BY THE CO-FOUNDERS OF TURNITIN

Attendance that runs on its own and can't be gamed

Roll out attendance that instructors actually adopt. Acadly gives you data you can trust, and scales from a single department to your entire university. No hardware, no onboarding overhead.

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Used at 400+ US universities
PRINCETON UNIVERSITYTEXAS STATE UNIVERSITYCALPOLY POMONATHE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONAUNIVERSITY OF OREGONTHE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMALSUTEXAS TECH UNIVERSITYSAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF ARKANSASWISCONSIN
BUILT TO DISAPPEAR

Attendance that fits into any instructor's day

Acadly imposes no time tax on the class. It disappears into the instructor's existing workflow, or runs entirely in the background, untouched.

Set it and forget it

Configure once - roster, schedule, attendance rules - and Acadly runs every session automatically. No reminders, no repeated setup. Instructors walk in and start teaching.

  • The Minimalist - Deploy this for instructors who will only track attendance if it requires absolutely nothing from them
  • The Rotating Faculty - And for instructors with short stints in a course, common in medical education programs where multiple faculty rotate through

One click inside their presentation

Acadly's PowerPoint add-in sits directly in the toolbar. One click starts attendance without leaving the slides.

  • The PowerPoint Native- Deploy this for instructors who already live in PowerPoint. They take attendance at a moment of their choosing, without disrupting the class.
  • The Poll Runner- For instructors who wish to use Acadly for in-class polls and display live poll results on their slides.

On demand, from the app or web app

Open the mobile or web app and start attendance in one tap.

  • The App-First Instructor - Deploy this for instructors who want PowerPoint-mode flexibility but don't use PowerPoint
  • The Power User - For instructors who use Acadly regularly for both in-class and pre-class engagement, and want to monitor the discussion backchannel live during class
FRAUD RESISTANCE

The first attendance system that knows when something's wrong

Acadly's verification technology protects attendance integrity. It senses anomalies and flags them in realtime so that you can act before it’s too late. Built upon a bedrock of years of intelligence, its patent-pending technology does not track anyone's geolocation. Yet it notices things no other system can.

Devices carried together

Acadly flags the irregularity during class, while there's still time to do something about it. Instructors can follow up quietly and professionally, without disrupting the session or putting any student on the spot in front of their peers.

Shared devices

When Acadly detects an irregularity, instructors get an alert in real time. They can review it, decide how to handle it, and keep the session moving - knowing that whatever they decide, the attendance record reflects what actually happened.

Outside the classroom

Acadly only marks a student present if they were physically in the room, not somewhere nearby. Hallway check-ins and parking lot check-ins are flagged for the instructor to review. The record reflects exactly what the instructor decides, helping them maintain a constructive and consultative approach.

USED. TRUSTED. LOVED

From the people who made the switch

 30 minutes back every lecture. Attendance records that are trustworthy. Faculty who don't push back. Here's what universities say.

We adopted a GPS-based attendance system two years ago to bring some rigor to how we tracked class participation. But we started noticing that the data didn't add up. When we checked, roughly 10% of the attendance records weren't genuine. We switched to Acadly’s mesh-based tracking and it continues to make a difference. It's held up even in our largest lecture halls.

Dr. Thomas Nechyba

Associate Chair of Economics, Duke University

Acadly really extends the timeframe of learning... Instead of learning in terms of contact hours, it is now about reading the stuff beforehand, having discussions before class, doing things inside the class and after the class as well.

Jaap Vos

University of Idaho

I needed a painless, free way to monitor attendance... and an efficient way for my students to quickly submit in-class work. I could not believe what I found in Acadly... how easy it was to set up my huge roster and get going!

Natalie Mountjoy

Western Kentucky University

The automatic attendance feature on Acadly works as advertised! For my class of 113 students, it saves us over 30 minutes of administrative time per lecture.

