Prototipo de sistema para el registro de notas y asistencia basado en microservicios con integración SIGA-Moodle en el Instituto Superior Tecnológico del Austro

Abstract

This research aims to develop a functional software prototype of the Grade and Attendance Recording Module (GARM). The problem lies in the fact that the process of recording grades and attendance is carried out manually at the Instituto Superior Tecnológico del Austro (ISTA by its Spanish acronym). This requires professors to enter grades into the Moodle platform, transfer the data to spreadsheets, and then re-enter it into the national academic system (SIGA by its Spanish acronym). This process takes between six and eight hours at the end of each grading period and involves a high risk of transcription errors. The web system was developed using the Kanban methodology. The system has a six-microservice architecture built with Spring Boot and Java, a React-based user interface, and a PostgreSQL database. In addition, a dual adapter was implemented to integrate with SIGA, considering that this system does not provide a public interface. In the usability validation, the system received an excellent rating (87.5/100) using the System Usability Scale (SUS) questionnaire. The usability evaluation was conducted with an expert instructor. The technical test consisted of recording the grades for one grading period in the web system. This process was completed in a few seconds compared with the time required for the manual process. In conclusion, the web system enables the recording and consolidation of student grades and attendance at ISTA.