Development of an Android-Based Class Record for Teachers

Mobile technology redefines assessment and classroom management. It allows teachers to become more mobile, collaborative and innovative. This paper describes the development of a mobile class record application for higher education institutions in the Philippines. The application is called mClassRecord, a stand-alone mobile application that automates the manual process of a class information recording and management practices of teacher educators in the Philippines. It only runs on Android platform. The development employs the feature-driven approach specifically during the design and coding phases. The app allows the teacher to record students, manage class information, monitor attendance, assign groupings, manage tasks, assess students, and view a dictionary of teacher education terms. Test cases were used during system testing, while the PACMAD model was used during the usability testing. The evaluation shows that mClassRecord is highly usable. The study concludes that the development of the mobile class record application is a success. Integrating many characteristics of a class record in one app is a challenging development task. The study recommends making mClassRecord online to incorporate data-syncing feature.