Attenova is a campus management platform built for universities. It replaces paper sign-ins and manual roll calls with a digital system where students mark attendance using a unique session code, GPS, and face verification — all in under 30 seconds. The same platform covers hostel bed-checks, chapel and event attendance, and student permission requests, with dedicated dashboards for students, lecturers, hostel managers, and administrators.
When a student submits their attendance, their device sends GPS coordinates to the Attenova server. The server calculates the distance between the student's location and the classroom's registered coordinates using the Haversine formula. If the student is outside the lecturer's set radius (typically 50–200 metres), the check-in is rejected. The code alone is never enough — physical presence is required.
No. Even with the correct code, the GPS check will fail for anyone not physically within the classroom radius. Session codes also expire the moment the lecturer closes the session, so codes cannot be reused for future classes.
Yes. Any event with a physical location can use Attenova — chapel services, seminars, labs, practicals, and departmental events. The organiser simply creates a session, sets the GPS radius for the venue, and generates a code. The same student and admin dashboards track all attendance types in one place.
Attenova is built as an Android app and is launching soon on Google Play. It uses your phone's GPS and camera for location and face verification, so an Android smartphone will be needed to check in — support for other platforms is on the roadmap.
Yes. Hostel managers can add hostels, manage rooms, and run bed-check sessions the same way a lecturer runs a class session. Every check-in is verified and logged, and both students and hostel managers can review the full bed-check history at any time.
GPS confirms where a device is, not who is holding it. Face verification closes that gap — a quick live face capture is matched against the student's enrolment photo at every check-in, so a shared session code and a borrowed phone still won't pass. Both checks have to succeed for attendance to be recorded.
Yes. Students submit permission and leave requests directly from the app instead of a paper slip. Depending on what the request is for, it's routed to the right approver — a lecturer, hostel manager, or admin — who can approve or decline it from their own dashboard, with a full history kept on both sides.
Nothing. Attenova costs the university absolutely ₦0 — no setup fee, no licensing fee, no maintenance fee. Instead, the university earns a 10% revenue share of ₦500 for every student who activates their account each semester. Students pay ₦5,000 per semester for full access.
Typically 3 weeks. Week 1: account setup, student and lecturer database import, and department configuration. Week 2: training sessions — a 2-hour session for lecturers, a 1-hour orientation for students, and an admin walkthrough. Week 3: the system goes live with Attenova on-site support available during the first week of use.
Attenova runs on auto-scaling cloud infrastructure with 99.9% uptime. In the rare event of an outage, lecturers are notified immediately and can manually record attendance via the admin panel. Manual records sync automatically once the system is back online — no data is lost.
Student GPS coordinates are only used at the moment of check-in to verify physical presence. They are not stored on our servers after verification and are never shared with any third party. All data transmitted is SSL/TLS encrypted, and student passwords are bcrypt-hashed.
Simply reach out via our contact page or email us at getattenova@gmail.com. We'll schedule a demo call, walk you through the system, and begin the onboarding process — all at no cost to your institution.
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