User Acceptance of Online Attendance Application Using Barcode Scanner

Abstract

Attendance needs to be well recorded to meet the subject requirements and ensure the active participation of students. Appropriate record-keeping is essential for assessing student performance adequately. There were more mistakes in larger classes because recording attendance by hand with a pen and paper was time-consuming and prone to human error. This paper's objective is to investigate the acceptance level for mobile application barcode attendance for the University of Buraimi (UoB) students. Educators will not have to bother themselves with the attendance-taking process because the application systematizes this procedure, relieving educators of manual work. The research methodology employed in this study outlines the procedures of the Design Science Research (DSR) methodology. The DSR methodology comprises five essential steps: problem awareness, suggestion, development, evaluation, and conclusion. The results showed how many respondents agreed or disagreed. Additionally, ten students from various UOB departments answered a questionnaire similar to those in the previous survey, aiming to gauge their usability and acceptance of the attendance app. This study concludes that most students accepted the use of the mobile application barcode attendance at the University of Buraimi. Students connect easily to the mobile application, identify the current class, and scan a code provided by the teacher’s side, bypassing the built-in camera and automatically registering student attendance.