How to Use CourseKey for Clinic Courses – GPS

**Effective Winter 2025 term, PCHS is using CourseKey to track and manage attendance. CourseKey is student
driven and uses the latest technology to power student success. 

**Courses will be available 2 weeks prior to the course start date.

**Make sure your locations is turned on to check in with GPS technology.

Introduction: CourseKey uses GPS technology to detect your location and confirm you are in the appropriate location before allowing you to check in. This is a very secure method of capturing attendance for clinic shifts. This technology provides efficiency and accuracy for real-time attendance management.

Download the CourseKey Student App

For iPhone:

Go to the App Store.

Already in the App Store, search “CourseKey Student”. Click on “Get”.

Wait for the download to complete.


For Android:

Go to the Google Play Store.

Already in the Google Play Store, search “CourseKey Student”. Click on “Install”.

Wait for the download to complete.

Signing into CourseKey

Step 1: Log in to the CourseKey app using Single Sign On.

Step 2: Enter your PCHS email address.

Step 3: Use your PCHS credentials to log in and authenticate.

Login Complete.

How to Check In and Out of a Shift

Step 1: When you enter the app, your active course will be visible and available to check in.

 

 

Select the three lines in the upper left hand corner to view your class schedule and other courses you are enrolled in.

When checking into CourseKey for your clinic attendance, please ensure that you select the appropriate clinic level corresponding to the course code (e.g., CL651 for Senior Internship 1, CL652 for Senior Internship 2, etc.).

 

Step 2: Select the shift that you want to check in to.

There may be a list of several site locations/addresses. Select the correct site location.

Click on the Check In button on the attendance tile.

**For GPS technology, make sure you are at the location within the geofence.

 

Step 2: Confirm that you have been checked in.

A “Success” message will briefly appear and a “You’re Checked in!” tag at the top of the attendance tile will indicate that you have been checked in.

Step 3: Check out.

To check out, simply repeat the process and click “Check Out.”

Confirm that your timestamp is true and accurate and click “submit.”

 

Make sure that the status is indicating your status as “Class Ended – You’re Checked Out”.

**If your timestamp is not accurate, select “My timestamps are NOT accurate,” and click “Submit.” Please contact you instructor immediately.

**If you forget to check out, you will not receive time. Please contact your instructor immediately.