Development and Validation of Student Attendance Android Application

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The traditional means of checking the student's attendance consumes too much time and effort especially in recording and maintaining it. Numerous papers are also being materialized in the whole process of checking the attendance. From printing attendance sheets to finalizing and transcribing it to a spreadsheet, the traditional process demands time, effort and money (Salleh,2015).

METHODS

The use of the Research and Development method was materialized on this study. This research developed an android application for attendance checking through a programming language based on Visual Basic used in the development of the mobile application, the Basic4Android program. The use of a survey questionnaire that focused on usefulness and ease to use, user satisfaction, functionality, and usability was administered to gauge the validity of the developed android application for checking the attendance of the students.

RESULTS

The developed student attendance android application level of applicability gathered, very good, 4.457 overall weighted means. The usefulness and ease of use, excellent, 4.545 mean; this showed the respondents would improve their job performance and productivity. The user satisfaction got, very good, 4.461 mean; this manifests that the program is clear in size, consistent, concise and easy to understand. A very good, 4.241 mean under functionality; this implies thatthe program is reliable, valid and organize -however, the detection of reduplication of data got the lowest mean of 3.8. The usability of this program got 4.581 because the system gives error message clearly, the respondents worked quickly, satisfied with the capabilities of the system. Based on the results of the FGD conducted, the respondents gave their interest and eagerness to utilizing the application. They also suggested that it may also be uploaded in Cloud or Google drive for backup purposes.

DISCUSSIONS

Seemingly, this research and development of students attendance android application using Visual Basic, Basic4Android program gathered very good implications from the respondents. They even furthered their satisfaction with the application they utilized manifested on the usefulness and ease to use (4.545), user satisfaction (4.461), functionality (4.241), and usability (4.581). The respondents were interested in and eager to use the program. This leads the researcher to enhance the application and add a back-up and test its effectiveness when it will be utilized already in the private integrated school.