ENROLLMENT AND BILLING SYSTEM

An Undergraduate Thesis
Presented to
The Computer Studies Division
Cor Jesu College
Digos City

In Partial Fulfillment
Of the requirement for the Degree
Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (BSIT)

By

Neil Fajardo
Roy Salvaleon
Alfred Dumato
Melchor Bayod

MARCH 2015

COR JESU COLLEGE

Sacred Heart Ave., Digos City
Province of Davao del Sur
Philippines

APPROVAL SHEET

In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Information
Technology, this thesis entitled:

ENROLLMENT AND BILLING SYSTEM

Has been prepared and submitted by Alfred Dumato, Roy Salvaleon, Neil Fajardo, and Melchor Bayod

APPROVED by the Oral Examination Committee:

____________
Panel Member

____________
Panel Member

____________
Panel Member

____________
Chairperson

Accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Bachelor of Science in
Information Technology.

Department Chairperson, Computer Studies

March 2015

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The proponents wish to express their earnest gratitude to the persons who gave assistance, for
without their encouragement, this study would not have been possible.
Mr. Cesar A. Tecson, M.I.T, Dean of Computer Studies Division for his guidance, encouragement,
and valuable advice.
Mrs. Emelda Archi, the College Administrator of Southern Mindanao Computer College Inc.
(SMCC) for granting the proponents request.
Mr.Cesar A. Tecson, thesis adviser, for his support and guidance throughout the study.
Benjie Pabroa, thesis mentor, for the knowledge and suggestion.
Mr. Joven Lanoy for sharing his knowledge and support during the course of the study.
To our family, friends, classmates from BSIT 5 and love ones, for all the support that they have
rendered. Most importantly, to God Almighty for his unfaltering blessings and guidance.

ABSTRACT

ENROLLMENT AND BILLING SYSTEM

Alfred Dumato
Melchor Bayod
Roy Salvaleon
Neil Fajardo

The Enrollment and Billing System was proposed to replace of the manual process of enrollment in
Southern Mindanao Computer College Inc. (SMCC) in order to have a smooth and organized flow of
transactions. SMCC is a private technical school in Digos City, Davao del Sur that used a traditional system
of enrollment.

Data and information were kept on a filing cabinet in which the school personnel find it difficult to
retrieve. In addition, it took time to process students record, to make the list of students and subjects, and to
compile records.

Moreover, the numerous operations that EBS included the adding and updating of students records,
generating assessment slips, and other enrollment processes commending efficient system for the institution.
It involved proper record handling, tracing the constraints and evaluating the manual system. EBS can be a
solution to the problems encountered by the school. Some of the benefits that can be acquired in the EBS are
as follows:

a. Easy retrieval of records as compiled by semester and school year;

b. Easy monitoring of students enrollment records such as accounts and subjects;
c. Fast evaluation of the subjects by the administrator.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAGE
TITLE
PAGE
.i
APPROVAL
SHEETii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
..iii
ABSTRACT
..iv
LIST OF
TABLES..
viii
LIST OF
FIGURES
ix
LIST OF
APPENDICES..x

CHAPTER

I
INTRODUCTION..1
Purpose and Description.2

Objectives3
Scope and Limitations..4
Definition of
terms..5

II

REVIEW OF RELATED

TECHNOLOGY6
III

TECHNICAL

BACKGOUND10
IV
METHODOLOGY
13
Requirement
Specification13

Analysis..18

Design.27

Development and Testing

35

V
RECOMMENDATIONS
39

REFERENCES.
42

APPENDICES.
44
CURRICULUM
VITAE.81

LIST OF TABLES

TABLES

PAGE

1
2

Conceptual Paradigm of the proposed system12

Requirement by User

14
Test case

I.20
Test case

II..20
Test case

III.21
Test case

IV.21
Test case

V..22
Test case

9
10

VI.22
Roles and Responsibilities40
Tools and

11

Techniques.40
Evaluation of
Results..49

LIST OF FIGURES

FIGURES

PAGE

Conceptual Framework of the manual System

2
3

11
Conceptual Framework of the Proposed System11
Use Case

Diagram..19
ERD
Analysis

..23
Sequence Diagram

Mode.24
Sequence Diagram

Mode.25
Sequence Diagram

Mode.26
Database
Design..2

7
Data Flow

10

Diagram.33
SDLC
Model
.35

11

Gantt
Chart
.41

LIST OF APPENDICES

Appendices

Page

Relevance Source Code..44

Evaluation Tool49

Sample Input and Output..52

User Manual..60

CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

Enrolment serves as a vital part in the life of every student upon entering schools or universities,
either public or in private. It gives students the impression on how the whole institute manages and
manipulate the entire body. Moreover, enrolment serves as the first experience of all students by which
he/she takes part either individually or with company of a parent or some relatives. Enrolment is considered
as the first step or procedure that must be done by old students within a particular institute before the
semester per school year totally starts, but for those freshmen, or first year students (new students), they are
obliged to usually take an admission test, to know and assess them the right course to engage to, followed by
a scheduled interview in order to give them brief instructions and information about certain issues with
regards to the schools policies, institutional programs as well as personal information, health, economic
status, so on and so forth. Good enrolment is always an asset in a university, pertaining to fast payment,
assessment procedures, and easy transactions with a high rate of accuracy. Therefore, good enrolment within
the schools or universities, if present, can be described as civilize, organize, accurate and professional.

As technology continues to advance, computers are becoming more part of everyday life. Computers
are everywhere at work, at school, and at home .Many daily activities either involve the use of or depend on
information from a computer. This maybe because computers are used in almost every field and profession
like education and office works to perform large number of computer application .It also the best solution
for providing information and a way of communications in every individual and gives better understanding
of some events that can arouse the interest of some particular subject matter.
As technology advances, human continuously seeks for better ways of improving quality of living
and making work more efficient and effective. Myriad of years had passed when first uncovered the
perplexity of using the powerful machine, computer. This human controlled device performs goal directed
tasks such as finding the most efficient way or solution to a problem (Encyclopedia Britannica, 2010).
Once competence is applied in using computer, users can manipulate, change and control the
environment the way user pleases. Computer applications in terms of business, society and homes become
prevalent. Software applications are predominantly used by corporate firms and even in aiding tutorials in
schools and record keepings. Silver (1989) stated that information and paperwork are the most abundant
products generated by modern business. Processing this mountain of information occupies the working
hours of hundreds of thousands office workers, computer operators, clerk and managers. Although keeping
records is crucial for the successful management of a business and several institutions, it usually consumes
time in searching for a particular data in a pile of records. Information Technologies have to double its effort
in producing and developing a computerized system since it eliminates specific problems encountered
during the manual system process.
Most schools used computers to help students deal with modern technology. However, as the
population of the students continues to grow, many schools faced difficulties in handling enrollment
transactions. One of the solutions available to solve the problem is to transform the manual enrollment into a
computerized system.
An Enrollment and Billing System (EBS) for Southern Mindanao Computer College Inc. of Digos
City (SMCC) was develop to provide solution to the problem encountered by the school in operating its

enrollment procedures. EBS is a computerized system that used Java Application (Netbeans 6.9.1) and
MySQL for the database management. Further, it provides an easy enrollment operation, timeless accounts
and payments calculations. Thus , computerized systems will make task easier, faster and well organized.
The computerized world is a highly efficient one, which processing the big quantities of data and
keeping .The extensive records will not be a problem to a post industrialized society, likewise the unreliable
and slow processing and preparing student record and enrollment summary of report.
At Southern Mindanao Computer College, Incorporated (SMCC) Digos City there are five hundred
three students taking several year levels. The populations of the student in mentioned School are continued
to grow which means also that an increase of records are handled by the Registrar. Clearly the manual
system of enrollment and student record keeping are too much time consuming task. Computer can be
considered as another instrument for developing a system like enrollment in every school. This can be a
great help to those students, teachers and school who are handling many task from providing easier and
faster access.

