Tracking Studentsâ€™ Management With Extreme  Programming Apps
 NicolÃ¡s E. Caytuiro-Silva, Eveling G. Castro-Gutierrez,  Jackeline M. PeÃ±a-Alejandro, Karina Rosas-Paredes and Jose Sulla-Torres
Journal of Information Organization , Vol. 14, No. 2, 2024.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6025/jio/2024/14/2/89-107
Link: https://www.dline.info/jio/fulltext/v14n2/jiov14n2_3.pdf
Abstract:
The continuous advancement of new technologies in the digital era highlights the need to shift from traditional monitoring of university student attendance. Usually, students mark their attendance at the beginning of each class. However, this method can distract students during lectures, and the time it takes for teachers to count attendance significantly increases, particularly in bigger classes. In this context, this research proposes the development of a mobile application for Android that would simplify the process of tracking and managing attendance for students at the Universidad CatÃ³lica de Santa MarÃ­a (UCSM) by applying the Extreme Programming (XP) project management strategy.

The XP strategy details the appâ€™s entire development and release cycle, with Firebase acting as the Database Manager. Tests were conducted with fourth-year Systems Engineering students from the Faculty of Physical and Formal Sciences and Engineering at UCSM to assess the app. The attendance system was integrated with a database that stores student information and attendance records. Moreover, the appâ€™s interface is designed to display attendance data visually appealing, easy-to-use, and straight-forward forwardly for both teachers and students, providing reassurance and confidence in its usability. The results show that the appâ€™s implementation by UCSM faculty and students makes the attendance tracking process more effective and satisfactory than the conventional methods, as evaluated by the appâ€™s â€œASYSâ€ criteria.