[galaxy_gas]

I teach at a summer camp once that had custom web app for roll such that it displayed one name at a time to call out and to mark it as present you had to type their given name in a box, otherwise click next with empty input for absent

[jtbayly]

Somebody needs to be fired for that sort of UI...

I've probably made that sort of UI without realizing it...

[jjk7]

False absence, is better than false presence. Especially with kids.

The UX is optimizing for accuracy over ease of use, and in this case is likely intentionally difficult to use.

[FarmerPotato]

If I was faced with that, I would switch to paper. Somebody can type it in later.

Also I have no mental imagery of summer camp with networking much less internet. I can't comprehend dropping my kids off at a retail storefront or a church as "summer camp".