Background of the Study

A quick and automated enrollment and billing system process is the way the school can find an easier and
better way to implement an enrollment system. The automation of the said system will be implemented
through the use of equipments like computers and printers. Users can use these equipments in order for the
work to be done faster and it can lessen the processing time because of fast accessing of data. The
researchers will develop a system that can minimize the processing time in order to access records of the
students quickly so that enrollment process will be much faster than usual. Enrollees will be more
comfortable for the system that researchers will develop because of fast and consistent processing of schools
enrollment system. Researchers of the system will be aware of the existing problems that enrollees and the
school are experiencing in the past few years to develop a system that will provide a solution to their needs
for them to be comfortable of what the propose system will provide. Users or the facilitators of the propose

enrollment and billing system will also benefited for the reason that they will not do the usual way they do
when they are processing the enrollment forms or records of the enrollees. Instead of doing the usual way or
the manual system of processing records of the enrollees they can now use a GUI or graphical user-interface,
all they have to do is to press the mouse and enter data of an enrollee from the keyboard to manage the
propose enrollment and billing system.

MANUAL OF REGULATION

Brief History
The Davao Micro Data Computer Education Center was organized in mid 1993 by educationoriented professionals in Davao del Sur. The prime objective is to establish a total computer school in the
municipality of Digos which is to be the first of its kind in the province of Davao del Sur.
The application of the school for registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
was approved in February 17, 1995. After the approval, the school started to acquire computer units intended
for informal training in tutorial basis.
In late 1994, the school acquired a good space for its computer trainings at JMC building, Rizal
Avenue, Digos, Davao Del Sur. Starting with a remarkable number of students enrolled in the first salvo of
training, the board of directors decided to pursue the opening of the Two-year Computer Secretarial course,
which was the first in the locality.
Early in 1996, the name of the school, Davao Micro Data Computer Education Center was changed
to Southern Mindanao Computer College, Inc. with a zealous and sincere intention to open up degree
courses in Computer and information technology in the near future.

MISSION, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

It is the true belief of the school that an individual could be trained in special skills and be a
productive person the soonest possible time. Their expertise can make them employable in the industry or
self-made enterprise where rewards are far greater and brighter.
The fact that they earn good, they can contribute to the governments effort for national economic
development. The Southern Mindanao Computer College, Inc. ensures the development of human resources
in various fields of computer education and its related fields for the computerization of business, industry
and other social organization.
Furthermore, the school aims to:
1. Conduct long and short term studies or programs for students interested in computer technology and
other related courses;
2. Educate and train individuals in the line of modern computer technology in preparation for an
advance career;
3. Prepare competent leaders, excellent secretaries and clerical employees who could run the
information machinery of the country and the international community.
4. Offer effective training development for professional and allied support manpower or different
business and industrial organization.
5. Acquire facilities relevant to computer education and trainings and provide organized system of
instruction/training with competent facilitators and instructors.

Statement of the Problem

Computer as part of the innovation in technology manifest bigger changes in world, economies,
banks and other manufacturing centers flourished due to the catching power of computers in the field of
education, not all school can afford to have numbers of computer to update the school manual system, which
somehow caused a lot of inaccuracy and inefficiency in the date processing records, rules and regulations,

profiles, and program The present system of Southern Mindanao Computer College Inc. is done manually
such as the enrollment system, and record keeping. From the time it was started to operate, they use the
manual system. Even nowadays, that they have computers, still they use it for proration of memos and
letters. The present enrollment System caused a lot of inaccuracy and efficiency in processing the record and
data of the students. Too much time and effort are consumed and cannot give on time.
Different Problems are as follows:
1. How to lessen the time of the students in paying their fees of Southern Mindanao
Computer College, Inc.
2. How the Southern Mindanao Computer College, Inc. can manage an easy way of
securing student record?
3. How to speed up the process of generating enrollment report in a short period of
time?

General Objectives

The study aims to develop and implement an automated Enrollment and Billing System for Southern
Mindanao Computer College Inc. which will make the process of enrollment and billing less time
consuming.

Specific Objectives

1. To design a module that will automatically compute a students tuition fee for an
entire school year?
2. To develop an effective scheduling module that will generate conflict-free schedules.
3. To develop a module for a more organized student record.
4. To develop a computerized system that will help the Southern Mindanao Computer
College Inc. in providing their clients/students a more faster, accurate and

Efficient enrollment system.

5. To use the skills and knowledge that we gained through studying the subject of System
Analysis And Design, Object Oriented Programming and Database Management
System.
6. To enhance the knowledge of individuals in creating program
7. To help the Southern Mindanao Computer College Inc. in providing good quality of
enrolment system.
Significance of the Study

The computers provide convenience to its user through the easier and faster way of transactions.
Population of students in almost all-educational institution is rapidly increasing so great demand in teaching
force is also becoming higher. Fortunately, todays generation of high technology machine and tools can
substitute these workers.
This proposed Computerized Enrollment and Billing System of Southern Mindanao Computer
College, Inc. will provide a high technology way of retrieving and managing students data.
The study will be a great help to the following:
The School
The school deserves to provide an efficient, faster, and accurate enrollment system for the students, for their
school to preserved its name And for the school to attract more parents to enroll their children. In using this
system, a lot of time will be lessen and saved. And it will make the work more easier. The proposed system
once implemented, will help the school persuade new, incoming students to enroll, and not only that the
school can compete with other private schools in terms of enrollment and quality education. The
computerized enrollment system will provide the faculty and staff easy access to the students profiles,
grades and schedules.

The Students and Parents

The proposed system aims to have a user-friendly and accurate functional interface. The proposed system
will benefit to the students in terms of getting the result of the enrollment faster and it will lessen the time of
the students to fill up many forms and they dont need to wait for a long time to know their
sections because the system will generate automatically, it will show immediately the section where the
students belong. The system has its instructions that will helps the students to understand the process. The
proposed system will be able to minimize the time and effort that it takes to process students enrollment.
And it is also beneficial to the parents because it will help them lessen the time it takes to find appropriate
class for their children.

The Faculty Staff

The proposed system will benefit to the faculty staff , It will lessen the time and hassles of the teachers and
faculty staff during the enrollment day. Yet they can do their other activities because
the system is easy to use, all instructions are there, so theres no need a lot of man power because all the
procedures are there and Theres no difficulties for the students to enroll. The proposed system will benefit
the employees handling enrollment processes of Southern Mindanao Computer College. The current
registrar, who is intended to be one of the primary users of the systems. Once the system was implemented,
it will able to help reduce the work of the Registrar. All the students record will be stored in the systems
database like students class schedules and sections, teachers schedule, and the students grade. Through the
use of the system, acquiring information by the users will be served with fewer delays, even decisions could
be made easily based on the latest input data.

The Future Researchers

This proposed system will help to the future researchers because this study provides the necessary
information in developing a computerized enrollment system. The future researchers can improve their
systems by making this as their guide. They can use this for the references for their study and developing the
same system. They can used the processes that had been made and they can apply it in their
proposed system. The system will benefit the future researcher/s as guide or reference in their own efforts at
any proposal or project. The researchers will enhance their analysis, knowledge and technical skills. They
will gain programming knowledge and logical stimulation, knowing how to eliminate the certain problems
of a system. The importance of conducting this study will be their opportunity to test and prove their skills in
hardware development.

The proponents

The proponent is the one who will benefit from this study because the proponents will apply all their
acquired knowledge and skills. And they will use it in developing a system for the users And it will help the
proponents to resolve the problems. The proponents have developed their writing, analysis, and
interpretation skills needed to make a good thesis. It will beneficial to the proponents by gaining
programming knowledge and logical stimulation and knowing how to eliminate certain problems of a
computer system. Due to the stated problems regarding their teaching system, the proponents will not only
gain programming knowledge but will also proposed a computerized version of enrollment. The importance
of conducting this study will be the opportunity for the proponents to test and prove their skills in software
development. They will utilize not only their skills in programming, but will also have to ensure and be sure
that their program will be of greater help and will meet all the users needs.

Scope and Limitation of the study

The computerized enrollment system is an application system, which requires the users to input the gathered
information about the students and the system will undergo process for inputting the information in the
computer and the students will wait for several minute for the results of their section, they will go back to
faculty for the receipt or enrollment assessment form. The system is can be used only by an authorized
school members like teachers and faculty staff because they are the one who knows the information and they
are the one who knows to use the system and they are in charge in giving the instructions to the students and
they are allowed to access the system. Students are not allowed to use the system because it is limited to
users and the system has its own security features like login that only administrators can access the system.

