Journal of Organizational Innovation and Culture (Dec 2022)
The Development of Grade Point Average (GPA) Follow-up and Advising System for Undergraduate Students who are at Risk of Termination of Mahasarakham University Student Status
Abstract
This study aims to develop Grade Point Average (GPA) follow-up and an Advising System for undergraduate students who are at risk of termination of their Mahasarakham University student status and to study the satisfaction of the user of Grade Point Average (GPA) follow-up and Advising System for undergraduate Students who are at Risk of Termination of Mahasarakham University Student Status. The sample group consisted of 2,102 people comprising 1) undergraduate students with a cumulative grade point average (GPAX) less than 2.00, the population was equal to 1,817 people by simple random sampling. 2) 266 advisors by simple random sampling and 3) 19 academic staff from all faculties by specific selection with 3 system evaluation experts. The tools used in the study consisted of 1.1) system assessment from experts and 1.2) user satisfaction questionnaire. 2) technical tools developed on microcomputers including 2.1) Windows 10 for 64 Bit operating system, 2.2) ASP Classic development language for machine servers and Microsoft Access97 for office systems (Back Office), and 2.3) the database which is Oracle installed on the server by using Windows Server 2012 operating system. In the testing part, the program was tested in parallel with the programming to look for bugs and make corrections. The statistics used in the research were percentage, mean and standard deviation.The study found that 1) the new system developed was developed by ASP Classic and Access97 and Oracle database management system which is a database shared with the university. This is an additional channel for tracking academic results and providing advice for advisors for the academic staff of faculties and students with basic information for consulting through the educational service system, and 2) users of the system are satisfied with the use of the Grade Point Average (GPA) follow-up and Advising System for Undergraduate Students who are at Risk of Termination of their Mahasarakham University Student Status for overall in a high level.
