Examination Management Systems: A Survey of User Acceptance Level in UiTM Cawangan Pulau Pinang

Othman, Jamal; Kadar, Rozita; Wahab, Naemah Abdul; Warris, Saiful Nizam

doi:10.24191/jcrinn.v3i1.65

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“…Allowing exams to be repeated in more than one time slot reduces students’ stress of missing an exam (Woumans et al , 2016). Leaving empty Friday afternoons for male Muslim students and invigilators allows for the fulfillment of religious duties (Othman et al , 2018).…”

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Use of multi-objective examination model to sensitivity analysis for sustainability with three new practices

Şimşek

2022

JM2

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Purpose The study has two main objectives. The first is to introduce three new examination policy practices: overbooked exam rooms, a substitute invigilator and an inheritance of the invigilation distribution. The second is the use of the examination model to determine the sustainability of the system against expected changes and to obtain long-term strategic information. This study aims to obtain managerial insights on the sustainability of the examination system with the newly introduced practices; it does not claim to propose solutions for large-scale problems. Design/methodology/approach This study introduces a multi-objective mathematical model that contains a couple of constraints that belong to new practices. To check the sustainability of the system, this study gets help from sensitivity analysis, which informs the decision-maker about how the results will react to parameter changes. The authors perform all experiments in the Python/Gurobi modeling environment. Findings The results demonstrate that the proposed practices are effective in the efficient use of resources. Also, this study shows that the examination model can be used as a stress test so that the weaknesses of the system can be identified and long-term strategic information can be obtained. Originality/value The contribution of this study is twofold: the introduction of examination policy practices that are overbooked exam rooms, a substitute invigilator and an inheritance of the invigilation distribution. Overbooked exam rooms aim to use resources effectively, taking into account the possibility of temporarily increasing the exam room capacity. The substitute invigilator protects the examination process against sudden events. The inheritance of the invigilation distribution helps to ensure fairness; and the use of the examination model to obtain managerial insights on expectations. This allows testing the validity of existing policies and making necessary changes, taking into account possible changes in the system. In this respect, it differs from the studies in the literature and fills an important managerial gap.

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Use of multi-objective examination model to sensitivity analysis for sustainability with three new practices

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2022

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Multi Selection Control Algorithm in Examination Invigilation Management System(ExIMS) for Exchanging Invigilation Duties Among Invigilators at UiTM Pulau Pinang Branch

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Abdullah

Samsudin

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Invigilation of the examination is one of the important roles and tasks of lecturers appointed as invigilators or proctors. Based on the past semi-annually reports of examination post-mortems meeting, less than 10% of the invigilators were unhappy with the examination duties that have been assigned or appointed to them. The examination committee members who are responsible in the process of assigning the invigilation duties to each invigilator had given a lot of effort and spent a few weeks to ensure that everybody is happy with the invigilation duties assigned to them. Nevertheless, despite the excellent planning of invigilation duties assignment, it cannot make everybody satisfied. Thus, a web-based application system named Examination Invigilation Management Systems (ExIMS) has been developed using the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) waterfall model methodology to meet the need of invigilation duties exchanged among invigilators or applicants. This system has been developed to control and cross check the request of invigilation duties exchanged using the algorithm named multi selection control. The algorithm could avoid any conflicts or anomalies that could happen after the exchange of duty has been made. The process of duty exchange is examined and verified automatically by the system. The system provides a platform for users or invigilators to give their views or opinions on the invigilation duties and system features or performance through the online survey. The survey uses the TAM method concentrating on the perceived-ease-of-use (PEOU) component. Based on the survey, 95% respondents reported that they were satisfied with the platform for duty exchange among invigilators. The users can easily and flexibly select the new duties, which will be automatically and mutually swapped among invigilators. ExIMS has solved the problem of unsatisfaction of invigilation duties and increased the happiness index among invigilators during the examination period.

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Examination Management Systems: A Survey of User Acceptance Level in UiTM Cawangan Pulau Pinang

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Use of multi-objective examination model to sensitivity analysis for sustainability with three new practices

Use of multi-objective examination model to sensitivity analysis for sustainability with three new practices

Multi Selection Control Algorithm in Examination Invigilation Management System(ExIMS) for Exchanging Invigilation Duties Among Invigilators at UiTM Pulau Pinang Branch

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