The study will be limited only to the boundaries of (Computerized Enrollment and Billing System of
Southern Mindanao Computer College). The researchers focused in getting relevant data including data of
the students and computation of necessary fees, the system will able to
view class schedules.
It has an ability to save, record, and edit those data and important information about the students,
teachers and school.
The study covers the computerization of the activities, the enrollment system including student
registration class list, principals report of total enrolment of students and receipt.
The enrollment and Billing System covered the major processes:
1. Save the data and information of the students and subjects on a database. The database contains
the students personal data, and subject information to be used on the enrollment procedures and
records. Each student is provided with a unique ID number that contained related information
such as name, address, and date of birth. The subject information contained basic details like
lecture and laboratory units. Multiple subject schedules are possible with the presence of class
card numbers.

2. Keep the enrollment records by specified semester and school year enrollment records are
classified as student enrolled subjects, accounts, and payment information or history. Records are
being saved by an identified semester and school year.
3. Configure of miscellaneous fees that should be done before and after the enrollment starts to
avoid inconsistency of students accounts.
4. Load the classes with subjects qualified for the specified semester on the class organizer.
5. Display suggested subjects in lined with students curriculum during the start of enrollment.
Administrator chooses either to add a selected class or all the suggested classes. The
administrator also adds directly a specified class. Dropping and printing of enrolled classes are
also catered by the system.
6. Students accounts and save accounts summary during enrollment; however, if payment
transaction is made, the payment details will be save in the payment history. Implement special
fees on selected students only; example: field trip fee for SMAW NC II students.

Purpose and Description

The software application focused on improving the enrollment system of SMCC. It envisaged to be
of great help to the following persons:
Students. The students would easily be enrolled in their respective subjects through the help of EBS.
Registrar and accounting Office. The proposed system would help establish fast record keeping
and retrieving.
The School. The main beneficiary of the study is Southern Mindanao Computer College of Digos
City. SMCC, if would be adapting the innovation, would make their work at optimum performance. The
develop system would compensate the flows and problems that the institution is encountering. Employees
would not have to worry preparing forms for the students and reports for the administration because the
system will do it for them.

Future Researchers. The study could be used as reference material in having automated enrollment
system if the future researchers would like to formulate a new and better system.

Definition of Terms

These terminologies were gathered by the researcher for better and clearer understanding about the
study.
Client. Does not share any of its resources that request a servers content or service function.
Computer. Machine capable of the following the instruction to alter data, programmable electronic
device that can perform calculations and processing information.
Database. Is a container to store your tables in. and a structural collection of related records or data
that is stored in a computer.
Enrollment. It is a process in which a student is being admitted to the institution. This includes the
listing of information or data about the student and subject he/she will be enrolled.
Information. Knowledge given or received of some fact or circumstances.
Program. An algorithm that a computer can both follow directly and follow the translated version.
Record. It is the collection of related field with information that usually pertains to only one subject.
Server. A computer on a local area that is running software for controlling access to all or part of the
network and its resources and shares its resources with client.
System. It is a group of interrelated components working together toward a common goal by
accepting input and producing output in an organized transformation process.
Software. It is a system utility or application program expressed in complete readable language.

User. The person who uses a computer for word processing, communications, and other application.
UserFriendly. A program easy to use even though an individual is not knowledgeable about the
system.
Netbeans 6.9.1. Scripting language or programming language that is used to design the system.
EBS Stands for Enrollment and Billing System. It is a computerized system that composed of
students records and payment transactions.
Java is a high-level, third generation programming language, like C, Fortran, Smalltalk, Perl, and
many others.
Jasper Report is an open source java reporting tool that can write to a variety of targets, such as:
screen, a printer, into PDF, HTML, Microsoft Excel, RTF, ODT, Comma-separated values or XML files.
MySQL is a database computer language designed for managing data in relational.
Students refer to a college student who is officially enrolled in SMCC and can be further categorized
as new, old or transferee.

CHAPTER II

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

One of the most significant steps in a research project is conducting the literature review. Through
this chapter, readers can familiarize the flow of the study. The related and previous studies presented in this
chapter would give the readers and future researchers an idea of the system of the proponents. The
proponents selected and review these studies and previous works to provide information for the readers.

Local

http://www.slideshare.net/alvinbobadilla/chapter-1-2
Magalang (2003)
Over

two

decades,

effective

enrollment

management

is

going

to be critical to the future of tuition/enrollment-dependent College and universities, especially in state where
the number of high school graduate is expected to decline by 30-40% (WICHE,1984).This paper outline the
conceptual framework, design, and implementation plan for building decision-support system for enrollment
management at the college level private, comprehensive university. It begins with a brief overview of the
enrollment system. As a concept, the computer-hardware environment, and the fourth-generation software
tools used to implement the system. they proposed this to developed software that will help the management
of the school GEANHS in giving good service to its student in speeding of the process involve in
monitoring account acquired during the enrollment & other payment transaction and was designed to be
user-friendly by only authorized persons and to ensure security of data basic information and automation of
enrollment process will upgrade the quality of the services provided for the qualified enrollees and This
system have been designed in order to speed up the access and retrieval information and to lessen manual
effort involve in the Enrollment routine of transaction.

Solomon (2002)
Stated that the using of computer are continue to grow, the need for a more timely information and data
processing comes on demand keeping the record of any manual operations need the application, because
handling it manually will only be conflicting this System was made to lessen the time and effort exerted
by both student and school employees. It is also made to give accurate reports and keep records of every
students every students and for easy and fast way of enrollment..Developing Enrollment System, to know
how to read sign the data that is used to be kept the record files of students and also that, it could be mange
more efficiently in computer with his project ,This conducted system goes along the trend of
computerization to be in the field of competitiveness and survive to the complicated works developed a
program using database III which capable of retrieving, access in manipulating of data in easy way The
study was conceived because of the need to update the current registration system of GEANHS, which is
done manually.

Torres et.al. (2002)

conducted a study that resolves around the importance computerization of student information. This study
was conducted with the hope that it would help minimize time and effort in
processing students information in Maulawin National High School. The basic feature of this study is after
the storage and access of retrieving and updating the data. Nowadays most of the companies are dealing with
huge amount of data. Of course this requires long processes of maintaining ,organizing and managing of
these data. Managing these data will require a specific system specially created for the usage of a certain
company or client. Handing multiple student records manually will consume a lot of time and
resources . For a system to be efficient, reliable, and effective it needs to lessen the task of the user and the
time consumed. Thus , computerization is essential to a system specially when it deals with huge amount of
data. Also computerization gives security by sorting or monitoring the data or entities involved in the
system. A security password and username for the client or user is also a must for maximum data security.

Since enrollment system needs to process huge amount of data and information, computerization will
become useful and essential for it. Maintaining students records for enrollment system with computerization
will lessen the task and time consumed. Also updating the data will become easier and time saving, since the
data required needs to be updated from time to time. Since student records are one of the most important
data in an educational institution it needs to be maintained and organized. Computerization greatly increases
the efficiency of an enrollment system. The user can maximize usage of a system with Computerization.

Revalla (2005)
created an Automation Enrollment System for the computer Science Department of the Laguna College
business and Arts. The study was conceived because of the need to update the current registration system of
LCBA, which is done manually. Her study, was based on the special problem of Mr. Bonifacio E. Bacani, Jr.
about Student Record information System.
It is generally accepted that information is a vital commodity for the successful operation of today's
organizations. Nowadays modern business organizations are using computerized information systems in
order to obtain such information. As a student with little knowledge about technology rapidly the main issue,
is how can an organization should effectively use such an information system. Which it's management
sometimes can be unpredictable in order to effectively help the whole organization structure to improve and
take the most out of it. This report will try to analyze intranet and its impact on the use of information in
organizations, as well as what actions an organization might take to make the most effective use of it.
Almost every higher education or any institution uses a software to store it's data. You wouldn't accept the
applicants information without having a place to put a data and accepting applications. That part is the
beginning of the study a system. Once students are accepted, you need to ensure that you store their
information in a secure place, keep it up to date, and share it with all your institution's offices so it can be
used easily and efficiently throughout each student's entire life cycle. The one Proponents of that system,
will guide and satisfy our clients for student records. The proponent's goal in this project is to developed the
current system that they are using and make their staff easier and will help to reduce paper woks. It will

make a useful system that can be used to facilitate the record of the student. That proponents system is a user
friendly for our clients. It will be easily to access by the authorized personnel such as professors, instructors,
and school administrator. It will be easily for the authorized personnel to access it. This system describes the
information and components of computerized system and several strategies to develop the whole system.
When we talk about the students record of the School.
What do we usually think, Well, student's record is one of the most important files or documents that need to
give way of attention, who assign this particular position, because it is one of the hidden files of the school
that was the record of the student needs to secure for their privacy. Information Technology is widely used
for faster and easier way of recording student information. It is also used in managing the operation
undertaken by the school. It is a great help to every school that undergoes with different difficulties within
recording the student's information. Almost all schools and other institutions, computers have significant
impact in their works. People rely on computer for efficient and effective way to handle different loads and
tasks.

