teachers mark it, and you can see it live.
Each of these has its own detailed guide under For administrators in the sidebar.
Next steps
Pick the guide that matches what you need to do next:
- Joining Daily Tab — for teachers, accept your invite and sign in.
- Marking attendance — for teachers, the daily routine.
- Setting up your college — for administrators getting started.
- Inviting teachers — for administrators bringing their staff on.