Design and development of student attendance information system using QR code in accounting department of Politeknik Negeri Semarang

Abstract

This study aims to streamline the lecture attendance system and overcome indications of cheating on student absences in the lecture process in class. Manual attendance list causes lost time of lectures and waste of paper, and therefore the need for an attendance system to reduce these problems. Higher education with all its strategic activities cannot be separated from the importance of using information technology. One of the important activities routinely carried out by a tertiary institution is to record Academic Administration activities (teaching and learning process), this routine activity involves many interests both from the lecturers, administration and from the learning facilities and infrastructure they have. This activity must be made an information system in order to facilitate all parties and produce information that is fast and valid. One such information is student information about absence which can be caused by permission, illness or even negligence. This activity is carried out every day so that if and error occurs or negligence will harm all parties involved in the teaching and learning process therein. This article discusses how to design and build an Academic recording information system in the form of student attendance that can produce accurate and timely information available to meet the needs of students, Academic Administration and department managers so that the information system can be aligned with academic regulations and can be accepted by system users. The object used is the Semarang State Polytechnic Accounting Department. The method used is to use the Unified Model Language approach which consists of Use Case Diagrams, Class Diagrams, and Data Dictionaries. While the development model using waterfall, the stages include analysis of the existing system, concept design, physical design, implementation and testing. The output of the research is an Android-based student attendance information system application using QR Code which generates information for students, Academic Administration and department managers.