Foreign
http://www.slideshare.net/alvinbobadilla/chapter-1-2Gurewich (1999)
stated that the database system makes the work faster for every institution. For the mere fact that instead of
doing things manually, with the use of computer technology everything is done fasters. This system was
used an SQL in database that give less time to the employee of the school that inputs a record or information
about the client or what we called enrollees. In their database they are not displayed the whole table only
the important entities are displayed when you run the program. We will guide this system because of the
functionality of their database.

Adamski (2007)

was useful in the sense of functions and features that the enrollment system has. This system was
computerized on year2007 that has highly secured in their files and record of the students. They are used a
reliable database, in program they used java language that also the same with the language that we are use.
they are some differences between the enrollment system of Adamski and the system that we are develop for
now, Adamski have a receipt after paying tuition on cashier, they created a forms that show the content of
tuition fee but in our system we are not suppose to create a forms like a receipt because we are engaging in
public school. They are also created a form that has a lot questions about personal information of the
enrollees. In our system we are not suppose to imitate those questions because the school only get the
important detail of the students like full name, contact no., and address. We will depending on our system in
this published journal because we think that this documents will guide us to make a better system. We also
decided to use this documents because all of the flows and functionality of the system was very customized
that we saw on the DFD, another reason is we have the same goals and that is to make an enrollment system
that gives a better process for the school or the client.

Hammer (2003)
They said that computer could eliminate the need for copying and rearranging information, which was
entered into system. They also perform mathematical computation; in short computer can eliminate most of
the paper works. Database is use as a storage of data in a system, this is use in almost of the system because
it handles the data. Some of the advantage of database is/are it saves time, and thereby
increases productivity by making it easier to retrieve data as needed, with database it makes backing up of
vital data much easier, easy retriever of data and sharing of data. This is important in our system because we
are making a system that need a storage of data because we input many data in our system which is
confidential with the users. computer gives more benefits because this is where you create systems that can
make your works faster and less man power. We need computer for accurate and efficient outputs of data for
the benefits of the users. The system or the computer help us (the programmers) to make our work easier.

Towsand (2005)
stated that database is structured collection of data. The data may be about people, product events in short,
any type of information is to manage the collection of data for reporting and making decision. Of course
data needs to be updated from time to time, therefore database provides easier access to the data that needs
to be updated by sorting them into their designated categories and sections. Nowadays most
of the companies holds huge amount of data, so basically they really need a system to hold and manage that
data for them. Like the enrollment system, it holds the data, manages it and also it updates from time to time.
A system needs a database to function, without a database a system wouldnt be efficient or wont function at
all. Database is one of the primary requirement for a system, not only for an enrollment system but for most
of the systems that a client or company requires. Database management is important for the data of the
system needs to be managed carefully and efficiently for better and more accurate results.

Dry run of Automated Enrollment System (http://www.ssu.edu.ph)

The Automated Enrollment System of Samar State University ails for an accurate, user-friendly,
efficient system that can help both the student and personnel for first data processing of enrollment. Engr.
Heidi Hashimoto, Japanese volunteer, headed the creation and conceptualization of the system. The system
is web base that uses Php programming language with data storage in MySQL. In this study, php was used
as for the programming language and data were stored using MySQL. Further, the system is automated
system that runs through Intranet of the University. This means that the record cannot be accessed using the
Internet and outside the school.

ACM Portal (http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1181300)

The online student enrollment system enables students to enroll into their subjects prior to the
commencement of their semesters. This enrollment system not only allows international students to enroll
through the internet without traveling to the campus but also incorporated the business rules. These business

rules cover a wide range of regulations and policy such as subject, pre-requisite, students payment status,
course coordinators decision and the correspondence of the students seniority to the intended enrolling
subjects. Besides business rules, the system incorporates various notification mechanism like short
messaging service (SMS) and E-mail. The interface auto-detects the users device either Pc or laptop or much
smaller screen device such as a PDA. In short, the enrollment system back end engine runs to provide high
satisfaction user experience with the business and user interface, the system is able to run the workflow
cycle running in parallel with the notification capability.

Illinois Virtual High School Inquiry (http://www.ivhs.org/)

This online inquiry gives detailed information on persons that can be contacted with regard to
specific field; example is a general program issues, technical problems, faculty information and course
development. It also gives information about their regional coordinators for participating schools. The
students have a login feature where the students can log-in using their Login ID. The online inquiry system
of Illinois High school helps the authors to picture out and develop an ideal database structure for the
system. The proponents systems are similar and are based on some capabilities of the system in this study
like the inquiry of courses and login feature for the student.

Conde (2007) in his study entitled Network-bases Enrollment System of Paete National High
School cited that the manual process of enrollment and manual handling of information and reports of the
students is very laborious one. The proponents developed a network based system enrollment system to the
said school to solve the huge amount of task.
Garcia (2002) created the LSPC Enrollment System, the study can be a great help to persons
concerned during the enrollment period, the registrar, instructor of the students as they retrieval necessary
information when needed and lessen the burden manually browsing over enrollment slip for record purposes
Saayo et.al (2008) developed the system Network based automated Enrollment and grading system
for Morong National High School. Due to increasing population of the institution, and the school currently

implementing the manual system, every student spends a lot of time during enrollment period, such as
paying their tuition fees and processing the school requirements.
Valina et.al (2009) entitled Network-based student Permanent Record keeping and Enrollment
System of Balian National High School. This System was made to lessen the time and effort exerted by
both student and school employees. It is also made to give accurate reports and keep records of every
students every students and for easy and fast way of enrollment.
Soria et.al. (2006) constructed a system entitled Network-based Computerized inventory System
for the supply office o the LSPC main campus. With the advancement of technology, devices and machines
were improve , developed and inverted to cope up with the need of new world. There are different systems
designed for reliable, efficient and very useful to the user.
Cabang et.al. (2003) developed the computerized Students Record Monitoring System of Siniloan
National High School, Computerized Student data will be exceedingly helped to the user through
continuous management of the School. It could help the registrar for a less effort services in the institutions
especially in updating, printing and deleting students record.
Velasco (2002) Study entitled Maulawin National High School Student Information System cited
that maintaining students, records manually is a very difficult task and time consuming. In that case,
computerization system that can help and handle this data needed to speed up the process of students record
keeping and to promote and reliability.
Cura et.al. (2004) Designed system entitled computerized inventory system of office of the supply
in LSPU is capable of handling voluminous data about the flow of item insurance and reply to the flow of
items issuance and return in supply office
Torres et.al. (2002) conducted a study that resolves around the importance computerization of
student information. This study was conducted with the hope that it would help minimize time and effort in
processing students information in Maulawin National High School. The basic feature of this study is after
the storage and access of retrieving and updating the data.
Alcaira (1999) Stated that the using of computer are continue to grow, the need for a more timely
information and data processing comes on demand keeping the record of any manual operations need the
application, because handling it manually will only be conflicting.
Aravia et.al. (2002) Show the growing importance of computers in the society. The significance of
the study revolves the automation of student permanent record keeping.
Garnace (1999) Developed application software for the computerized information system of a
commercial piggery using the concept of the database and implemented it in database.

