Online Attendance Management System using WLAN Technology

Abstract

This paper is with respect to the proposition of an entirely different idea of attendance management system. The proposed approach recommends utilizing the fact that more than 99 percent of the student has a cell phone with him or her, all of which are equipped for utilizing and sharing information through Wi-Fi technology. Utilization of such innovation combined with a foundation administration on the host's cell phone to monitor the phones existing inside the range and the measure of time they do as such, will empower the host to check the participation of such population for which information with respect to all students or participants exist in the host's local database. The fascinating element of this execution is that tricking the WLAN participation will require going to the lecture itself, which would appear critical abatement in the flawed acknowledge rates that is appeared the paper-pen participation frameworks and would demonstrate much higher adaptability and simplicity of use when contrasted with bio-metric systems. Another option proposed is that, if a student forgets to bring their smartphone to the lecture, they can enlist their attendance manually by using some of their friend's phone. There have been numerous recommendations to streamline the students’ attendance management in higher educations. In any case, every strategy has upsides and downside. Another option is a novel structure for the attendance management is proposed, which comprises of a portable gadget and a web application. While the lecture goes on, students attending the lecture can enlist their attendance into the cell phone with their selfie or their signature.