Lower Isarog Foundation Exponent Inc.
Gingaroy, Tigaon, Camarines Sur
COMPUTER LABORATORY SYSTEM
By:
Maricres Biando
LenieJane Coliat
Enrique Binalingbing
The Faculty & Staff of Lower Isarog Foundation Exponent Inc.
Gingaroy, Tigaon, Camarines Sur
COMPUTER LABORATORY SYSTEM
A Thesis
Presented
To
In Partial fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
By:
MaricresBiando
LenieJane Coliat
Enrique Binalingbing
Lower Isarog Foundation Exponent Inc.
Gingaroy, Tigaon, Camarines Sur
APPROVAL SHEET
The study attached hereto Entitled “COMPUTER LABORATORY SYSTEM”
prepared and submitted to fulfill the requirements for the Degree of
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science has been recommended for
approval and acceptance for oral defense.
Mr.RodenViñas Mr. Ronnie P. Brucelas
Adviser Chairman of Academic
Mr. NolitoCareras Ms. Sheila Brucelas
Member Member
Ms. Leriam H. De Jesus Mr. RodenViῆas
Member Adviser
Approval by the committee on oral examination with the grade of______%
_______________
DEAN
TABLE OF CONTENT
Chapter Page
Title Page i
Approval Sheet ii
Acknowledgement iii
Abstract iv
CHAPTER I
Introduction 1-2
Conceptual Framework 3-4
Background of the Study 5
Significance of the study 6
Statement of the problem 7
Scope and Limitation 6
Objectives 9
Definition of Terms 10
Related Literature 11-13
CHAPTER II
Research Methodology 14-15
System Flowchart 16
10-15
System Specification 17
System Design and Code 18
CHAPTER III
Summary of Findings/Conclusion 19
Recommendation 20
CHAPTER IV
Reference 21
Curriculum Vitae 22
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We sincerely appreciate to everyone who’s been part to accomplish our
system for academic/school requirements.
First of all we would like to thank Atty. Gregorio B. Chavez and our beloved
teachers who gave us the opportunity to study in this Institution so that we
can fulfill our dreams. Also, we would like to express our gratitude to our
class instructor, Mr. Roden Viñas, for his untiring assistance in this project; to
the members of the Faculty and Staff of Lower Isarog Foundation Exponent,
Inc. Who guided and taught and unfalteringly share their knowledge to us.
As well, we would like to thank all individuals we may not be able to
mention but were contributory to the success of this study.
We likewise express our heartfelt gratitude to our parents for all their efforts
and for supporting us financially and morally.
We also give thanks to each and every one for being there for us to listen.
Most of all, we thank the almighty God who blessed us with the strength in
our daily life and renders us capable of materializing this undertaking
Abstract
Title : COMPUTER LABORATORY SYSTEM
Author : MaricresBiando
Lenie JaneColiat
Enrique Binalingbing
Degree Conferred : Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Name/Address of : Lower Isarog Foundation Exoponent, Inc.
Institution Gingaroy, Tigaon, Camarines Sur
This proposed automated system about computer laboratory
management aims to upgrade the usual computer laboratory. The
automated computer laboratory management system helps the
administration and laboratory custodian to make their task easy to do.
The main objective of this project includes; limiting hours when a
student can/cannot login a computer, limiting how long an eligible student
can use a computer by allocating them specific time on daily basis,
automatically closing a student's session when the time is out, recording
user statistics like used and remaining hours.
Through this system the time consumed by the staff can be reduced in
terms of manual adding data information of the students and viewing the
record of the previous record of the student.
The researchers conducted interview to gather and analyze the
current system’s possible risk and disadvantages. The use of computer
laboratory management system is to make a daily transaction fast and easy.
The purpose of Computer Laboratory Management System was
developed using Visual Basic 6.0 and MS 2007 for the database.
CHAPTER I
(Introduction)
Nowadays, in our society is in advance technology, human productivity is
made more efficient through the development of electronic gadgets, in one
organization like school/university/college and other agencies or offices.
The Computer Laboratory is an indispensable part of the institution in High
Schools and Universities for the reason that there are several matters that
uses computer like computing of data, creating documents and many other
tasks that uses computers for faster data processing. In schools, almost all
courses are having computer- related subject to learn about computers.
Focusing on this topic, Computer Laboratory Management System helps the
laboratory custodian to record and monitor the data of every student’s and
other personnel.
Most of the computer laboratories are usually monitored in manual way
using logbook to list all the record of students or we called manually log-on.
As we observe in our institution, Ms. Melanie Dañez and Ms. Glecy Viñas are
currently using manual process to record and serve the details of the
student’s, which takes time and effort to school laboratory personnel who is
in-charge in computer laboratory. By using technology we are proposing a
computerized “computer laboratory system” that will help LIFE Institution to
have a automated system that will upgrade and process of daily transaction
inside the computer laboratory.
