diff --git a/add_form.php b/add_form.php
index 2a52de3..9b2b7b1 100644
--- a/add_form.php
+++ b/add_form.php
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ class mod_attendance_add_form extends moodleform {
         $cm            = $this->_customdata['cm'];
         $modcontext    = $this->_customdata['modcontext'];
 
+        $pluginconfig = get_config('attendance');
+
         $mform->addElement('header', 'general', get_string('addsession', 'attendance'));
 
         $groupmode = groups_get_activity_groupmode($cm);
@@ -135,6 +137,13 @@ class mod_attendance_add_form extends moodleform {
             $mform->addHelpButton('passwordgrp', 'passwordgrp', 'attendance');
             $mform->disabledif('randompassword', 'studentscanmark', 'notchecked');
             $mform->disabledif('studentpassword', 'randompassword', 'checked');
+            if (isset($pluginconfig->studentscanmark_default)) {
+                $mform->setDefault('studentscanmark', $pluginconfig->studentscanmark_default);
+            }
+            if (isset($pluginconfig->randompassword_default)) {
+                $mform->setDefault('randompassword', $pluginconfig->randompassword_default);
+            }
+
         } else {
             $mform->addElement('hidden', 'studentscanmark', '0');
             $mform->settype('studentscanmark', PARAM_INT);
diff --git a/lang/en/attendance.php b/lang/en/attendance.php
index 997c03a..c99893e 100644
--- a/lang/en/attendance.php
+++ b/lang/en/attendance.php
@@ -372,4 +372,7 @@ $string['subnetwrong'] = 'Attendance can only be recorded from certain locations
 $string['requiresubnet_help'] = 'Attendance recording may be restricted to particular subnets by specifying a comma-separated list of partial or full IP addresses.';
 $string['defaultsettings'] = 'Default attendance settings';
 $string['defaultsettings_help'] = 'These settings define the defaults for all new attendances';
-$string['defaultstatus'] = 'Default status set';
\ No newline at end of file
+$string['defaultstatus'] = 'Default status set';
+
+$string['defaultsessionsettings'] = 'Default session settings';
+$string['defaultsessionsettings_help'] = 'These settings define the defaults for all new sessions';
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/settings.php b/settings.php
index 25a1b8f..ed71efc 100644
--- a/settings.php
+++ b/settings.php
@@ -54,4 +54,14 @@ if ($ADMIN->fulltree) {
 
     $settings->add(new admin_setting_configtext('attendance/subnet',
         get_string('requiresubnet', 'attendance'), get_string('requiresubnet_help', 'attendance'), '', PARAM_RAW));
+
+    $name = new lang_string('defaultsessionsettings', 'mod_attendance');
+    $description = new lang_string('defaultsessionsettings_help', 'mod_attendance');
+    $settings->add(new admin_setting_heading('defaultsessionsettings', $name, $description));
+
+    $settings->add(new admin_setting_configcheckbox('attendance/studentscanmark_default',
+        get_string('studentscanmark', 'attendance'), '', 0));
+
+    $settings->add(new admin_setting_configcheckbox('attendance/randompassword_default',
+        get_string('randompassword', 'attendance'), '', 0));
 }