Gumitao (2001) System is designed to provide reports of the list of enrollment per school year,
periodical grade of students, and list of new, old and transferees
Revalla (2005) created an Automation Enrollment System for the computer Science Department of
the Laguna College business and Arts. The study was conceived because of the need to update the current
registration system of LCBA, which is done manually. Her study, was based on the special problem of Mr.
Bonifacio E. Bacani, Jr. about Student Record information System.
Kampitan (2000) developed an Enrollment System of Liceo De Victoria that is designed to keep the
students records. This is used to provide an effective and faster of providing information of the student and
also the accounting purposes Liceo De Victoria Enrollment was developed and implement using relational
database and designed in clipper 5.3.
Earlier, Encila (1999) Introduced the Enrollment System for the computer Science Department of
LCBA and traders, designed of enrollment System is advantageous to the school because it speed up the
process and with only a minimum amount of power and resources.
Cacao (2002) designed the Morning Star Montessori School incorporated form 137implemented in
Fox Base.
Solomon (2002) developed Enrollment and Record keeping System, to know how to read sign the
data that is used to be kept the record files of students and also that, it could be mange more efficiently in
computer with his project.
Quiver (2001) developed a program using database III which capable of retrieving, access in
manipulating of data in easy way. A computerized system to minimized the lost of record and burden of
work was designed by Pajarillo in 2002.
Monsalve and Ilagan (2005) developed a program and designed using Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0
and Microsoft access. The system is capable of receiving access, searching items, providing adequate
information and data gathering.
IPizzara and Veridiano (2001) this system was done using Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0. This
conducted system goes along the trend of computerization to be in the field of competitiveness and survive
to the complicated works.
Relayo (1999) this study will assist the researcher regarding to the use of database and Visual Basic.
This system have been designed in order to speed up the access and retrieval information and to lessen
manual effort involve in the library routine of transaction.
Magalang (2003) he proposed this to developed software that will help the management of the
school lyceum in giving good service to its student in speeding of the process involve in monitoring
account acquired during the enrollment & other payment transaction.

Lazaro (2004) this study entitled Liceo de Los Banos record monitoring system password was
created for the protection and was designed to be user-friendly by only authorized persons and to ensure
security of data basic information.
Lumbers (2002) stated in her study entitled a systematic enrollment process using database system
in Saint John academy. Calamba, Laguna that the application of database system to the enrollment process
will greatly increase its efficiency; automation of enrollment process will upgrade the quality of the services
provided for the qualified enrollees.
Local

According to Aquino(2005). Importance of computer application is increasing day by day. In the

latest decades of the Millennium winning organization are those which are willing to integrate business
strategy and computer information technology in plying their respective trades. The use of computer
information technology results for them to be able to develop products fast and make decisions fast, ability
to have fluid organization structures, able to cope with the demanding work force and external environment
by the rapid development of innovative approaches and lastly using information system confirms the
companys mission vision.
Schools use information systems in the way of implementing an enrolment system. This results for
them to attract enrollees and earn an income. Enrollees are attracted because the use of the said system
makes the transactions faster and easier.
Lack of enrolment system in schools can lead to chaos and troubles. As stated by Ace Adrian
(2011). Students will be confused on what they should do to be able to enroll that is why such systems is
extremely useful in the way that it gives an ease on working on enrolment processes. Enrollment is very
useful in retrieving vital information of the students. Without it can lead difficulty both for the
administration of school and student in enrollment processes.
Many countries nowadays, especially the developing nations are challenged by the rapid
technological changes. This has radically changed the living and working styles of the entire society. This
transformation has been driven partly by rapid technological innovation. While in the 20th century saw the

rise of the industrial revolution with steam-powered machines intensifying and expanding human productive
power, the 21th century was characterized by the birth of machine-powered flight and the emergence of
broadcasting and computer technologies the extend the reach of human creativity even more and made
possible new ways by which humans could live and work together (Tinio, 2002).
The transformation of manual enrollment transaction to automated and now into a web based
automation is one example of what has driven partly by the rapid technological innovation. Any ways just to
make work easier and faster like enrollment transaction is possible with the emergence of computer
technologies.
Technology innovation had influenced mans work from data processing, business transaction,
research, planning, monitoring and even in medical operation on human anatomy are now entrusted to
computer technology. Web application are popular due to ubiquity of its applications. The ability to update
and maintain web application without distributing and installing software on potentially thousands of client
computers are key reasons for its popularity. A significant advantage of building web applications to support
a standard browser feature is the ability to perform as specified, regardless of the operating system installed
on a given client (Bacala&Reanno, 2009).
A web-based enrolment system has featured that meet most of academic institutions systems needs
and requirements. This include standardized modules for student registration, enrolment, grade management,
and other modules that are deemed necessary to operate a school.
Foreign
According to Jennifer Rowley (2005), information systems are a tool to support information
management. Information systems are increasingly being used in organizations with the objective of
providing competitive advantage. The information systems used by organizations can be grouped into
different types such as transaction processing system, management information system, decision support
system, executive information system, expert systems and office information system. Information
Technology has heralded the advent of the information society. The information society may be a virtual
society. The concepts of the electronic classroom, the electronic office and electronic library have been

explored. Information system poses a number of issues on society in general, including: changing
employment patterns, archiving, and bibliographic control, security and data protection, intellectual
property, marketplace issues and access.
An enrollment system is basically included in one of the classification of information system that is
stated by the author, thus it serves a tool to support information management with regards to the student
data, enrolment fees information and other with a connection to the enrolment process. Every school gain
competitive advantage of having this system for they will have the capacity on handling important
information at ease and with security.
The iterative implementation approach is a theory that eliminates problems of using a waterfall
study. This is invented to avoid a linear and sequential development of study. The overall functionality of the
system is broken down into feature sets. These features sets often based upon use cases from the analysis
stage, containing group of individual features that are related, typically by a functional area (Stephen
McHenry, 2010).
WAMP5 (WAMP means Windows Apache Mysql PHP) is a platform of Web development under
Windows. It allows you to develop dynamic Web sites with Apache server, PHP5 script language, and the
database of MySQL release 5. It also possesses PHPMyAdmin and SQLite manager to manage more easily
your databases.
Windows 7 is an operating system produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including
home and business desktops, laptops, netbooks, tablet PCs, and media center PCs. It was released to
manufacturing on July 22, 2009, and became generally available for retail worldwide on October 22, 2009,
less than three years after the release of its predecessor, Windows Vista. Windows 7s server counterpart,
Windows Server 2008 R2, was released at the same time, Windows 7 is succeeded by Windows 8.
Adopting the theory of Stephen McHenry which is known as the iterative implementation covers the
breakdown of overall functionality of the system to a what he called feature set and those feature sets
represents different process involve in an enrollment system. It helps locate what feature an enrollment
system will have since that this kind of systems does many activities and processes. According to Dunn and

Scott (2005), science and technology is the root of emerging innovations in this world. For many years now,
a person in this field of expertise does not stop to reshape the landscape of todays business world.
Enrollment system has made huge impact into the school arena. It is a system that is built on innovative
program strategies. It is a system that will help both the enrollment personnel-in-charge and the students to
easily process the enrollment at a lesser time. Distinct from traditional enrollment, LAN enrollment system
process large assortment of student records and provides efficient and consistent information services. As
stated by Holmes (2006), The Internet is neither an extraordinary communication tool nor revolutionary. It
simply represents the current stage in the development of human capabilities through written language,
which itself derived from the spoken form. That statement only shows that advancement in modern
technology is at their highest peak. Nowadays, Web-based applications are widely used due to their ubiquity.
Web-based enrollment system is currently emerging on markets for they are offering transaction
convenience and service efficiency through the use of Internet. This system becomes a powerful tool in
dealing with information management regarding enrollment transactions. According to Forman(2007),
continuing innovation in technologies can lead to organizational changes that range from improvement of
day to day operation and for easy access it provides for the end users. Many schools today have adapted this
innovation in offering of their services.

Related Studies

Local
Based on the researcher, a web-based enrolment system for Veritas Parochial School (VPS) in
Manila was developed to help its students enroll in a more efficient way without the hassles of waiting long
hours in filling out forms, which sometimes become redundant, or to stand in line and pay at the cashier. It is
with the Web-based Enrolment System for VPS that this new style of enrolment may be achieved. This new
type of system offers its students new options for enrolling at VPS. By logging on to VPS website, one can
register and enroll subjects for a school year. With these, all the students are required to fill out certain forms

that do not take more than a few minutes to accomplish. The system stores its records in the school database
for future references.
Confirmation of the transaction made by the students need to be verified, the payment of tuition fees must be
made in the schools registrar. The students may also browse the web site of VPS and he can check his
current account. He can also refer to the list of the school current tuition fee rates (Pascual&Riceo, 2008).

According to the project study in 2005 by Mr. Lopez, an enrolment system help and provide
efficient and reliable services to the students, enrolment personnel and administration. Moreover, this system
improved the process of enrolment in terms of searching, retrieving and subject schedules.

An Online Enrolment System was proposed to replace the manual enrolment system of Cavite
Maritime Institute in order to advance an organized flow of transaction and an ease of work concerned on
how the manual enrolment performs throughout the institutions operations. The numerous transactions that
the manual system covers, such as updating and adding student records, generating the advising and
assessment slips, and the like considering the manual operating system to be inefficient for the need of the
institution. Since the study involves proper record handling, tracing the constraints and evaluation of the
manual system is essential(Bacala and Reano, 2009).

