Mircs

Kawu, Abdullahi Abubakar; Abdullahi, Auwal; Joseph, Elijah; Mishra, Amit Kumar; Abdulganiyu, Abdulrahman

doi:10.1145/3384544.3384578

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“…In this study, we use the Software Usability Scale to evaluate the usability of the Mobile Interactive Result Checking System (MIRCS) system created by Kawu et al (2020). A Google Forms online form was used to host a survey based on the System Usability Scale.…”

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“…The combined benefit of SMS and USSD are thus more universal than services that require internet connections which exclude feature phone users for instance. Hence, Kawu, et al (2020) developed a SMS-USSD system for result checking, which they referred to as Mobile USSD-SMS Interactive Result Checking System for Resource-Constrained Settings (MIRCS), aimed at leveraging these advantages.…”

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Usability Evaluation of Mobile USSD-SMS Interactive Result Checking System for Resource-Constrained Settings (MIRCS) using System Usability Score (SUS).

Muhammad,

Kawu,

Abdullahi

et al. 2023

SinkrOn

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Mobile phones, especially smartphones have impacted the way we access information related to education. For instance, students are now able to view their results using a smartphone on a browser. However, these result systems that make it possible for students to view their exam results through web browsers or emails on their mobile devices need an internet connection for the process to work as expected. Also, given the indigent nature of most students in developing countries, this creates a digital divide for students that do not own smartphones. With many students coming from rural and often low economic status homes, not many can afford smartphones. Hence, leveraging on the potentials of Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) and Short Message Service (SMS), a Mobile USSD-SMS Interactive Result Checking System for Resource-Constrained Settings (MIRCS) was developed to provide a device agnostic accessible Result Checking System. This study evaluated MIRCS using System Usability Scale (SUS) to verify the effectiveness from a usability point of view. The result of the evaluation shows that the MIRCS is usable which received grade C (66.21), although it does not meet the acceptable level specified by SUS. Further analysis of the interaction with respondents suggests some areas of improvement to include cost of service, high availability and accuracy.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Usability Evaluation of Mobile USSD-SMS Interactive Result Checking System for Resource-Constrained Settings (MIRCS) using System Usability Score (SUS).

Muhammad,

Kawu,

Abdullahi

et al. 2023

SinkrOn

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“…Information Engineering and Electronic Business, 2022, 1, 37-45 mobile banking to ease and manage utility, and banking transactions in a timely manner across Nigeria and the African continent in general. The use of USSD in higher education has recently gained advanced applications in developing countries especially in semester result checking and examination timetable as discussed by [1]. Another area in which USSD can be applied in higher educational institutions includes staff welfare, attendance, and leave management system.…”

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USSD System for Monitoring and Management of Employee Leave in Higher Educational Institution

Abubakar¹,

Mishra²,

Badeggi³

et al. 2022

IJIEEB

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Unstructured supplementary service data also referred to as feature code or quick code has become a monumental part of services and products offered by Telecommunication Operators, and its application to various areas of telecommunication and real-world scenarios. It is a protocol of communication utilized by global system for mobile communications cell phones to communicate with mobile telecommunication network operators and applicable to various areas of trend in modern information technology sectors such as Wireless Application Protocol browsing, mobile-money services, prepaid call back services, menu-based information services, location-based content services, paid content portal, voting surveys, and product promotion. This system was designed by integrating the designed unstructured supplementary service data channel for employee leave management system into the standard global system for mobile communications architecture. The architecture consists of three parts; the front end, the middle end, and the back end. The system is implemented using PHP for the overall programming, MySQL for the database, and Windows 7 operating system as a development environment with Adobe dream weaver CS3 IDE. Apache TOMCAT webserver was used to host the system locally. Two interfaces were developed; one side with the mobile operators, which requires setting up of SS7 stack and the unstructured supplementary service data application over the stack. On the other side, HTTP-basedAPIs were used for the unstructured supplementary service data application. Several types of leaves exist and their usage depends on educational institution policies. An employee may apply for study leave like maternity leave, sick leave, and annual leave. Paper-based work is time consuming, USSD based activities are very simple and effective. This research work was conducted to solve the leave management in an academic institution using the USSD. Using the developed system, 1326 USSD sessions were recorded, 1238 sessions were successful, 59 were incomplete, and 29 failed. Cumulative findings from the 41 respondents reveal that the system is faster, more convenient, and user-friendly than the manual method of applying and managing employee leave, which indicates 94% of the success of the system. Thus, it can be concluded that the system was able to manage the leave management very well and very effectively.

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Visually Impaired Users' Access to Online Academic Result in Nigerian Higher Education Institutions: An Exploratory Design Needs Study

Abdulkadir,

Kawu,

Abdullahi

et al. 2023

Proceedings of the 4th African Human Computer Interaction Conference

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Mircs

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Usability Evaluation of Mobile USSD-SMS Interactive Result Checking System for Resource-Constrained Settings (MIRCS) using System Usability Score (SUS).

Usability Evaluation of Mobile USSD-SMS Interactive Result Checking System for Resource-Constrained Settings (MIRCS) using System Usability Score (SUS).

USSD System for Monitoring and Management of Employee Leave in Higher Educational Institution

Visually Impaired Users' Access to Online Academic Result in Nigerian Higher Education Institutions: An Exploratory Design Needs Study

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