Authors :
Mbonu Chinedu Emmanuel; Ngene Chigozie Chidimma; Belonwu Tochukwu Sunday; Chukwuogo Okwuchukwu Ejike
Volume/Issue :
Volume 7 - 2022, Issue 4 - April
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6525974
Abstract :
Timetabling is an essential component of
scheduling in all sectors of education. University
timetabling entails the scheduling of times and venues for
lectures and examinations. This study was carried to
study the existing system of examination scheduling at
Faculty of Physical Science Nnamdi Azikiwe University
Awka, Nigeria and to design an automated examination
scheduling system. Agile methodology was adopted and
Recursive, Search and Sort algorithm were applied to
achieve the aim of the study. The system analysis was
carried out in order to collect factual information and
understand the process involved in the existing system,
identify problem and recommend a feasible solution that
will help the users. In studying the existing system, direct
and indirect method were used to obtain data for the
analysis of the existing system. The problems of the
existing system were identified and an automated
examination scheduling system was considered as a
possible solution to the problem of the existing system.
The new system will; capture the actual sizes of the
students in a class and allocate examination venues
accordingly, prevent double booking of examination hall
during the same time slot, prevent allocation of two
faculty courses on the same day for a student of a level to
write and eliminate the tedious process of manual
scheduling. The software tools used to develop and design
the new system include; XAMPP server, JavaScript, PHP,
Cascade Style Sheet, VSCode, HTML, and MySQL. The
new system was dimed suitable for use and therefore was
recommended for users to embrace the new development.
Timetabling is an essential component of
scheduling in all sectors of education. University
timetabling entails the scheduling of times and venues for
lectures and examinations. This study was carried to
study the existing system of examination scheduling at
Faculty of Physical Science Nnamdi Azikiwe University
Awka, Nigeria and to design an automated examination
scheduling system. Agile methodology was adopted and
Recursive, Search and Sort algorithm were applied to
achieve the aim of the study. The system analysis was
carried out in order to collect factual information and
understand the process involved in the existing system,
identify problem and recommend a feasible solution that
will help the users. In studying the existing system, direct
and indirect method were used to obtain data for the
analysis of the existing system. The problems of the
existing system were identified and an automated
examination scheduling system was considered as a
possible solution to the problem of the existing system.
The new system will; capture the actual sizes of the
students in a class and allocate examination venues
accordingly, prevent double booking of examination hall
during the same time slot, prevent allocation of two
faculty courses on the same day for a student of a level to
write and eliminate the tedious process of manual
scheduling. The software tools used to develop and design
the new system include; XAMPP server, JavaScript, PHP,
Cascade Style Sheet, VSCode, HTML, and MySQL. The
new system was dimed suitable for use and therefore was
recommended for users to embrace the new development.
