The System of Personal Development

        The Attendance system is divided into two basic parts; the instructor side and the student view. The difference is that how much authority each of the user has and how the other can view. The system works in the basic manner and records attendance. For attendance recording there are 4 variables which are P, L, A and X. The meaning of the variables is:

P- Present

Absent

L- Late

X- Excused

        Attendance is marked accordance to the presence of the student and excused means that the attendance for the day won’t count and would not be treated as absent. The magic of the system is not in plain recording or marking of attendance but what comes after and the value this MIS system adds to it. The attendance is uploaded to individual student profile where it is linked with the grade book. The student can view the attendance individually in the course.

        There are 100 points for the attendance in the grade book and are automatically updated when the attendance is entered. This will affect and view the real time grade to the student which means instant results. This option however can be toggled so the grades remain unaffected till final attendance. The service is extended to be viewed on computer system such as mobile phone or tablets.  Overall the system is easy to use and maintains record with grades and performance. The attendance recording column is automatically added once the course is added but however the instructor will be required to turn on the settings by following the given instructions.  The attendance is recorded automatically when the student logs in.

        What the system does for the instructor and student is that it calculates the present and absence ratio telling the student about their attendance and if they are or not meeting the minimum requirement for the course. This saves times as manual systems would require extensive mathematic calculations and operations if the query rises taking a lot of time for a large number of student. The MIS system has made it easy. The seminar for instructors for training them on the usage and how to use the system will help instructors getting to properly use the technology.