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Online Examination System
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INTRODUCTION
PURPOSE
This document is the Center Head’s User Manual of the Online Examination System of
Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth (hereafter “TMV”). This document explains how to use
the online examination website as a Center Head.
INTENDED AUDIENCE
This document is intended for center heads who manage the Study Centers under the
Distance Learning programs of TMV.
OVERVIEW
CONTEXT
TMV offers over 100 different programs, both in in-campus as well as Distance Learning
modes. These courses are offered through the University campus and authorized study
centers. The university envisages expanding the reach of its programs as well upgrade the
evaluation methods using the latest Internet technology. For this purpose, the new online
system has been developed to handle the following functionalities as follows:
a. Online Admission
b. Online Examination
c. Online Results Publishing
This new system is initially launched for BCA, BBA & MBA courses in the Distance
learning mode starting from the Academic year 2009.
This new system has been developed as a
a. Independent Web site including separate domain registration and is hosted on a
very reliable internet server in a data center of a very reputed hosting provider in
the US
b. The website has been developed as a common Internet-based portal for students,
admission office, examination office, Study center Authority, Examination
supervisors, Examiners/Moderators etc.
Summary of Center Head Functions
Online Examination - Center Head User Manual Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth
Page 4 October 21, 2009
The Center Head is expected to play an important role in the conducting of online
examinations. For this purpose, the center head is first required to register him/herself on
the online examination website. The access to the system is secured by the
login/password mechanism. The login id is created for the user at the time of registration.
The System Administration then gives access rights to the center head to perform various
tasks in the system as follows.
After login, the menus that are available to the Center Head are as follows:
View Student List
Print Admission Form
Start Exam Session
Change Password
Edit My Profile
Edit My Identification
Sign Out
The details of these functions are explained in the subsequent pages of this manual.
Summary of Exam Supervisor Functions
The exam supervisor is an external person assigned to the center for the purpose of
conducting online examination.
The exam supervisor has to authorize the exam session which the Center head starts. Also
the exam supervisor has to terminate the exam session which indicates that the exam
officially finished without any malpractices or problems.
The registration & access control process for the supervisor is same as the Center head.
After login, the menus that are available to Exam Supervisor are as follows:
Authorize Exam Session
Terminate Exam Session
Change Password
Edit My Profile
Edit My Identification
Sign Out
HARDWARE & SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENT
The application is hosted from a data center of an internationally reputed ISP vendor for
high capacity bandwidth and 24x7 availability.
Online Examination - Center Head User Manual Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth
The users can access it using a browser from the desktop/laptop computers.
While the application for admission and other options can be accessed from anywhere,
the online examination can be taken only from the examination hall of designated TMV
Examination Centers.
The environment on user’s desktop/laptop computers should be as follows:
Client Operating System: Windows XP/Windows Vista
Internet Connectivity: Broadband internet connection with appropriate bandwidth
depending on number of simultaneous students, minimum 1MBPS
Proxy Setting: Necessarily use Proxy server to connect to the Internet.
Browser: Internet Explorer: ver. 6, 7, 8
Security settings for browser: Allow pop-ups from this site.
Online Exam System
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INTRODUCTION
OnlineExams is being launched because a need for a destination that is beneficial for both
institutes and students. With this site, institutes can register and host online exams. Students can
give exams and view their results. This site is an attempt to remove the existing flaws in the
manual system of conducting exams.
Purpose
Online Exams System fulfills the requirements of the institutes to conduct the exams online.
They do not have to go to any software developer to make a separate site for being able to
conduct exams online. They just have to register on the site and enter the exam details and the
lists of the students which can appear in the exam.
Students can give exam without the need of going to any physical destination. They can view
the result at the same time.
Thus the purpose of the site is to provide a system that saves the efforts and time of both the
institutes and the students.
What is Online Exams System all about?
Online Exams System is a web application that establishes a network between the institutes and
the students. Institutes enter on the site the questions they want in the exam. These questions are
displayed as a test to the eligible students. The answers enter by the students are then evaluated
and their score is calculated and saved. This score then can be accessed by the institutes to
determine the passes students or to evaluate their performance.
Online Exams System provides the platform but does not directly participate in, nor is it
involved in any tests conducted. Questions are posted not by the site, but users of the site. The
site requires an institute to register before posting the questions.
The site has an administrator who keeps an eye on the overall functioning of the system. The site
gets revenue by charging the institutes each time they want to conduct the exam.
The system entitled “Online Exams System” is application software, which aims at providing
services to the institutes and providing them with an option of selecting the eligible students by
themselves. It is developed by using J2EE technology and related database.
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGY
The establishment and use of sound engineering principles in order to obtain economically
developed software that is reliable and works efficiently on real machines is called software
engineering.
Software engineering is the discipline whose aim is:
1. Production of quality software
2. software that is delivered on time
3. cost within the budget
4. satisfies all requirements.
Software process is the way in which we produce the software. Apart from hiring smart,
knowledgeable engineers and buying the latest development tools, effective software
development process is also needed, so that engineers can systematically use the best technical
and managerial practices to successfully complete their projects.
A software life cycle is the series of identifiable stages that a software product undergoes during
its lifetime .A software lifecycle model is a descriptive and diagrammatic representation of the
software life cycle .A life cycle model represents all the activities required to make a software
product transit through its lifecycle phases .It also captures the order in which these activities are
to be taken .
Life Cycle Models
There are various life cycle models to improve the software processes.
WATERFALL MODEL
PROTOTYPE MODEL
ITERATIVE ENHANCEMENT MODEL
EVOLUTIONARY MODEL
SPIRAL MODEL