In educational institutions like Harvent School in Dagupan City, Composed of elementary and high
school level. The school puts premium to its registration. The enrollment process is the initial stage in
gathering bon fide and accurate student information necessary to establish student permanent records. A
registration and billing system is needed by the institution to address the stated
situation. The study has been made to help Harvent School gather fast and deliver accurate information
(Calabozo& Fernandez, 2006).

In a study conducted by Cayabyab (2007), many problems and difficulties were identified in the
existing system of Dagupan City National High School (DCNHS). These major concerns are affecting the
efficient enrolment system of students. Security of the students records were found to be at high risk. The

current system may fail to protect some important documents. It has also untimely and inefficient report
generation. A computerized system for DCNHS shall result to a significant increase in the number of
enrollees.

Foreign

Southern California Community College Long Beach City College has gone live with a Cognosbased enrolment management system that was designed by Irvine, CA-based professional services firm e2e
Analytics. Prior to installing the new system, LBCC, which has two main campuses and multiple satellites
that support nine schools and 34 departments, handled its enrolment via manual spread sheets. With no
reporting, continuity, or standard practices, and with lengthy error corrections, the schools enrolment
management budgeting and planning took up to three months to compile, consolidate, and implement (Koft
2007).

The study on problems regarding on school such as the Long Beach City College is an aid for the
proponents to have the idea on formulating solutions on
transferring manual enrollment transactions to an automated or computerized one.

According to the coordinator of Admission Support of Kerian Greenaway, the system known as the
Edith Cowan University Web Enrollment System (ECUWES) had replaced the traditional hard copy system
of enrollment. The system offers immediacy and convenience of course enrolment via the internet. The said
university in Australia is currently enrolling more than 5,000 new students with easier transactions cause of
their online enrolment system. In the local setting, academic institutions both the private and government
schools are shifting from manual to computerized system including student registration. This is
accomplished either on an intranet or internet-based environment.

The desire to overcome these problems and difficulties has led the acceptance of advanced
technology. It includes Local Area Network of computers, CD ROM and powerful processor. These

technologies led to the development of information databases that provides simple and prompt retrieval of
information through networking, In Local Area Network Enrollment System (LANES), the problems on
admission and evaluation of academic records, subject reservation, assessment and payment of fees and
issuance of class cards are besieged. Likewise, searching of records is effective due to its major key that is
being used in retrieval of records.

A Local Area Network Enrollment System (LANES) is a broad system. It is a combination of

different function areas such as databases, searching, retrieval,
and update of student records, checking of students schedule, computation of fees. (Dzubeck, Frank, 2003).

Inspired by the advancement of modern technology and the problems regarding enrollment
transactions the proponents have come up with an online enrollment system exclusively for school with
many enrollees. Several factors are considered in designing the proposed system. First is the tedious task of
filling out application forms and inaccuracies of information provided by the students that cause delay on the
enrollment process. Other is that there were problems on giving and announcing schedules of enrollees and
cause for them to be late at their very first class.

The researchers gathered data necessary in the enrollment system for the success of the study in
providing benefit for the employees and students so they can have access and have the ability to manage
information directly and conveniently.

CHAPTER III

TECHNICAL BACKGROUND

In developing the Enrollment and Billing System (EBS), the developers use different software
applications. There are some approaches that can go further to related technology of the systems.

The requirements of the system are hardware and software applications that can hold the data
programs and other information. A software Java Platform (Netbeans 8.0), a primary platform of the system
was used as the development environment of the Enrollment and Billing System. Moreover, its capability to
interact with application programming interfaces, its components and controls facilitates greatly in the
design of appropriate user interfaces.

Its adaptability to relational databases makes good combination with the MySQL Server 5.5, a
primary database used in this system and Jasper Report, an open source reporting library that can be

embedded into any java application, is used in generating reports. Hardware needed: Processor:
Pentium/Intel OS: Windows XP, DBMS: MySQL Server5.5, RAM 1.99 GB

Conceptual Framework

For the conceptual framework of the manual Enrollment system, the Registrar inputs all data and
information of the students into a hard paper. Students need to fill up all the fill out forms given by the
administrator in order to submit his/her data and information.

Paper

REGISTRAR

INFORMATION
FROM PAPER

STUDENTS

Figure 1. Conceptual Framework of the manual Enrollment System

On the other hand, the conceptual framework of the automated Enrollment and Billing System, the
registrar inputs all the data and information on the Database. The students data is being stored to the
Database while Information is accessible both in Database and generated reports.

Datab
ase

REGISTRAR

GENERATED REPORTS

STUDENTS

Figure 2. Conceptual framework of the proposed System

Conceptual Paradigm

For conceptual paradigm, the study employs the I-P-O (Input-Process-Output) and summarized in
Table 1. The process load consisted of different on process of the manual enrolment system which doesnt
have a proper data keeping and the proposed EBS of Southern Mindanao Computer College Inc. with a
database where students record and transactions are stored.
The output load consisted of different process on how the information stored being generated as
output. In the manual system, students information is written in a paper while in EBS of Southern
Mindanao Computer College Inc., all information is being stored to the database and made available to view
and print.

Table 1. Conceptual Paradigm of the proposed system

Input

Process

Output

Manual

Registration

Enrollment System

enrollment of classes, calculations students written in paper

of

students, Stored

Information

of

of accounts and payments

EBS

of

Southern Registration

of

students, Data is stored in a database

Mindanao

Computer enrollment of classes, calculations available to view and To be

College Inc. (SMCC)

of accounts and payments

printed.

CHAPTER IV

METHODOLOGY

This chapter presents the requirements specification, non functional requirements, security
requirements, software requirements and usability requirements.

Requirements Specification

A. External Interface Requirements

1. User Interface
The system has many interfaces which are the registrars interface, the cashiers interface, and the
assessments interface.

Requirements by Users

This table shows the requirements and description of the users.

Table 2. Requirements by users

ID

Requirement Description

Fees Configuration: Configuring of fees must

be done before or after an enrollment starts
to avoid discrepancies of Students accounts

All the subjects and students must be registered

on the system in order to add enrollment
records such as enrollment Summary of
Subjects and student Account

Priority

Mandatory

Required

The registrar must add first a Record File

classified as a School year and a Semester, the
registrar must set the default file to be
used as a repository of all the enrollment
records that may be done.

Required

The registrar must load all the classes

that fall on the specified semester in order to
make the Classes be available to the specified
school year and semester.

The registrar must use the Suggested

Mandatory
Subjects Section in order to have a quick
guide of the qualified subjects for a student.

Required

2. Hardware Interfaces

The system must be connected to a printer with a parallel or serial USB port in order to utilize its
printing functionalities.

3.

Software Interfaces

The Enrollment and Billing system enabled a user to add data and information to the
enrollment database. The system was created by using Java Netbeans 6.9.1 application and uses MySQL
software on its database management.
The system used the technology extension in java of Jaspersoft Reports on the
implementation of its printing of information.

4. Communications Interfaces

As long as there is a presence of LAN network, a registrar, cashier, and assessment can access
all necessary information about the accounts and classes of a student.
B. Non Functional Requirements

1. Administrators end : JAVA PLATFORM IDE

System Type

: Personal Computer

Processor Type

: Intel Dual core 1.79 GHz or higher

RAM

: 1 GB or higher

SVGA Modes

: 256 color or higher and 1024*768/standard resolution.

Software Infrastructure Required:

Operating System
: Windows XP, VISTA or 7
Other Software
: JDK1.5 and Above
Developed on : JAVA5.2 Safety Requirements

Safety requirements
Security Requirements

The system provided an account for the registrar, cashier, and assessment having its
encrypted password and unique username.
Software Requirements
Software Functionality
Java application(Netbeans 6.9.1). The primary flat-form of the system.
MySQL 5.0. The primary database of the system.
Jasper Reports. An open source reporting library that can be embedded into any java application.
Usability Requirements
Registrar. The registrar had the overall privileges in manipulating details about the existing
data in the system. The Administrator had access and control in all functions of the system.
Analysis
Use Case (Major Functions)
To visualize the system design, a Unified Modeling Language(UML) was used. In the figure,
the use Case model (Figure 3) of the enrollment and Billing System is presented. It illustrated the
different operations and major functions involve in the system. It also showed the different actors
performing the indicated operations.
Registrar, Cashier and Assessment are the actors of enrollment and Billing System; the actors
interact on the operations and functions.

