It seems like there are already countless ways to achieve this. You could use completion settings and have them check off a session when they have completed it, you could create a one question quiz which they would complete after a session, you could add a forum activity and ask them just to sign in. You could then easily see who had done what from the grade book or completion report.
Attendance (plugin)
Wanted feature - students commenting sessions
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