Computer Laboratory is one of the facilities provided by Atty. Gregorio B.
Chavez to help students practice the theories that have been thought by our
instructors.
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
OLD SYSTEM
INPUT
-Record Names,
Time in, Time out
of the user on
the record book
- PC No.
PROCEESS
-Manual Compute
time consumed
-Manual searching
students
OUTPUT
- Laboratory Card
-Access Card
NEW SYSTEM
INPUT
-Present the
Access Card
- Student Info
-Add Time
- PC No.
PROCESS
- Search for
Students name.
-Add time
OUTPUT
- print Student
Record
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The school of Lower Isarog Foundation Exponent, Inc. is known as
Computer School, The proposed system, Computer Laboratory will help the
faculty and staff of the schools to monitor and managed the Computer
Laboratory.
The system includes the day-to-day activities in Computer Laboratory,
the user sign-in, data recording, access control supervision and storing
capability.
This could help computer laboratory personnel to make their job well-
organized and manageable.
The development of the computer technology and network
communication technology makes it possible for human society to enter an
era of information. But nowadays, most of the computer laboratory is still in
the primitive stage of manual management and procedures.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The researcher will give the great benefits to the Computer Laboratory in
Lower Isarog Foundation Exponent, Inc.
School
It gives a great impression to the school for massive changes into
technological advances.
Laboratory in Charge
It would give great help to the laboratory in-charge to do her job fast
and easy, and to monitor the day-to-day activities and controlled
supervision.
Student
It is helpful to the student to gather their information easily since the
first time they utilize the computers up to the last time, if they needed to
submit a laboratory card to the instructor.
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The study aims to develop and organize the record in computer laboratory
To recognize the time and quantity consumed of the students
automatically
Determine the subjects of the students automatically
To make easy and fast to lab-in charge
How can suggest automated laboratory system can support user and
administration?
What would be the effect to the laboratory custodian if the laboratory
system is being automated?
SCOPE AND LIMITATION
SCOPE
The researchers used Visual Basic 6.0 for creating the system and
Microsoft access 2003 for handling the database. This system we
entitled Computer Laboratory System that monitor the usage of the
time consumed in the computer laboratory
The system can update, view and print the record of the students.
This system records the Time consumed of the Student.
Automated system also compute automatically time consumed of the
students clients corresponding balance
LIMITATION
System is not for sale/online
Laboratory custodian only can access the system
This system could only be used by authorized personnel inside the
computer laboratory.
The system is operational assuming that there is no power
interruption
The system cannot trace what website a client browsed
The system is compatible only to windows platform workgroup
OBJECTIVE
The system can monitor the in and out of the user of the
laboratory.
It includes the name, course and time of the user
The system can easily monitor the current balance amount of the
student user.
Make transaction’s fast and manageable
The system has a friendly-user.
DEFINITION OF TERMS
ADMINISTRATOR – is a person whose job involves helping to organize and
supervise the way that an organization or institution functions.
a person who manages a computer system
VISUAL BASIC – Programming language in creating a system
USER – A user is a person who utilizes a computer or network
service. Users of computer systems and software products generally lack the
technical expertise required to fully understand how they work.
DATABASE - a structured set of data held in a computer, especially one that
is accessible in various ways.
CLIENT- A client is a piece of computer hardware or software that accesses
a service made available by a server. The server is often on another
computer system, in which case the client accesses the service by way of a
network
SERVER - a person or thing that provides a service or commodity.
Computer or computer program that manages access to a centralized
resource or service in a network.
TECHNICAL - relating to a particular subject
relating to a practical subject organized on scientific principles
RELATED LITERATURE
The history of computer labs at colleges and universities is an ill-
documented one. Books, articles, and websites can be found
documenting the first mainframes put in place and the early years of
computer science. Computer labs, however, are rarely found
described in the literature about computing in higher learning. Even
less scholarly attention has been given to how students have used
these labs. In some ways it appears the labs have quietly settled into
the middle areas between personal computers and supercomputers as
well as between class use and in-home use. Lab computers offer
access to personal computing software and high-end specialized
software. They are also utilized for academic needs similar to in-class
use and entertainment like much computer use at home. Yet, while
studies have been focused on computer use at the ends of these two
spectrums, the university computer lab has unceremoniously bridged
the gaps without garnering much attention. Understanding the
background for this particular study requires a look into three subject
areas: how students use computers to fulfill academic needs, how
computers have become a part of social lives of students, and how
entertainment and other personal tasks are being completed using
computers. Knowing these patterns of general computer usage will
help provide a reference when looking at how computers in university
labs are used. Student use of computers began as a way to make
academic work more effective and efficient. Internet use has become a
staple of almost every type of academic endeavor these days although
its effectiveness in educating students might be debated by 9 some
professors. Oftentimes, students’ primary resource for an assignment
will be a commercial Internet search engine or general web surfing “
instead of using more reliable points of access such as library
databases or their library’s home page” (Thompson, 2003, p. 262).
