diff --git a/lang/en/attendance.php b/lang/en/attendance.php
index 4cc1330..5a6d625 100644
--- a/lang/en/attendance.php
+++ b/lang/en/attendance.php
@@ -422,6 +422,8 @@ $string['showdefaults'] = 'Show defaults';
 $string['showduration'] = 'Show duration';
 $string['showextrauserdetails'] = 'Show extra user details';
 $string['showsessiondetails'] = 'Show session details';
+$string['showsessiondescriptiononreport'] = 'Show session description in report';
+$string['showsessiondescriptiononreport_desc'] = 'Show the session description in the attendance report listing.';
 $string['somedisabledstatus'] = '(Some options have been removed as the session has started.)';
 $string['sortedgrid'] = 'Sorted grid';
 $string['sortedlist'] = 'Sorted list';
diff --git a/renderer.php b/renderer.php
index 6de99dd..677ae34 100644
--- a/renderer.php
+++ b/renderer.php
@@ -1508,18 +1508,27 @@ class mod_attendance_renderer extends plugin_renderer_base {
                     'mod/attendance:changeattendances'
                 );
                 if (is_null($sess->lasttaken) and has_any_capability($capabilities, $reportdata->att->context)) {
-                    $sesstext = html_writer::link($reportdata->url_take($sess->id, $sess->groupid), $sesstext);
+                    $sesstext = html_writer::link($reportdata->url_take($sess->id, $sess->groupid), $sesstext,
+                        array('class' => 'attendancereporttakelink'));
+                }
+                $sesstext .= html_writer::empty_tag('br', array('class' => 'attendancereportseparator'));
+                if (!empty($sess->description) &&
+                    !empty(get_config('attendance', 'showsessiondescriptiononreport'))) {
+                    $sesstext .= html_writer::tag('small', format_text($sess->description),
+                        array('class' => 'attendancereportcommon'));
                 }
-                $sesstext .= html_writer::empty_tag('br');
                 if ($sess->groupid) {
                     if (empty($reportdata->groups[$sess->groupid])) {
-                        $sesstext .= html_writer::tag('small', get_string('deletedgroup', 'attendance'));
+                        $sesstext .= html_writer::tag('small', get_string('deletedgroup', 'attendance'),
+                            array('class' => 'attendancereportgroup'));
                     } else {
-                        $sesstext .= html_writer::tag('small', $reportdata->groups[$sess->groupid]->name);
+                        $sesstext .= html_writer::tag('small', $reportdata->groups[$sess->groupid]->name,
+                            array('class' => 'attendancereportgroup'));
                     }
 
                 } else {
-                    $sesstext .= html_writer::tag('small', get_string('commonsession', 'attendance'));
+                    $sesstext .= html_writer::tag('small', get_string('commonsession', 'attendance'),
+                        array('class' => 'attendancereportcommon'));
                 }
 
                 $row->cells[] = $this->build_header_cell($sesstext, false, true, null, null, false);
diff --git a/settings.php b/settings.php
index 1c6a14e..dd3d102 100644
--- a/settings.php
+++ b/settings.php
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ if ($ADMIN->fulltree) {
         get_string('multisessionexpanded', 'attendance'),
         get_string('multisessionexpanded_desc', 'attendance'), 0));
 
+    $settings->add(new admin_setting_configcheckbox('attendance/showsessiondescriptiononreport',
+        get_string('showsessiondescriptiononreport', 'attendance'),
+        get_string('showsessiondescriptiononreport_desc', 'attendance'), 0));
+
     $settings->add(new admin_setting_configcheckbox('attendance/studentrecordingexpanded',
         get_string('studentrecordingexpanded', 'attendance'),
         get_string('studentrecordingexpanded_desc', 'attendance'), 1));