The Attendance Management For LifterLMS addon provides a comprehensive attendance management system for LifterLMS-powered educational platforms. This major update (v2.0.0) introduces powerful new features designed for scalability and advanced reporting.

New in Version 2.0.0:
– Advanced Reporting Dashboard with interactive charts and analytics
– Custom Database Tables for improved performance with large datasets
– Migration System to seamlessly upgrade from meta-based storage
– Role-Based Attendance Marking allowing instructors to mark student attendance
– Export Functionality for attendance data (CSV, PDF)
– Performance Optimization for sites with thousands of students
– Graceful Degradation ensuring compatibility across all environments

Core Features:
– Students can mark their attendance and view their attendance statistics
– Admin can enable/disable the addon from LifterLMS settings
– Course-specific attendance control
– Admin attendance management in course edit pages
– Shortcode support for displaying attendance information
– Global attendance settings
– Data cleanup options

Prerequisite:

LifterLMS (Latest version recommended)

Features:

Core Attendance Management:
– Students can mark their attendance and view attendance statistics (count & percentages)
– Admin can enable/disable the addon from LifterLMS settings page
– Course-specific attendance control (allow/disallow per course)
– Admin can view and manage student attendance in course edit pages
– Global attendance settings for all courses
– Shortcode support for displaying attendance information

New Advanced Features (v2.0.0):
– Interactive Reporting Dashboard with charts and analytics
– Custom Database Architecture for improved performance
– Role-Based Attendance Marking – instructors can mark student attendance
– Data Migration System – seamless upgrade from meta-based storage
– Export Functionality – export attendance data in multiple formats
– Performance Optimization – handles thousands of students efficiently
– Email Notifications – low attendance alerts
– Testing Framework – built-in performance testing tools

Technical Improvements:
– Hybrid data management system (meta + custom tables)
– Graceful degradation when custom tables unavailable
– Enhanced error handling and validation
– Improved database indexing for faster queries
– Memory usage optimization
– WordPress coding standards compliance