Online Grading System

Online Grading System

Tags: Requirements analysis, E-learning, Text messaging, Systems engineering

* BY MFRP08

* MAR 17, 2014

* 1982 WORDS

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Chapter 1

INTRODUCTION

​Information technology has developed the lives of human beings and made the it easier by the various kinds of applications. There are many tools, technologies and systems that have been produced and invented through the use of IT. ​Computer works in many ways that is totally different from human beings. The flow of works in an automated system can differ quite considerably from the manual system. In present time, IT in business is really rising, making it extremely in demand in our society. It helps us in minimizing time in doing our works and brings us a quick result in a short period of time (Howard, 1990). These computer technologies usually use in different aspects because it helps a lot in terms of their services. ​Nowadays all the businesses are shifting into computer based system because its purpose is to give an efficient and easy way of doing activities with less time spend daily. This application exceeds even in educational institutions and the finest example is library management system. In essence, grading is an exercise in professional judgment on the part of instructors. It involves the collection and evaluation of evidence on students' achievement or performance over a specified period of time, such as nine weeks, an academic semester, or entire school year. Through this process, various types of descriptive information and measures of students' performance are converted into grades or marks that summarize students' accomplishments. The increasing usage of computers in the mid and late 90’s gave way for the birth of a new technological advancement that had assisted teachers and professors to easily compute for grades, the digitization of spreadsheets. The main advantage is speed, since no manual calculations are needed, and...