Development of Online Exam System for the Institution

Abstract

Today online examination systems have become a fast-growing examination method because of its speed and accuracy. It is the simplest to use web-based applications for schools, colleges, universities, coaching classes, training centers, certification agencies, and recruitment firms to conduct timer-based, completely automated paperless examinations. The hassle of paper-based examination, physical presence of invigilators ensuring no cheating by the students or the strenuous task of checking each test paper by the examiner; this conservative practice is really tiring. Virtual Examination System is a web-based system, a modern standalone online examination platform for conducting virtual exams which has highlighting features like Full Screen constraint to eradicate malpractices by students, Instant results, and statistics right after completion of the test and many more.

Introduction

I. INTRODUCTION

Today the online examination system has become a fast-growing examination method because of its speed and accuracy. It is the simplest to use web-based applications for schools, colleges, universities, coaching classes, training centers, certification agencies, and recruitment firms to conduct timer-based, completely automated paperless examinations. It is very much important for the organizations to prepare their students for any exams by saving the time. It will check the paper and generate mark sheets as well. It will also help the Organization to test the students and develop their skills. Virtual examination system has modules like question bank, examination, test setup, giving examination, calculate results, view results, store test data, administrator module to manage examination, question, and its options. The Virtual Examination System also needs less manpower to execute the examination.

Today, almost all exams and recruitment tests are being conducted in online mode. The primary goal of the proposed “Virtual Examination System” is to effectively access the student performance thoroughly with the help of a completely automated system that not only helps to save a lot of time but also gives quick outcomes. virtual exams which have highlighting features like Full Screen constraint to eradicate malpractices by students, etc.

A. Goals & Objectives

1. To Reduce Examination Costs.
2. The flexibility of exam management.
3. Quick result processing.

II. LITERATURE SURVEY

Today, the online examination system is considered a fast-developing examination method because of its accuracy and speed. It also works with less manpower to handle the examination. Almost all organizations today are managing their exams by an online examination system, since it reduces student’s time in examinations.  Organizations can also easily monitor the progress of the student that they give through an examination. As a result of this, the result is calculated in less time. It also helps diminish the need for paper.

Online examination project in python is very useful to learn it. According to today’s requirement, the online examination system is significantly important to the educational institution to prepare the exams, saving the time and effort that is required to check the exam papers and to prepare the results reports. The online examination system helps the educational institutions to monitor their students and keep eyes on their progress.

The best use of this system is in the Scholastic Institute and training centers because it helps in managing the exams and getting the results in an easy and efficient manner. Until today the preparation for exams and preparing the results was performed manually, this required more time to complete.

A Study on Web Based Online Examination System International Conference on Recent Trends in Artificial Intelligence, IOT, Smart Cities & Applications (ICAISC-2020). Online examination system is a web-based examination system where examinations are given online. Either through the internet or intranet using a computer system. The main goal of this online examination system is to effectively evaluate the student thoroughly through a totally automated system that not only reduces the required time but also obtains fast and accurate results. The main objective of our software is to efficiently evaluate the candidate thoroughly through a fully automated system there is no need for paper and pen. The user can write an exam without going to the exam center. Also, the website will provide a good writing overview, it is the most significant advancement in the programming process.

Before building up the device it is important to decide the time factor, economy and friends’ quality.  When these things are fulfilled, at that  point  the following  stage  is  to  figure  out  which working  framework  and  language  can  be utilized for building up the device. When the software  engineers  begin  assembling  the instrument  the  developers  need a parcel  of outside help. This help can be acquired from senior developers, from books or  from sites. Before  building  the  framework,  the  above thoughts  are  considered  for  building  up  the proposed framework.  The  significant  piece  of  the  undertaking advancement  segment  considers  and completely  studies  all  the  necessary requirements  for  building  up  the  task.  For each  venture  Literature  study  is  the  most significant  part  in the programming advancement  process. When these things are fulfilled and completely studied,  at  that point the subsequent stage is to decide about the  product  determinations  in  the  separate framework,  for  example,  what  kind  of working  framework  the  venture  would require,  and  what  are  for  the  most part  the vital programming are expected to continue with  the  following  stage,  for  example, building  up  the  devices,  and  the  related activities. 

