not on his first time, needs to be in person🤷 and as he is leaving every 180 day, the count will be reset, this means all of his future 90 days reports will be held in person too . except if he chooses to extend in Thailand
can do a screenshot , but that doesn't change the fact that you still can attend classes online and sometimes immigration comes to take a picture in the the school🤷 nothing illegal, document are in order and the school is one of the school that actually have visa agent at the immigration