Open AccessDEVELOPMENT OF A FINGERPRINT-BASED ATTENDANCE NOTIFICATION SYSTEM USING SIMPLE MAIL TRANSFER PROTOCOL
Author(s) -
O.K. Adejumobi,
Mary Adedoyin,
A.A. Adenowo,
O. Shoewu,
Abayomi Isiaka O. Yussuff
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
engineering and techology research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0794-2834
DOI - 10.47545/etrj.2021.6.1.076
Subject(s) - attendance , truancy , computer science , fingerprint (computing) , protocol (science) , interface (matter) , simple (philosophy) , transfer (computing) , database , world wide web , data mining , computer security , medicine , psychology , operating system , philosophy , alternative medicine , criminology , bubble , pathology , epistemology , maximum bubble pressure method , economics , economic growth
The concept of attendance monitoring has since evolved to become an integral part of every functional society. Today, in most educational institutions, students’ attendance is being taken manually by lecturers on paper-based attendance registers. However, this method is time-consuming, inaccurate and may not be available for analysis when needed because the collected data has not been stored in any database. Hence, in this paper, a fingerprintbased, wireless students’ attendance system using C# and MYSQL is developed to address the problem of truancy, human error in taking attendance and impersonation. Also, a fingerprint device with the Graphical User Interface (GUI) is modelled using C#, which was used for both enrolment and verification while MYSQL was used to model the database. The Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is then used to send the PDF version of the attendance records to relevant stakeholders to ascertain the students’ levels of attendance. The developed system is simple, secure and cost-effective to implement. The developed system worked efficiently when experimented.