Understudy Verification System for Online Assessments:  Bolstering Quality and Integrity of Distance Learning The quick development of  online assessments  utilizing  Internet-based appraisal  instruments  has  proceeded.  The powerlessness  to  control  an  understudy's domain  while  taking  tests  has  been  a significant  test  for advanced  education.  An unmistakable relationship exists  between an expansion in the quantity of demonstrations of  deceptive  nature  and  the  disappointment of establishments offering  courses to screen and  uphold  approaches  on  cheating.  The ongoing  article  of  scholastic  untruthfulness and  delegate  at  home  distributed  by Chronicle  Higher  Education,  the  U.S. Congress  is  worried  about  quality  and respectability of separation learning and had included language into a  piece of  enactment restoring  the  Higher  Education  Act  that urges  schools  to  battle  duping  all  the more adequately. The reason  for this examination is  to  research  the  flow  innovation  and biometric  frameworks  utilized  in  remote administering  frameworks  to  check  and screen understudies taking on the web tests. The  examination  additionally  proposes  the model to help the trustworthiness and nature of  online  appraisal;  the  model  incorporates facial acknowledgment programming, video reconnaissance  frameworks,  and  PC limitation  programming  into  a  framework. In outline, online appraisal and administered testing manage the  issue  of  understudy  ID and  the  earth  where  materials  are  gotten  to adequately however it likewise invalidates a great  part  of  the  benefit  of  giving  Internet based-course  work.  Usage  of  biometric framework  with  refreshed  innovation  in video  reconnaissance  in  the  online assessment  will  prompt  conviction  and quality  confirmation  of  understudy accomplishment and school's notoriety.

Acknowledgment of internet testing as an elective assessment device in advanced education Testing or assessing is one of the actions in a learning procedure. There are a few sorts of testing  that  are  utilized  to  be  applied  in advanced  education.  Like  paper-based testing  or  PC  based  testing.  In  Malang, Indonesia,  there  are  numerous  higher instructions  that  are  continually  having assessment  plans.  How  about  we  call a midterm  assessment.  The  midterm assessment  had  been  held a  quarter  of  a year  after  the  talks  began.  Present time, paper-based testing  is  as  yet  utilized,  in midterm  assessment  or  even  in  the  last assessment.  Be  that  as  it  may,  in  some topics,  PC  based  testing  is  being  utilized. Much  the  same  as  in  Informatics  and Computer  topics,  the  midterm  assessment  is utilizing  a  PC  based  testing.  Right now, I might want to think about executing web-based  testing  in  advanced  education  from the  understudy's  perspective  and  the lecturers.

In this application, we present a strategy to stay away from the actual presence of a delegate all through the test by making an exhaustive performance of multiple tasks frameworks. This assessment framework utilizes fewer assets and teaches the requirement for Q & A contents.

The online examination system uses client/server architecture methodology. It is essential to make sure that the data set is very much planned. The document names picked to mark the tables made inside the information base endeavor to mirror the table's motivation and, thus, add to a well-plan framework.

Utilizing an open-source language gives us greater adaptability, and yet it requires more opportunity to be modified. Student support is characterized as "every one of the exercises and components in schooling that reacts to a known student or a gathering of students, which are intended to aid emotional and precise domains of the learning process. Students get themselves registered for several online programs and it's increasing exponentially. But students dropping out of these courses is also more due to improper support services.

In the Online Examination System, researchers are attempting to ?h?nge the traditional manual examination in the edu??ti?n?l institution. The online examination system is effective in time management. In this ???er, we ?r???sed ? system with an automatic assessment technique. This algorithm is to determine the frequency of words, Keyword math, linguistic analysis, and grade generation. Our advanced system is able to evaluate the response of descriptive questions. Mark ?ll???ti?n depends on the percentage of the answer. The whole press consists of four steps: Extraction of keyw?rds, weight age of keywords, Feature matching, S??re generation. Most of the competitive exams are ??ndu?ted online. Be??use they are time-efficient, ??st-effi?ient, and secure.

In the rural area, students have to travel from far away to give examinations in their allocated center. Hence their welfare needs to be the main goal of the system. Online examination is the crucial part among online education. It is efficient and fast enough and reduces the large amount of material resources. Examination system is developed based on the web. This paper describes the principle of the designed system that presents the main functions of the system, analyzes the algorithm of auto - generating test paper, and discusses the security of the system.

This Online Examination System is a software solution, which allows any industry or institute to arrange, conduct and manage examinations via an online environment. Some of the problems faced during manual examination systems are the delays occurring in result processing, filing poses a problem, filtering of records is difficult. The chance of loss of records is high and also record searching is difficult. Maintenance of the system is also very difficult and takes a lot of time and effort.

