International Journal of Information Engineering and Electronic Business (IJIEEB)
IJIEEB Vol. 8, No. 3, 8 May 2016
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Course and Student Management System Based on ABET Computing Criteria
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Author(s)
Sahar A. El Rahman
1,2,*
Sahar S. Shabanah
2,3
Index Terms
ABET, Accreditation, Articulation Matrix, Course Assessment Matrix, Learning Objectives, Program Outcomes, Web Based
Abstract
Accreditation is considered as one of the major aspects of ABET, where educational institutions continuously develop the quality of academic programs to achieve it. For the most part of this continuous development needs, the programs determine definite and measured objectives for their students, evaluate their efforts to achieve these objectives, and amend their programs based on the results of that assessment. In addition to providing educational institutions an organized strategy to appraise and develop their programs. The primary focal point to prepare for accreditation is the learning objectives and program outcomes assessment. So, College of Computer and information Sciences (CCIS) at Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman (PNU) needs to fulfill ABET criteria to achieve the outcomes. So, CCIS need a system to achieve course assessment matrix without wasting the time and efforts. This system will help the staff members in identifying student learning objectives that are expected to achieve as well as to identify assessment tools and evaluation feedback for each topic. This paper describes Course and Student Management System (CSMS) established to address a course assessment matrix, and help achieve department-stated objectives. Whereas, CSMS is a web based system provides many features to facilitate the creation of articulation matrix, course assessment based on students learning objectives, the student's evaluation and tracking attendance of students. This system is considered as a new method of creating the course assessment matrix that will help the department head, instructors and course coordinator. It is user friendly and interactive interface, saving the time and efforts.
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Sahar A. El_Rahman, Sahar S. Shabanah, "Course and Student Management System Based on ABET Computing Criteria", International Journal of Information Engineering and Electronic Business(IJIEEB), Vol.8, No.3, pp.1-10, 2016. DOI:10.5815/ijieeb.2016.03.01
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