International Journal of Excellence Innovation and Development ||Volume 2, Issue 1, Jan. 2019||Page No. 001-008||
An Android Application for University Based Academic Solution Md. Nasfikur R. Khan, Robin Roy, Faisal Bin Shahin, Mehdi Alam, Sk Adif Farhan, Abdul Muneen Al Hasani School of Engineering & Computer Science, Independent University, Bangladesh
Abstract––Nowadays people feel more comfortable to use Android phone for their regular day-to-day activities. Besides, it creates an easy access to achieve any goal in a tight schedule. Along that, affordable smart-phone technologies are introducing newer communication possibilities that were not imaginable a few years back. Considering the impact of this Android technology on the students, we have designed and constructed an Android application named ‘IUB - SECS’. The objective was to build an effective application for students and faculty members of Independent University, Bangladesh to accomplish specific educational goals and duties by using an Android application. By using this application, students can find course information, lecture notes, faculty information, research information and updated results from outside the campus. On the other hand, faculty members can use it for online attendance, updating course materials, lecture notes and information related to the course and university. The application will provide users the opportunity to create a database, where profile of faculty members and students can be stored and through it students can directly contact with the faculty members. The usability and effectiveness of this application have been evaluated based on five different users. The practical result shows that the outcome of this application is very promising. Keywords––Android application, university, faculty, customize, lecture, course, attendance, grades
INTRODUCTION In the 21st century, the internet and the advancing technology have seen many backlashes for its misuse. Sadly, its good aspects are being overlooked. The connectivity among users and the plethora of information that it provides us at the click of a button is incredible. But the media and entertainment industry have overshadowed all the positive ways that the progressing technology is improving our lives. Technology has advanced so much that handheld devices, like smart phones and tablets, have enabled people to seek information whenever and wherever they may need it. A large part of students uses this aspect of sharing information through a more accessible and userfriendly medium to know more about what they are studying [1]. With the changing world, the education system needs to be changed to adapt to the ever-changing man and how he seeks knowledge. Living in an environment where almost every student use a smart phone tells a lot about www.ijeid.com
how to engage these students more with the University programs. Academic students receive notification or important announcement through emails or social media, such as Facebook, for their course information and materials. But as we know, they are not the right platform nor do they create the right atmosphere for school bodies to interact with its scholars/pupils [2]. Additionally, instead of integrating students to our aged methods of information sharing where students have to be present in university campus to look for important announcements hung up in notice boards or going to the official websites that may have a confusing interface due to a greater number of schools using the same page to share their own information, we can reshape our method to achieve the goal of swift information sharing through Android application. For a student, an Android application becomes a step easier to access and obtain information. Such Android applications are already in place in other well-known Universities, such as Harvard University, and have proven to be beneficial. Repeatedly logging into an account can also be tedious and frustrating. Having an app that remembers your Login information securely makes the whole process of accessing University database much simpler and swift. This Android platform will also enable faculty members to give quicker instructions, guidance, and announcement for the students. The sudden surge in the speed and accessibility of transmitting data wirelessly to handheld devices do play a huge role into why using such medium can be helpful [3]. Researchers have aimed to develop and provide a generalized solution to monitor various works that are carried out by a college for automation of various tasks. They provided up to date information of the system which improved the efficiency of university record management and decrease the room between student and college [4]. Another application provided a generalized solution to monitor the various works that were carried out by a construction company at different geological points. By using a Web Service, the data was stored in the remote database. This mobile application requires Wi-Fi technology to reach the remote database [5]. Although several sections of this application can be browsed without internet as it has storage facilities of saving data through fire-base data storage system. Another application also allows lecturers to take the attendance of
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