Online Grading System

Team 2:

Chandrika Parasuraman Manjushree Sanglikar Pratima Pillarisetti Arundhati Shenoy

Project Purpose

This is a web-based database application for a university where students and instructors will be able to use the system to perform their related operations like checking and assigning of grades respectively. Designed to be very secure by providing a login feature which authenticates the user by means of a user name and password with which user will be able to login to his/her respective pages and use the system as required.

System Users

Administrator The user that manages the entire system. Instructor The user that assigns the grades for the students and calculates class performance. Student The end user who can check his grades and compares his performance with the class.

System Actions by Administrator

Add/Remove user accounts (for student/instructor) Manage the roles for the user Manage course records Manage period records

System Actions by Instructor

Enter student grade for a course Update student grade for a course Search for student record (based on student ID or student name) Run reports to calculate class performance Run reports to enquire grades for any student in the class

System Actions by Student

View all the courses taken for that particular period Check grade in the courses Get transcript (entire grade history) Compare his/her performance with the class

Database User Entities

The Database includes the following main user entities:

User - User ID (primary key) - Password - Role (admin or instructor or student) Instructor - Instructor ID (primary key) - First Name - Last Name - Phone number - Mailing address - Email address - Job title - Department ID [references Department ID of Department table] Student - Student ID (primary key) - First Name - Last Name - Phone number - Mailing address - Email address - Department ID [references Department ID of Department table]

Database University Entities

The Database includes the following main university related entities:

Grade - Grade ID (primary key) - Grade character (A,A-,B+,B etc) - Grade Value ( A has a value of 4, A- has a value of 3.7 etc.) Course - Course ID (primary key) - Department ID [references Department ID of Department table] - Course Name - Credits (Number of Units, eg:1, 2, 3) Period - Period ID (primary key) - Semester (Fall, Spring, Summer) - Year(2008, 2009 etc) - Start Date - End Date University - University ID (primary key) - University name (SDSU) - Phone number - Mailing address

Database Table Entities

Student Grade - Grade ID [references Grade ID of Grade table ] - Student ID [references Student ID of Student table ] - Course ID [references Course ID of Course table ] - Period ID [references Period ID of Period table ] Instructor Course - Instructor ID [references Instructor ID of Instructor table ] - Course ID [references Course ID of Course table ]

Database Schemas

Separate interfaces depending on the type of the user logged in All mandatory fields pre checked All data that are specific to a user type made available Database normalization done where appropriate

Subsystems

Login Management : The initial login screen for Online Grading System User Management : Create/Edit a user account Report Module : Allows either a student or the instructor to run reports.

Data Flow Diagram for Adminstrator

Username Validates

Administrator Password

Login
Not validates

User_proj table

Student Information

Add,Edit,Delete Details

Student table

Instructor Information

Add,Edit,Delete Details

Instructor_course table

Data Flow Diagram for Student

Username

Validates

Student

Password

Login

Not validates

User_proj table

View grade and summary

Student_grade table

Data Flow Diagram for Instructor

Username Validates

Instructor

Password

Logins
Not validate

User_proj table

Add,Edit,Delete and Views Class Average

Student_grade table

Entity Relationship Model

Login Web Page

Administrator Interface

Instructor Interface

Student Interface

Software and Hardware

Software Used: - Oracle SQL (10.2.0.1) to store the data - JSP, Servlets, Java - front end and the business logic. Hardware Used: - Rohan is a SunFire 4800 running Solaris 10

Source Code and Web Info

The code and website is located at /home/ma/222.01/masc1383/jakarta-tomcat5/webapps/my_project

Our website runs on Port 64001 Home Page:

http://rohan.sdsu.edu:64001/my_project/ Time_Sheet_Login.html

Future Enhancements

Add more input validations and error messages into the interface Enhance student interface by providing him with more options to access like assigning tasks, change his password etc Add a pop up calendar interface Post new announcements related to the university available to all the users