Examination Automation System

This paper presents an examination automation system that uses barcode system to automate the examination attendance taking procedure. It aims to eliminate the use of examination slips and examination attendance slip in order to improve the efficiency of the attendance taking process while at the same time ensuring the genuineness of the verification process. The system captures the barcode on the students’ matric card and registers it into the database to capture the attendance of that particular student for that particular examination. The software system is based on inserting, updating and querying of a database management system. Emphasis is mainly on a real time application, namely tracking and counting of students in the examination halls within a short time. This system aims to reduce the amount of workload borne by the university examination unit and saves time used up to collect and count the examination attendance slip. A barcode system will also significantly reduces human error in the whole process as it is all capture into the computer directly via a barcode scanner.
The methodology used in the development of this system is prototyping due to the fact that this method allows developer to continuously improve and modify the system based on user preference.
The development software used in the development of the prototype is Microsoft Visual Studio 2010