USER-CENTERED DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF A GRADE MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM OF A PRIVATE SCHOOL IN CAVITE, PHILIPPINES

Author: Charmaine T. Banag

ABSTRACT

This paper presents the user-centered design and development of a grade management information system that can be used by a private school in the Philippines to manage the grades of their students with ease. It aimed to determine the information and features that should be included in the system; determine the tools that should be used to develop the system; test the system’s functional suitability, performance efficiency, reliability, security, maintainability, and portability; and evaluate the system in terms of usability. The information and features included in the application were discussed with the administrator and teachers of the school. The application was developed using XAMPP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and MySQL. The application was tested and evaluated by information technology and website developers, school administrator, teachers, and students using the adapted ISO 25010 quality model as the evaluation instrument. The results showed that the application is excellent as perceived by the intended users as manifested by the mean rating of 4.69. This implies that the application can be useful to the school administrator and teachers in managing the grade records of their students, and for the students to easily view their grades.

Keywords: user-centered, grades management, information system

REFERENCES