Journal of Computing Technologies and Creative Content Volume 3, Number 1, Jul 2018. Page 1-3 e-ISSN: 2550-1550 © 2017 JTeC All rights reserved Page 1 MOBILE ATTENDANCE SYSTEM USING QR CODES TECHNOLOGY Bazilah A. Talip University Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Institute of Information Technology 50250 Kuala Lumpur bazilah@unikl.edu.my Mohamad Zulfikri Zulkifli University Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Institute of Information Technology 50250 Kuala Lumpur cosmosblade@gmail.com Quick Response (QR) codes technology has widely been used by many industries. QR codes technology has been selected in determining the best approach of taking students attendance compared to RFID because of the development cost is cheaper and easy to use. This paper discussed the influences of QR codes technology in education. Mobile attendance system using QR codes technology has enhanced academic management system as it allows the users to automate the attendance process. This study has developed mobile attendance system using QR codes technology. The outcomes of this study have demonstrated that the combination of web-based and mobile technology can improve taking student process in the university. I. INTRODUCTION Nowadays, the technology is becoming a part of our life. Technology has transformed the way people communicate and share information. Accessibility and availability of information make people get connected. It also make our daily activities much easier and faster. The use of technology has helped organisation to improve and provide better service to their end users. This scenario is similar to educational fields, which the advancement of the technology has a significant impact on teaching and learning in institute higher learning. Teaching and learning is a learning process for students to understand their course and to ensure the learning objectives are achieved. There are many aspects that can influence on the effectiveness of teaching and learning other than teaching itself. Taking attendance is one of the process that occurs before or after the lecture, which time consuming activity. Taking student attendance is essential for the educators, yet the process is taking a lot of time that can impact on teaching and learning process. To date, taking attendance is not automatically conducted, which it requires the educator adopt an old process in taking the student attendance. For example, the educator has to call out the student name or by passing out the attending paper for the students to sign the attendance sheet. Both techniques are time consuming and it vulnerable to the fraud – student sign on behalf of others. This situation occurs because too many students in the class, which may lead to complication. This study aims to solve this problem by implementing automated mobile attendance system using Quick Response (QR) codes. The development of QR attendance system can reduce the time for taking attendance and vulnerability issues. II. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY A. Problem Statement Taking student attendance is time consuming that has a significant impact on the teaching and learning process. Taking student attendance is also wasting the lecture time and vulnerable to fake attendance – student sign the attendance on behalf of their friend. This study aims to automate the attendance system using QR codes. QR codes allow the researcher to implement the automated student attendance system on mobile technology. Moreover, the cost of implementation of mobile application using QR codes technology is much cheaper compared to Radio-frequency identification (RFID) or other technology. This study focuses on the development of a fully functional mobile application with effective security element using QR codes. The main research question is how mobile attendance system using QR codes can improve taking student attendance. III. LITERATURE REVIEW Previous research related to the current investigation has focused on three areas: mobile application in education, threats to mobile technology, and QR codes technology. A. Mobile Application in Education Nowadays, mobile technology is important in supporting and improving education and its delivery. Mobile technology enables the user to extend their access from web based online environment to mobile devices. This extension enables the educational institutions develop mobile education as it allows the users to access to the information at anytime and anywhere [1]. Mobile education can be defined as the use of mobile technology to provide service or facilitate teaching and learning activity regardless of location and time [2].