The main objective of our project is to provide a unified interface for students and faculty members for the effective conduction of online exams. The faculty can set questions and review the student performance. Students can give their test allotted to them according to their subjects in their respective curriculum. The aim is to make it easier for faculties and students to analyze their performance in the exams and easy conduction of online examination

III. PROPOSED WORK

The main objective of our project is to provide a unified interface for students and faculty members for the effective conduction of online exams. The faculty can set questions and review the student performance. Students can give their test allotted to them according to their subjects in their respective curriculum.

The aim is to make it easier for faculties and students to analyze their performance in the exams and easy conduction of online exams.

A. System Architecture

Above: The primary focus of this web application is to provide an interface to analyze the performance of students. We have achieved this by creating three interfaces of admin, student, and teacher. The student must add his credentials in order to gain access to the student interface. The above architecture describes the complete view of the web app and its usage in the perfect manner. It also shows the working of all the actors. There are three main actors of our application i.e., student teacher and admin. The first task of any user before accessing the interface is to sign up and login. After creating the account of every user, the user data will be stored in the database. Moreover, the admin and faculty can add the data of students directly in the database.

As shown in the figure the admin has to manage schedule and publish result. In the manage schedule task the admin has to notify students about the upcoming exams via email. After the schedule is successfully managed and the test is given by students the admin will display result.  The admin generates exams and then the faculty sets questions. After the test is successfully created and the respective questions are added with correct options and marks. The time limit is set and the question paper is out for students. The students of 38 respective courses are assigned the test. The students are then notified about upcoming test beforehand. The student has to appear in the test after successful completion of the test he can view his marks immediately and analyze his performance. The result of every student will be visible to the admin and faculty. The faculty can take respective measures accordingly for every student based on their performance.  The main focus of thus app is to provide a unified interface for faculty and students for individual analysis of academic performance. This will immensely help to improve overall performance of students.

B. Functional Modules

1. Module 1 – ADMIN: The administrator module does the function of system management, adding the registered information of the user to the system.
2. Module 2 – FACULTY: The teacher module includes a test management module, automatic organizing of examinations. paper, examination-paper management, paper analysis, result.
3. Module 3 – STUDENT: The student module has a login option to attend the exam and after completing and submitting the exam result is immediately generated.

C. Flow of the System

1. Flow of the System for Admin

There are three main modules of our web-application namely admin, faculty and student. The task of admin module is to authenticate and approve user data. It has the authority to approve respective students and teachers who are registering in the application. Admin can login in the app through super-user from the command prompt of the web-app. After creating the account, it has to login in order to access all the admin facilities. The admin can add new user and authenticate any new users who sign up through the website. There is a separate access for both teachers and students, the admin has to authenticate both teachers and students separately. The admin can also create exams and analyze the number of exams generated and also see the details of exams. The main task of admin is also to notify students about upcoming test on and day before the examination

2. Flow of the System for Faculty

The second module is faculty module. In order to access the faculty side interface, the faculty has to first sign up and make an account. After the account is successfully created, he/she has to wait until the admin authenticates the user. After receiving authentication from the admin, the faculty has access to all the functions. The faculty can search records of students and analyze the performance of every student individually. The main task of faculty is to generate exams. While generating exams he/she has to enter questions and options and also set correct options. The faculty can also set time limit of the examination according to his/her question paper. Lastly after generating the question paper faculty has to assign the test to respective students of the respective course and add the schedule of the examination.

3. Flow of the System for Student

IV. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We would like to express deep sense of gratitude to our Project Guide, Mr. Naresh Badve and Mr. Tony Jagyasi, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, for being the cornerstone of our project. We would also like to thank Dr. Animesh Tayal, Head of Department, Computer Science & Engineering for providing necessary guidance, support, motivation and inspiration without which this project would not have been possible.

Conclusion

In this project, we have designed and developed a web application and partially completed its development by applying engineering knowledge which provided us with an approach to build an Online Examination System. It solved the problem of faculty belonging to our institute and can save their time in terms of exam management, invigilation and even correcting exam papers. Also, this project is a step towards adaptation of digital education by our institution. This application will enable the institute’s students to appear for the examinations in online mode. We have used modern tools like Django, Python, VS Code and dB SQLite. During the development of this project, we learnt individual and teamwork while project development and management. While presenting our project through various seminars we enhanced our communication and presenting skills and displayed professional ethics.

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Copyright

Copyright © 2023 Naresh Badve, Tony Jagyasi, Samruddhi Bansod, Khushi Dharmik, Swati Shekokar, Trisha Rotke, Sakshi Gawande, Mr. Ratnesh Kumar Choudhary. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.