How to Record Class Attendance with the Card Reader

Learn where to tap your student ID, when attendance is recorded, and how to recognize a successful or unsuccessful card read.

Tapping your student ID

For the Faculty of Engineering at Tokyo Senju Campus in academic year 2026, the usual way to confirm attendance is to tap your student ID on the card reader installed on the classroom wall. For the Faculty of Engineering Division II at Tokyo Senju Campus in academic year 2025, the reader may be on the wall inside or outside the classroom. Tap your student ID gently.

When a tap counts as attendance

For the Faculty of Engineering Division II at Tokyo Senju Campus in academic year 2025, a card tap is recorded as attendance when made from 10 minutes before the class period begins until before that period ends.

Checking the card-reader result

For the Faculty of Engineering at Tokyo Senju Campus in academic year 2026, a successful card read produces an OK sound consisting of one beep and lights the green lamp. An unsuccessful read produces an NG sound consisting of three beeps and lights the red lamp.

Official sources

The following official Tokyo Denki University materials were used to prepare this page.