Use case Diagram

Use Case Specification for Administrator

The EBS Use Case covered the major functions: Registrar maintained the students record in which
included several extended processes: Add, View, and update records. The Registrar maintained the class in
which included several extended processes: add, update, and view classes. The Assessment also set fees as
well as views and receives transactions.

Test case: EBS (Registrar)

Table 3. test case I
I.
II.
III.

Use Case Name:

Actors:
Description:

IV.

Normal condition:

V.

Pre condition:

Log In
Registrar, Cashier and Assessment
The case shows the filtering of the users of the
system classified as Registrar, Cashier and Assessment.
The user will input the Username and
Password. And select the Account Type
The system automatically Record the username, Date and
Time Log in. And it Detects a Username if it belongs to an
Registrar, Cashier and Assessment.

VI.

Post condition:

Restrict the Interface button for the three different

entities are shown after validation of inputs the username and
password and account type.

Table 4. Test case II

I.
II.
III.

Use Case Name:

Actors:
Description:

IV.

Normal Condition:

Maintain student records

Registrar
In this case, the Registrar can do all
necessary actions resulting to manipulate the entire
system.
the system automatically detects the user if it belongs to
Registrar, Cashier, or Assessment and record automatically to
the log in system.

V.

Pre condition:

The system would automatically detects a user if it

belongs to the Registrar, Cashier and Assessment
New Record or Old
If, New Record, the administrator is said to add new students
record. If, Old Record, the administrator can update the existing
record.

VI.

Post Condition:

The system would classify a student record as new record

or old. If new record, the registrar is said to add new students
record. If old record, the registrar can update the existing
record.

Table 5. Test case III

I.
II.
III.

Use Case Name:

Actors:
Description:

IV.

Normal condition:

Maintains Class Record

Registrar
The case shows the capability of the Registrar
to do necessary actions resulting to maintenance of class
records.
The Registrar chooses what kind of action
to do, for example are creating new class, assigning Subject to
a class, or reassigning of Subject of an existing Class. The
Registrar must input the Class Card number to access class
records. And Registrar can view all subjects offered on the said

V.

Pre condition:

school year and semester.

The system would detect if the Class Card
number is existing or not.

VI.

Post condition:

The system would allow the Registrar to

input necessary information to a new Class Card number
and update information to an existing Class Card number.

Table 6. Test case IV

I.
II.
III.

Use Case Name:

Actors:
Description:

Set Fees
Assessment
The Assessment is capable to track down balance
accounts from previous school year or semester.
The Assessment can create the ledger accounts and add
group of particulars and add old accounts.

IV.

Normal condition:

V.

Pre condition:

The system would detect if existing group of particulars

for present semester.

VI.

Post condition:

The system would allow the assessment to

add new fee or update existing balance.

Table 7. Test case V

I.
II.
III.

Use Case Name:

Actors:
Description:

IV.

Normal condition:

V.

Pre condition:

View Transaction
Cashier, Assessment and Registrar
Both the three entities can view done
transactions made by the Registrar. Such as Payment History
and Accounts Summary.
The Registrar can access all the accounts
of students enrolled on a specified school year and semester.
The system would allow the Registrar to
view Students accounts including their accounts updates or the
existing balances.

VI.

Post condition:

The system would allow the Registrar to

print a summary reports of the Students accounts.

Table 8. Test case VI.

I.
II.
III.

Use Case Name:

Actors:
Description:

IV.

Normal Condition:

V.

Pre condition:

VI.

Post condition:

Payments Transaction
Cashier
This case shows the capability of the
Cashier to do a Payments Transaction.
The Cashier search the last name of the students.
The system would only allow Cashier to
do a payment transaction if a student has existing accounts for
the specified school year and semester.
The system would allow the Cashier to
have a payment transaction.

Entity Relationship Diagram

depends

FEES

MISCELLANEOUS/OT
HER FEE

pays

updates
verifies
students
ADMIN

ACCOUNT
S
ENROLLS
has
CLASS
SUBJECT
has
LIST S

has
has
Class

schedule
has

Figure 4. The ERD Analysis of the Enrollment and Billing System

Sequence Diagram Mode

Figure 5,6,7 illustrated the Object-Relationship Diagram of Enrollment and Billing System. It also
demonstrates how the system relates to each other.

Registration of Student

The EBS

Enter Username & password

Enters Username & password

Password
Detector

Student
List

[password.equals ()]
Is passwordOK()

[Is PasswordOK==True]unlock login Is passwordOK()

Registrar
Invokes Administrator Interface
Invokes Student Information Section
Add Student
Fill in Information

Is Student Dont Exist()

Is Student Dont Exist()=True

Is Student Existed()

Invoke Save Button

Generate Verification Code
Student Added

Figue 5. Registration of Students

Enroll Student

Registrar

The EBS

Enter Username & password

Enters Username & password

Password
Detector

Student
List

[password.equals ()]
Is passwordOK()

[Is PasswordOK==True]unlock login Is passwordOK()

Subject
Class

Registrar
Invokes Administrator Interface
Invokes Enrollment Section
Enter Family Name
Enter CC number

Is Student Dont Exist ()

Is Class Existed ()=True

Is

Student Existed ()

Invoke Enroll Button

Is Class Existed ()

Enrolling Classes
Print Enrollment Summary

Figure 6. Enroll Student

Pay Accounts

Registrar

The EBS

Enter Username & password

Enters Username & password

Password
Detector

Student
List

[password.equals ()]
Is passwordOK()

[Is PasswordOK==True]unlock login Is passwordOK()

Accounts
List

Registrar
Invokes Administrator Interface
Invokes Enrollment Section
Enter Last Name
Show Accounts

Is Student Dont Exist ()

Account Existed ()=True

Invoke Pay Button

Is Student Existed ()
Is Account Existed ()

Calculates remaining accounts

Figure 7. Pay Accounts

Design

The ERD Design

Below is the Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD) of the major Database components of the
Enrollment and Billing System.

Figure 8. Database Design of Enrollment and Billing System

The data flow Diagram of the enrollment and Billing System

This diagram shows the flow of data in the Enrollment and Billing System

EBS Fees
Registrar

Update

Fees
Set Fees

Fees

Update

Registrar

MySQL

Offered
Input Subject

Subject

Subject
MySQL

Registrar

Input Student
Register

Student

Registrar

Student
MySQL

Enroll
Enroll Students

Verify Student

Enroll Student

Registrar

Student
Table
MySQL

Show
Students
Registrar

Accounts
Accounts

MySQL

Approved
Approved
Registrar

Approved

MySQL

Student

Enroll
Subject
Student

Enrollment
Temporary
MySQL

Enroll Subject

View
View Subject

View Subject

Subject
MySQL

Student

View
View Accounts

Accounts

Student

Accounts
MySQL

View
View

Transaction

Students

Transaction
MySQL

Request
Send Request
Student

Figure 9. Data Flow Diagram

Development and Testing

Request
Request

MySQL

SDLC (System Development Life Cycle), just as the name implies, is defined as the process of
developing system or software to meet certain requirements. It covers many activities; starts from
understanding why the system should be built, studying the project feasibility, analyzing problems,
choosing the system design and architecture, implementing and testing it, up to delivering the system as
product to the user. SDLC is a process of gradual refinement, meaning that I done through several
development phases. Each phase continues and refines whats done in the previous phase. Commonly known
development phases in SDLC are:

Prototyping
This methodology used usually when the business process is likely to be changed as the project proceeds
or when the project sponsor has the little idea of what system to be built. The analysis, design, and
implementation phases performed concurrently and on each cycle resulting in a system prototype that will
be reviewed by the project sponsor. The cycle repeated continually based on the sponsor comments until the
prototype successfully meets the requirements. The last prototype will then be called the system functions
may not be recognized until somewhere in the middle of project timeline. Thus there is a possibility to alter
the initial design decision and start all over again from the beginning. It can delivers system quickly to users,
though it not exactly meets the requirements.

