1. Getting started with Student Attendance Monitoring (SAM) Flash
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Date: Friday, 30 November ● Name: Faria Ahmed ● Duration 20minutes
Getting started with Student Attendance Monitoring (SAM) Flash

2. Agenda What is SAM and why do you need to use it? How SAM Flash works
Accessing SAM Flash
The SAM Flash homepage
Monitor and update student attendance
Managing classes
Think of it as a electronic register

3. SAM Flash overview

4. A system that records student attendance for their course.
What is SAM?
A system that records student attendance for their course.

5. Why do we need to use SAM Flash?
Compliance - It is a UKVI requirement that we monitor attendance of Tier 4 international students
Engagement/Retention – to report on attendance to each school
Think of it as a electronic register

6. UWL ID card reader
All teaching rooms on all sites have an electronic card reader inside the room – there are signs to showing what to do
Please emphasise to students they must touch their card on the reader when they enter, there will be a short beep to confirm. Studdents should not use the keypad.

7. Accessing SAM Flash and the home page

8. To launch Sam Flash https://sam.uwl.ac.uk/SAM/views/ClassSearch.aspx
On your PC desktop you will have an icon like this, double click
On a Mac open a browser type the following – you will have to log in the first time

9. Sam Flash homepage
On your PC desktop you will have an icon like this, double click
On a Mac open a browser type the following – you will have to log in the first time

10. Monitor and update student attendance

11. Sam Flash scheduled students
On your PC desktop you will have an icon like this, double click
On a Mac open a browser type the following – you will have to log in the first time

12. Managing classes

13. Thank You For technical issues, contact the IT Service Desk:
Internal phone: 2222
External phone:
For ‘How Do I?’ questions:
Think of it as a electronic register