Today, accredited higher-ed institutions invest a lot of time and resources to maintain accreditation and student enrollment. Reports show that institutions invest thousands of hours and billions of dollars each year to comply with federal requirements. Another obstacle is the retention of students prior to graduation. Because of the transition to online learning caused by COVID, this challenge has significantly increased. CritiColl’s mission is to support higher-ed institutions to maintain accreditation and student retention via a simple and innovative attendance method. CritiColl’s Class Companion includes state-of-the-art technology in which our dynamic attendance codes can’t be copied or shared. In other words, if a student is not in the classroom, the student will not receive credit. The process is simple, click just two buttons attendance is ready to be taken and can be completed in 30 seconds or less. Lastly, all attendance data is organized neatly and is easily accessible. Our automated software eases the pressure associated with preparing for compliance inspections.