The application of image processing for monitoring student’s attention level during online class

Abstract

With the COVID-19 pandemic still causing the world to be quarantined in their house to prevent the spread of the virus, this means online classes are still the main method of conducting classes. This project aims to help lecturers monitor the students during class as they are having problems checking whether the students are paying attention or not. This project uses the student’s facial features to determine their attention level using two different coding algorithm Viola-Jones and Sobel edge. These two algorithms help to determine what kind of facial expression that the students are making. The Viola-Jones algorithm detects and captures the student’s facial features such as eyes and mouth while the Sobel edge algorithm detects the edges of the facial features to determine whether the eyes and mouth are open or closed. With the data collected it will run through the database to determine the student’s attention level and inform the lecturer.