Ron Bolen

Associate Chair of Economics, Duke University

I think using Acadly discussions for students to respond in-class gave them confidence that their ideas or thoughts had merit. Using polls was also really useful to gauge the students opinions on a topic.

Christine Julien

University of Texas Austin

I am structuring courses better, thanks to Acadly. I like that it works on my phone and laptop. I like its TeX interface for math and the ability to add images. Tracking attendance, sharing quizzes don’t take as much time as they used to

Dr. Preeti Aghalayam

IIT Madras

END-TO-END AUTOMATION

Acadly runs the whole process, not just the class

From first setup to final grade, every step that used to require manual effort has been taken off the table.

BUILT TO LAST

What experienced buyers get right

From leading business schools to top medical programs to entire public universities, we've seen what makes an attendance purchase endure - and what experienced buyers consistently get right that others can miss.

Focus on long-term faculty adoption

Low adoption is rarely a demand problem. It is often a usability and trust problem. When attendance is not a workflow fit for the instructor - too many steps, too much to remember, too easy to game - it quietly loses traction and has a knock-on impact on other edtech initiatives.

Work on the larger engagement issue

Attendance without engagement is incomplete. The tools that help instructors make a classroom interactive - polls, quizzes, live Q&A - are more than enhancements. They turn passive audiences into active ones. An attendance system that also solves for engagement is always the better cultural fit.

Don't mistake silence for low demand

Attendance problems are chronic, not acute - they rarely show up as emergencies. But when a genuinely automated and trustworthy system becomes available, adoption moves faster than most expect. The demand was always there. It just needed the right solution.

TWO WAYS TO DO THIS

Every other system asks you to make a trade-off. Acadly doesn't.

Every alternative comes with at least two of these compromises. We built Acadly specifically to eliminate all of them.

Features
The Acadly Way
The Old Way
Setup

Zero setup effort for instructors, at launch and every class after.

Requires instructor action at setup and sometimes in every single class.
Automation

Runs in the background, every session, without any manual triggers.

Needs manual triggers or reminders to run.
Privacy

No geolocation tracking. Ever.

Tracks geolocation data to verify presence.
Integrity

Flags anomalies automatically, records stay clean.

No fraud detection, bad data goes unnoticed.
Engagement

Polls, quizzes, and word clouds built in.

Engagement tools sold separately, if at all.
Reporting

Administrators get tailored reports and alerts automatically.

Reporting is rigid, generic & rarely aligned to what administrators actually need.

Setup

Automation

Privacy

Integrity

Engagement

Reporting

NO RIP AND REPLACE

Works with the tools your institution already uses

Acadly syncs rosters, gradebooks, and course sections directly with your LMS. No manual imports, no parallel systems. Full LTI compliance with Moodle, Brightspace, Blackboard, and Canvas. And for instructors who live in PowerPoint or Zoom, Acadly is already there too.

BEYOND PRESENCE

Attendance is where it starts. Learning is where it goes.

Acadly gives instructors the tools to make every session count. The same platform that automates attendance also makes the classroom more interactive, more responsive, and more fulfilling for students.

Run live polls mid-lecture and see responses in real time. Embed them directly into PowerPoint slides so the question appears exactly when you need it, without breaking the flow of the class. Results display instantly. No second screen, no browser switching.

Word Clouds
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Gather open-ended responses from the whole room at once. Word clouds surface the most common ideas visually, giving instructors an instant read on where the class stands before moving on.

Quizzes
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Test understanding during class, not just after it. Acadly quizzes are quick to build, quick to run, and give instructors item-level data on which concepts landed and which didn't.

Back channel
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Students can ask questions, respond to prompts, and join discussions without interrupting the lecture. Instructors and TAs can monitor the conversation live, surface the best questions, and keep the room engaged, even in a lecture hall of hundreds.

Acadly automates class attendance and produces records that can't be gamed. It helps instructors capture presence and boost class participation. No hardware, no GPS, no faculty pushback. Trusted at 400+ US universities.
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