Design of a Web-Based Student Attendance Information System using the Rapid Application Development Method (Case Study: SMA ST Petrus Medan)

Abstract

The development of information technology has brought convenience to various fields, including education. One of the challenges faced by St. Petrus High School, Medan, is the manual student attendance process, which often leads to errors, is time-consuming, and complicates data collection. Furthermore, the delivery of attendance information to parents is also less than optimal.To address these issues, this study designed a web-based student attendance information system using the Rapid Application Development (RAD) method. The RAD method was chosen because of its advantages in rapid development and allows for direct user involvement through iterative prototyping. The designed system provides features such as a dashboard, daily attendance, student attendance history, student and teacher data management, attendance reports, and automatic email notifications to parents if a student is absent without explanation. This design is expected to simplify the process of recording student attendance, expedite data recapitulation, and increase the transparency of attendance information between the school and parents.