Figure 10. SDLC Model

Planning
it is the process of understanding why the system should be built and defining its
requirements. It also includes feasibility study from several different perspective, technical, economic, and
organization feasibility aspects. The proponents use planning for their everyday schedule including their
corresponding task. Each proponent will have a task for their work to be done easy. This phase is
important because in this phase you will see the progress of your study and in this phase, the proponents can
discuss the works and strategies of the system including the design of the develop system.
Analysis
This phase includes activities such as problems identifying and analysis, and even predicting potential
problems that may arise in the future regarding the system. The deliverable products of
this phase will drive how the system will be built and guide the developers works. The proponents use
analysis for their study because analysis will helps a lot in the proponents for developing their system.In
this phase, the proponents conducts a investigation to analyze the problem of Southern Mindanao Computer
College Inc. regarding the manual system. And what kind of system will create or develop to help and to
lessen the problem of Southern Mindanao Computer College Inc.

Design Phase
System analysis leads to design decision, which exactly determines how the system
operates in terms of process, data, hardware, network infrastructures, user interface, and other important
factors in the system environment. The proponents use Design for their study, the proponents will create a

user

friendly

graphical

interface

of

the

system.

The proposed design is easy to use because the fill up form is not difficult to use because all of the contents
are there.

Implementation Phase
This is probably the most resource, cost, and time-consuming phase of all. This is
when the system is actually built, tested and finally installed. It also includes activities such as user training
and system maintenance. This is the last and final phase that proponents use, in this phase you can now
check your full study about the system that you create. And the proponents can conduct now a series of
experimentation on their proposed system.

Discussion
Results had been discussed after the systems evaluation (the proposed Enrollment and
Billing System) has been put into evaluation by the beneficiaries of this system. Casual interview and
questionnaires were given to the administrators and students of SMCC as to know the impression of the
respondents of the proposed system. The most notable procedure here is the compliance on the
implementation where questions must traced to the content and design of the system.

CHAPTER V

RECOMMENDATIONS

Based on software allocation conducted, the following recommendations are as follows:

1. The proposed system should be adopted by the Southern Mindanao Computer College of Digos
City and other academic institutions rather than using the traditional enrollment system.
2. There must a demonstration to the users of the system.
3. Necessary recommendations must be taken and evaluated.

Implementation Plan(Infrastructure/Deployment)

Roles and Responsibilities

The researchers have been given different tasks to do. Each one played an important role in the entire
life cycle of the systems progress and development. Table 9, as shown on the page, illustrate the different
roles and distribution of responsibilities.

Table 9. Roles and Responsibilities

Person
Responsible

Roles

Neil Fajardo

Project Team Leader The project head that is responsible in

Necessary coding and programming.

Alfred Dumato

Graphical User Interface

Designer

Roy Salvaleon Researcher

Responsibilities

Has a task of integrating visual designs

on the system to accommodate good user interaction.

Liable of doing important researches

Involved on the constraints of the system.

Melchor Bayod

Documenter

Develops, writes, edits, reviews and

Organizes technical documentation related to computer
systems such as users' guides, technical manuals and
instructional materials to ensure that the text can be
understood by non-technical users. Prepares and edits
technical publications and works directly with users to
establish technical documentation needs.
_______________________________________________________________________

Tools and Techniques

The researchers used techniques in order to establish good planning and integration. The techniques
used focuses on the fundamentals of project planning and assessing project progress. A Gantt chart was
created to set the deliverables or milestone aligned with specific completion dates. A budget plan was also
produced to establish an estimate of cost of the project conception, development and implementation.

Table 10. The table represents the expenditures used in systems development.
Expenditures
Transportation

Amount (pesos)
500

Food

2000

Documents

500

Honorarium

1000

Total

4,000

Deliverables and Milestones

Based on the deliverables given, milestones are monitored in order to detect system progress. They
are based either on the acceptance of formal deliverables or agreed upon progress updates.

Deployment

The Enrollment and Billing System must be installed on a computer unit having a JAVA IDE
Platform. The Jasper reports should also be saved on the computer unit. A printer needed for the printing of
reports.

PHASES

Phase 1. User Training

Phase 2. Alpha Testing

Phase 3. Beta Testing

Phase 4. Maintainance

Phase 5. Implementation

Phase 6. Turn over

November

ENROLLMENT AND BILLING SYSTEM OF SMCC

TIME LINE
2014
2015
December
January
February
March

User training
User training
initiates

Alpha test
initiates the
alpha testing
Beta test
initiates beta testing

Maintenance
maintenance of the
system

Implementation of the final Testing

Turn over

Phase 7. System Warranty

2 years

Figure 13. Gantt Chart

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APPENDICES

COR JESU COLLEGE

Sacred Heart Ave., Digos City
Province of Davao del Sur
Philippines

CERTIFICATE OF EDITING AND STATISTICAL REVIEW

Name of Student: Neil fajardo, Alfred Dumato, Roy Salvaleon, and Melchor Bayod
Degree Program: BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Title of Thesis: ENROLLMENT AND BILLING SYSTEM
PART I. For Editor
This is to certify that the above thesis prepared as a requirement for the course was submitted to the
undersigned for grammar check and proof reading. I endorse the manuscript submitted as it has generally
met the standards and requirements, including the form and style as prescribed by Cor Jesu College.
Signed: ___________________

Date:________________

PART II. For Statistician(if applicable)

I endorse the manuscript submitted by the student with the statistical requirement checked and found
appropriate for thesis purpose(s).
Signed: ___________________

Date: ________________

PART III. For Research Adviser/Mentor

I am satisfied with the students manuscript and accept this fulfillment of the requirements for the degree
identified.
Signed: ___________________

Date: ________________

APPENDIX C
Evaluation Tool

These are the output results of our evaluation:

A. Goals and Objectives
Table 11. Evaluation of Results
a.1) Are you aware of the goals and
objectives of the Enrollment and
Billing system in
SMCC?

YES

a.2) Are its objectives clearly understood?

YES

a.3) Are its objectives achievable?

YES

80%
NO

20%

70%
NO

30%

80%
NO

20%

YES
NO

80%
20%

B. Strategies/Activities
b.1) Is the flow of enrollment smooth?

b.2) Does the automated Enrollment and Billing System speed up the process of
enrollment?
YES 80%
NO
20%
b.3) Does the automated Enrollment and
Billing System produces an
accurate output?

YES

90%
NO

10%

YES
NO

90%
10%

C. Implementation
c.1) Is the automated Enrollment and
Billing System properly implemented?

c.2) Do the students benefit the most of the

services of the Enrollment and Billing
System?

YES

90%
NO 10%

c.3) Do the faculty and staff benefit the most

on the Enrollment and Billing System?

YES

90%
NO

10%

Problems encountered in the implementation of the Enrollment and Billing System

A) Time consuming during payment of Fees and getting permits
B) Lack of trained enrollment personnel
C) Lack of Computers

Measures recommended addressing the problems identified. The administration shall buy additional
computer resources together with additional trained personnel to achieve the following:
a.1) Fast processing of enrollment

YES

a.2) fast approaching of payments

and issuance of permits

YES

a.3) easy producing of reports

YES

90%
NO

10%

90%
NO

10%

90%
NO

10%

YES
NO

90%
10%

D. Design/Content of the system

A. the system is easy to understand and
easy to use.
B. the color, background, text and
graphics used compliments
with each other

YES
NO

90%
10%

C. the style and size are clear and

Readable

YES
NO

90%
10%

D. the text and graphics are well

organized in the interface

YES
10%

90%

E.) the system runs without

breaking down.

NO
YES

90%
NO

10%

F.) the system provides readable display

YES
NO

90%
10%

CURRICULUM VITAE

Personal Information

Name

Address

Birth Date

Civil Status

Mother

Father

Educational Attainment

Elementary

Secondary

Tertiary

Course

CURRICULUM VITAE

Personal Information

Name

Address

Birth Date

Civil Status

Mother

Father

Educational Attainment

Elementary

Secondary

Tertiary

Course

CURRICULUM VITAE

Personal Information

Name

Address

Birth Date

Civil Status

Mother

Father

Educational Attainment

Elementary

Secondary

Tertiary

Course

CURRICULUM VITAE

Personal Information

Name

: Melchor A. Bayod

Address

: Cogon Managa, Bansalan, Davao del Sur

Birth Date

: January 06, 1984

Civil Status

: Single

Mother

: Melinda G. Bayod

Father

: Roman C. Bayod

Educational Attainment

Elementary

: Managa Elementary School

Secondary

: Jose Abad Santos National High School

Tertiary

: Cor Jesu College

Course

: Bachelor of Science in Information Technology