09-Removing Academic Year
This tutorial is all about Removing Academic Year. Today, I’m going to teach you how to removed the “Academic Year” in Ms Access Database using Visual Basic 2008. Let’ begin: …
Student Information System
Student Information Systems (SIS) are the most commonly chosen capstone topic for Philippine BSIT and BSCS students — every school has one, every student understands the domain, and the modules map cleanly to standard CRUD operations. This hub collects free source code, step-by-step tutorials, and complete UML diagrams for building SIS that handle enrollment, grades, attendance, transcripts, and parent communication.
What you’ll find in the Student Information System hub
- Complete source code in PHP + MySQL, Python (Django), Java (NetBeans), VB.NET
- Step-by-step tutorials for database design, authentication, grading, attendance, and reporting
- UML diagrams — Use Case, Activity, Sequence, Class, ER for full capstone documentation
- Parent and teacher portals — role-based access patterns
- Transcript generation — printable PDF output
- Defense preparation — common panel questions and sample answers
Core modules to build in your SIS capstone
Standard modules panels expect to see in 2026:
- Student enrollment — registration form, document upload, status tracking
- Course & section management — assign students to sections, teachers to courses
- Grading system — per-subject grades, GPA calculation, deans-list flagging
- Attendance tracking — per session/per day with absence reporting
- Transcript & report card — printable PDF output per student
- Parent portal — view grades, attendance, announcements
- Announcement system — school-wide, course-specific, or student-specific
- Role-based access — admin, registrar, teacher, student, parent
Database schema essentials
Core tables your SIS needs: students, users, courses, sections, enrollments (junction), grades, attendance, announcements. Foreign keys enforce referential integrity; composite indexes on (student_id, course_id, semester) speed up grade reports. For your ER diagram, see our ER Diagrams library.
Related capstone collections
- Employee Management System — same CRUD pattern, HR domain
- Payroll System Projects — extend SIS to track teacher payroll
- UML Diagrams Library — Use Case, Activity, ER diagrams for documentation
- Chapter 1-5 Writing Series — full capstone documentation templates
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08-Retrieve and Update Academic Year
This tutorial is about Retrieve and Update Academic Year. This time, I’m going to retrieve and update all the Academic Year in Ms Access Database and there are some changes to …
07-Add Academic Year
Last time we have finished the “Year Level” module of the student. Now, we will add another module which is “Academic Year” in the settings. This module allows you to …
06-Removing Year Level
This tutorial is all about Removing Year Level. Today, I’m going to remove whatever wrong records that have been saved in Ms Access Database. Deleting records in a system is …
05-Retrieve and Update Year Level
This tutorial is all about Retrieve and Update Year Level. This time, i’m going to retrieve the records that have been saved in Ms Access Database. I have made some changes …
04-Add Year Level
This tutorial is all about Add Year Level. In this tutorial I will teach you how to add and manage setting in the Student Information System. The settings are made up …
03-Setting Up Connection Between MS Access Database and Visual Basic 2008
This tutorial is all about Setting Up Connection Between MS Access Database and Visual Basic 2008. Today, i will teach you how to connect Ms Access Database to Visual Basic …
02-Constructing Database
This tutorial is all about Constructing Database. This time, I will create a database in the Microsoft Access. This MS Access is a Database Management System from Microsoft that combines the relational Microsoft Jet …
01-Introduction
This is an Introduction in Student Information System. Today, I’m going to create a Student Information System. This is a step by step tutorial in which you can follow the procedure easily. …
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Student Information System (SIS)?
A Student Information System is software that centralizes student records — enrollment, courses, grades, attendance, transcripts, and parent communication. SIS is the most commonly chosen capstone topic for Philippine BSIT and BSCS students because every school has one, every student understands the domain, and the modules map cleanly to standard CRUD operations. Standard stacks include PHP + MySQL, Python (Django), Java (NetBeans), and VB.NET.
What core modules should an SIS include for a capstone?
Standard expectations: (1) Student enrollment with registration form and document upload, (2) Course and section management assigning students/teachers, (3) Grading system with GPA and deans-list flagging, (4) Attendance tracking per session, (5) Transcript/report card printable PDF output, (6) Parent portal for grades and attendance viewing, (7) Announcement system (school-wide, course-specific, student-specific), (8) Role-based access (admin, registrar, teacher, student, parent).
What database tables does the SIS need?
Core tables:
students (id, student_no, name, year_level, status), users (for login), courses (course_code, title, units), sections, enrollments (junction: student_id, section_id, semester), grades (enrollment_id, prelim, midterm, finals), attendance (enrollment_id, date, status), announcements. Foreign keys enforce integrity; composite index on (student_id, course_id, semester) speeds up grade reports. See our ER diagram library for visual schemas.What UML diagrams are required for an SIS capstone?
Minimum for Chapter 3: Use Case Diagram (Student, Teacher, