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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Situation Analysis
The Northern Mindanao Colleges Inc. is using a manual system in terms
of grades inquiry. The institution released the final grades to the students
manually; manually means that the students’ needs to go to the AVR and fall in
Waiting is one of the important issues to the school due to its impact
determination of how long a student should wait for their grade has been a major
concern; the school needs to have an innovative way of their grade inquiry
During the releasing of grades, some of the students will get incomplete
subjects grades due to the reason that the submission of student’s grades by the
and because of this said issue, the students have to keep on coming back to the
institution to inquire for their complete grades for them to be able to enroll.
Kiosk Viewing can help the students view and print its grade as soon as the
grades are already in the database. The registrar can add, edit, delete, save,
search and print student’s grade. The registrar, authorized staffs are provided
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with their own username and password, and the students are provided with their
This system would reduce the time of the students and the school staffs
for the grades inquiry. It would help the students who don’t have lots of time to
inquire personally to the person in-charge of the grade inquiry, especially the
working students and would also take the job of the school staff in finding and
Kiosk Viewing is a system that will publish the students’ grades online and is also
available for viewing via Kiosk which will be installed in the institution, with this
system; there will be fairness with inquiring the grades. It will also help the
Project Framework
enrolled, school year, year level, and grade with the use of the add, edit, delete
The registrar, authorized staff, and students will then login with their own
username and password in order to access the system. The students can only
view and print the summary of their grades that are already in the database and
Schematic Diagram
description subjects to
database.
Student grades
Distribution of
grades to
student’s
database
encoded by
registrar.
Statement of Objectives
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The main goal of the researchers is to develop a system that will make
work easier, faster, and more convenient in terms of grade inquiry of Northern
provide a webpage that allows students to view and print their grades on a
kiosk.
Kiosk Viewing can add, edit, delete and save students information and subjects.
It can also store student’s grades in every school year. It is exclusive only for the
registrar, college students, and authorized staff of the said school. For the
registrar and staff to access the system, they need to encode their username and
password, and for the students, he or she needs to encode his or her ID number
as username and set his or her password by confirming his or her account. The
registrar can manage subjects and student’s records. The system can print the
student’s grades.
The system does not cover the computation of grades and cannot
connection.
and will have a positive impact to the level of satisfaction of the students towards
Definition of Terms
computer or system.
Printout - Output produced by a printer, generally on continuous sheets of
paper.
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a monitor or mobile device.
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CHAPTER II
The Online Grades Inquiry system is vital because it will make work
easier, faster, and more convenient in terms of inquiring for grades. A study done
by Desousa (2008), “Web based application have four core benefits. These are
the following: 1) Compatibility. Web based applications are far more compatible
Efficiency. Everyone hates to deal with piles of paper unless they do not have
any other alternatives. The benefit of web based solution makes services and
Security of live data. Normally in more complex systems data is moved about
“Student Information System for the University of the Cordilleras stressed that the
concept of Information Systems (IS) emerged in the early 1960s. More often,
or users in making intelligent decisions based upon the information derived from
reliable data.”2 MIT (2009) gave emphasis that “Student Information System
(SIS) provides students with access to their academic and biographic records as
well as the ability to update their address information and preregister for classes;
and provides advisors and departments with access to the individual academic
storing, analyzing and controlling the flow of student data throughout the
AISIS Online (2006) posted a precise definition of Ateneo Integrated Student
Information System (AISIS) serves as the portal for Ateneo students, faculty and
staff. “Through the AISIS Online officially enrolled Ateneo students may view
According to Evangelista (2008) “the university’s Student Information
interactive computer system that allows user access to grade reports, transcripts,
schedule of classes, and remaining balance for the semester and register for
identification number. All data to and from the university would use that unique
identifier.”5
used to aid both staff and students go about their work and studies. The
provides comprehensive and accurate information about student body and also
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information. When you put your page in the web, you’re inviting the world
The school records that computers have been building for us are part of
the foundation upon which the future will be built. Pick (2001) “The increasing
advancement that had assisted a certain establishment to make the work easier
and lessen the tasks. The main advantage is speed, since no manual operations
are needed. With the advancement of technology, the internet suddenly became
include MAX, WET, and WEX. Hearn, J. (1999) “The Message and
same study done by Jeffers, J. (1999) “The Web Education Toolkit (WET) is an
the sharing of annotations via the Internet”10 another study done by Fatimah, Y.
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system that can generate tests. It also allows students to take tests via the
Internet and evaluates the tests automatically. It uses web browsers as the
interface and was implemented using Java Servlets and Java Database
Connectivity (JDBC)”11
human to use their time effectively. Because a computer is a fast and accurate
and store input data process and procedure output results under the direction of
(2005) stated that “database is structed collection of data. The data may be
about people, product events in short, any type of information is to manage the
the value of information, the creation of new information, the retrieval of existing
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CHAPTER III
METHODOLOGY
Stakeholder’s Identification
store the information of each student such names, courses and of course grades
in every subject to the computer where they store all the information they need in
Science. And they implement the Post Mail; the Post Mail is the way of delivering
their grades to their parent in their designated address. This helps to the parents
so they will be notify of their students’ performance. And also helpful especially in
far places.
Requirement List
We have two (2) strengths of this current grading system. First, the
process of the current system is computerize, this is the fast way of collecting
data such personal information, course, and their grades. And they store the
grades by saving them in the hard drive. And lastly, the Post Mail is the way of
takes time to entertain all the students in the different departments like for
example, there are some departments with huge population. And also a
disadvantage for the students who seek for grades for renewing their scholarship
as a requirement.
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Measurable Goals
JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER
ACTIVITIES Week Week Week Week Week Week
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
1ST meeting with the
dean
Group meeting
Submission of
Chapter I & II
Making of Chapter III
Meet with adviser
Group meeting
Meet with dean
Coding
Submission of
Chapter III
Meet with dean
Discussing the
system with the
group
Meet with dean
Group meeting
Making of Chapter
IV
Meet with adviser
Revise
documentation
Meet with adviser
Meet w/ dean and
submission of
Chapter IV
Group study, making
of documentation
Meet with adviser
Pre-final group study
Pre-final defense
Group study
Making of Final
documentation
Final group study
Final defense
REGISTRAR STAFF
request request
ONLINE GRADE
student’s grade INQUIRY SYSTEM WITH student’s grade
KIOSK VIEWING
STUDENT
System with Kiosk viewing where registrar, staff and student can query to the
system and the system will display the information to the user.
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The Fig. 4 is the proposed diagram level 0 that shows the details of
The registrar is the only authorized person to input students and staff’s
data, the registrar and authorized staff input the grade of student to the system
and viewed every data that has been recorded to the system. For inquiring of
student’s grade, the registrar, staff and student will login using their username
and password. The system will then display the student’s grade.
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REGISTRAR
1.0 Registrar
1.1 Registrar
student’s grade student’s grade
VIEW, ADD, EDIT,
student’s grade UPDATE DATA AND student’s grade
GRADE
1.2 Registrar
student’s grade
PRINT STUDENT’S db_normi
student’s grade GRADE
The Fig. 5 is the proposed diagram level 1 that shows the details of
Upon inputting of students and staff’s data, the registrar will login to the
system for security purpose. The registrar will input the student and staff’s data
and view the data that have been save to the system. The registrar can view,
STAFF
2.0 Staff
2.1 Staff
student’s grade student’s grade
VIEW, EDIT, UPDATE
student’s grade STUDENT’S GRADE student’s grade
2.2 Staff
student’s grade
PRINT STUDENT’S db_normi
student’s grade GRADE
The Fig. 6 is the proposed diagram level 2 that shows the details of
Upon inputting of student’s grades, the staff will login to the system for
security purpose. The staff will input the student’s grades to the system. The staff
REGISTRAR
student’s grade
STUDENT
student’s grade
The Fig. 7 is the proposed diagram level 3 for inquiring student’s grade.
For inquiring of student’s grade, the registrar, staff and student will login
using their username and password. The registrar, staff and student can inquire
for student’s grade. The registrar and staff can search specific student by typing
CHAPTER IV
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Hardware Specification
also known as hardware; it makes the development of the system possible with
Hardware Specification
Hard Disk Drive SATA 500GB
Processor Dual Core AMD A4-3400
CPU AMD A4-3400
Mouse and Keyboard USB Type
Monitor LCD
Printer Epson L220
Software Specification
that the system needs. It refers to the list of software being used in the system to
Software Specification
PhpMyAdmin Version 5.4
SublimeText Version 3 build 3176
Windows Operating System Windows 8 (64 bit)
Xampp Version 3.2.1
Design of Software
The design serves as the user’s interface of the system where users done
their specific task. It was design to have a user-friendly interface that helps the
user perform their job in an efficient way considering the functionalities of the
To use the system, the user must link to Northern Mindanao Colleges Inc.
Online Grades Inquiry first before he or she can login first, Fig. 12 shows the
Login Screen. To login, the user will have to enter his or her username and
password, by clicking on the “Login” button, the data entered by the user will be
matched against the data stored in the database. If the value do not match, an
can re-enter his or her username and password and click the Login button. There
are two access levels for this login: registrar and staff. The purpose of having an
access levels is to separate the different functionality of each access levels and
hide confidential data from the users who need not to see it.
Registrar
The registrar has all access to the entire system. The task of the registrar
is to perform registrar activities such as adding a new user and setting up this
The registrar screen is the next screen displayed when a registrar login is
successful (Fig. 14). This screen shows five (5) menu that a registrar can
perform. The following are the menu: Staff, Course, Subject, Student, and
Logout.
The staff screen is the screen displayed when the registrar clicks the Staff
menu. It shows a staff table that contains the list of staff authorized to input
student’s grade. It has two (3) buttons; the Add Staff button, Delete and the Edit
button.
The add staff screen is the screen displayed when the registrar clicks the
Add Staff button from the staff screen, where the registrar can input the staff’s
data to add a Staff. It has a Save button that saves the data to the database.
When the registrar clicks the Edit button, the edit staff screen will be
displayed (Fig. 17) where he can edit and update the data of the staff. It has an
The course screen is the screen displayed when the registrar clicks the
Course menu (Fig.18). It shows a course table that contains the list of courses
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that the campus has. It has two (3) buttons; the Add Course button, Delete and
The add course screen is the screen displayed when the registrar clicks
the Add Course button from the course screen (Fig.19), where the registrar can
add a Course. It has a Save button that saves the data to the database.
When the registrar clicks the Edit button, the edit course screen will be
displayed (Fig. 20) where he can edit or update the specific course. It has an
The subject screen is the screen displayed when the registrar clicks the
Subject menu. It shows a subject table that contains the list of subject. It has two
(3) buttons; the Add Subject button, Delete and the Edit button. The registrar can
The add subject screen is the screen displayed when the registrar clicks
the Add Subject button from the subject screen (Fig.22), where the registrar can
add a Subject. It has a Save button that saves the data to the database.
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When the registrar clicks the Edit button, the edit subject screen will be
displayed (Fig. 23) where he can edit or update the specific subject. It has an
The student screen is the screen displayed when the registrar clicks the
Student menu (Fig.24). It shows a student table that contains the list of student. It
has two (4) buttons; the Add Student button, Delete button, Edit button and the
View Grade button. The registrar can also sort student by Year Level and
Course.
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The add student screen is the screen displayed when the registrar clicks
the Add Student button from the student screen (Fig.25), where the registrar can
add a Student. It has a Save button that saves the data to the database.
When the registrar clicks the Edit button, the edit student screen will be
displayed (Fig. 26) where he can edit or update the specific student’s data. It has
The view grade screen will be displayed (Fig. 27), when the registrar clicks
the View Grade button, where he can view the student’s grades. It has Add
Grade Button, Print button, Edit button and Delete button. The registrar can also
The add grade screen (Fig. 28), is the screen displayed when the registrar
clicks the Add Grade button from the View Grade Screen, where the registrar can
add a Student Grade. It has a Save button that saves the grades to the
database.
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The edit grade screen (Fig. 29), is the screen displayed when the registrar
clicks the Edit Grade button from the View Grade Screen, where the registrar can
edit a Student Grade. It has a Save button that updates the database.
The print screen (Fig. 30), is the screen displayed when the registrar clicks
the Print Grade button from the View Grade Screen, where the registrar can Print
Inquiry, the Student Main Screen will display where the user has the option to
Confirm or Login to his or her account. Fig. 31 shows the Main Screen.
The student must confirm his or her account before he or she will be
officially registered, (Fig. 32) shows the Confirm Account Screen. The student will
have to enter his or her ID number and set his or her password, by clicking on
the “Confirm” button, the data entered by the user will be matched against the
data stored in the database. If the value do not match, the account confirmation
will be failed and the student will have to enter again his ID number and set his or
To use the system, the student must link to Northern Mindanao Colleges
Inc. Online Grades Inquiry first before he or she can login, Fig. 34shows the
Login Screen. To login, the student will have to enter his or her ID Number and
password, by clicking on the “Login” button, the data entered by the user will be
matched against the data stored in the database. If the value do not match, an
she can re-enter his or her ID Number and password and click the Login button.
The student dashboard is the next screen displayed when a student login
is successful (Fig. 36). This screen shows the print button if the student want to
print their grades, and the submit button if the student wanted to sort their grade.
has three access levels, the registrar, staff and the student. Each access levels
has its own functionalities and limitations. The database of the system is
designed to store data inputs by the student and registrar such as ID number,
After the system was developed, it was tests to check its functionalities
and limitations such as inputs of staffs, students, courses, subjects and student’s
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grades into the database. The page is not responsive so it is not advisable to use
mobile when inquiring for grades online. The result of the tests being conducted
Implementation Plan
The NMCI Online Grades Inquiry system can be setup and implemented
inside the Northern Mindanao College Inc. At the beginning of the semester, the
registrar can add or edit the course, subject, staff, and student to the system. At
the end of the semester, the registrar or staff can add student’s grades to the
system. In order for the students to view their grade, the students must confirm
their accounts to the system to be successfully registered and login to view their
Deployment Diagram
CHAPTER V
Conclusion
This system that will make work easier, faster, and more convenient way in terms
of grade inquiry and that way the students can go to the website and print all their
grades with their personal information. And also our system have two entities,
registrar, deans, instructors and the students. The registrar will encode all the
students’ personal information, subjects enrolled, school year, section, year level
and grades, and also they can add, edit, delete, and save of grades and subject
to database. Deans, instructors, students, and registrar also will login with their
Recommendation
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