Development of an innovative VoIP Student Attendance Recording Application
K J Patel, S G Nocker, C N Tolson · Australasian journal of engineering education · 2010
This project aims to provide an in-depth technical in-sight into development of an innovative student attendance recording application using emerging communication technologies. Development of the Voice-over-IP Student Attendance Recording Application (VoIP SARA) for the Box Hill Institute of TAFE (BHI) is presented. This project demonstrates application programming, test bed setup, design considerations, design decisions and future plans, as well as creative usage of emerging communications technologies. The developed application combines Cisco VoIP telephony and network systems, and integrates it with existing database systems with the aim to provide BHI’s management with a cost effective, efficient and secure way to record and retrieve student attendance data. This project is a success and when fully integrated within the existing system, it will provide BHI with a cost effective and efficient student attendance recording and reporting system. We conclude that this application has a potential for use in recording and retrieving student attendance at other Australian education providers.