Despite opinions of some faculty members, students feel that these
methods are working well for them. Seventy-five percent of students
reported that they are successful in finding the information that they
need for academic assignments (Thompson, 2003). These research
methods seem to have an impact on the citations within student
papers. Davis and Cohen (2001) conducted a biometric analysis of
citations in 1996 when the Internet was first being used as
a research tool and 1999 when it was well established. Their data
indicates that citations of websites increased while citations of books
decreased. Magazine and journal citations remained fairly stable which
may be related to their availability in online journals and article
databases. The academic use of computers and the Internet is much
more diverse than simply doing online research. The most basic use is
in word-processing. The ability to quickly type legible documents, save
them for later use, and easily edit their contents has made writing for
classes much easier and efficient. Similarly, applications like Microsoft
Excel have made it easy to create tabular data and perform simple
calculations. Presentation software such as Microsoft PowerPoint and
Apple Keynote allow students to make professional-looking
multimedia presentations for classes.
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CHAPTER II
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Technical Background
The researcher used Visual basic 6.0 in developing the system since it’s the
most applicable resources.
The system is composed of two categories which is the server side and the
other one is client side. The server side will be the control or manage the
entire system and only the teacher can use it. Client side is for the students.
How the systems will work:
Students and Teachers must logon in order to access the system by
providing username and password at the login page.
The objective of this research project was to determine the purposes for
which students used the campus computer labs at the Lower Isarog
Foundation Exponent, Inc. The understanding of computer usage patterns in
this area had previously been based on informal observation of students by
lab staff.
OBSERVATIONS
The researcher gathered data trough searching to the
internet, also conducting interview to the personnel in lab-
in-charge to discuss the flow of transaction about
laboratory system.
DATA GATHERING
The researchers figure out to collect information and data
for the purpose of making organize.
Data Processing Methods system design
The system originated design as computer Laboratory
System, to organized/monitored the current balance or
amount of the students in Lower Isarog Foundation
Exponent, Inc.
Testing
SYSTEM SPECIFICATION
SOFTWARE SPECIFICATION
The required software package programming specification of the
propose
System
1. OPERATING SYSTEM(WINDOWS 2007 and 2010)
2. DATABAS(MS Access 2002 and 2003)
3. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE (Visual Basic 6.0)
HARDWARE SPECIFICATION
The physical performance and characteristics of the equipment and
facilities by the system.
A. Minimal-Hardware Requirements
CPU-
RAM-
HOD-
VIDEO CARD-Video graphic adapter arrow
B. Recommended hardware Requirements
CPU-Microsoft windows 2010
RAM-PC 4GB
SYSTEM USER
This system can be proposed to use and recommended to the
Administration of Lower Isarog Foundation Exponent, Inc. to help the
computer laboratory in charge to make his job efficient, easy and relevant
using this system.
CHAPTER III
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS/ CONCLUSION
This Research was conducted to study the Lower Isarog Foundation
Exponent, Inc., entitled “COMPUTER LABORATORY SYSTEM”. The
researcher concludes that having a Computer Laboratory System at Lower
Isarog Foundation Exponent INC., will give great serve to the Computer
Laboratory in Charge to keep the record of those student users, less time
consuming, and it is easy to figure out the computation of time consumed
by the users.
The instructors can add, edit and update students and instructors
information. The instructor can print out the record of the students and
then, students will be given a maximum two hours to use the computer
laboratory based on their subjects. The student can automatically receive a
message box to remind the remaining hours.
RECOMMENDATION
The researcher of the proposed system really appreciates to make this
system efficient and relevant. The panelist recommended to makes a
friendly-user system by; viewing the record of the student and balance of
the student must be updated, and only the laboratory custodian will be the
only authorized to control the server.
For further information, the administration of the school aside from the
researcher was the only capable to answer some questions regarding the
system.
SOLUTION
The panelist recommended to the researcher how to restart, logout and
shutdown if they will used the computer?
The researcher create a client and server application using visual basic 6.0 to
make sure that have receive a message box to remind and monitor the
remaining hours/time of the client/user.
QUESTIONAIRE OF INTERVIEW
1. How many hours the students can login?
2. Do you have a separate logbook or login record of attendance when
you are in charge in the computer laboratory?
3. How do you manage the time consumed of the student?
4. Where do you keep your records of daily transaction in computer
laboratory?
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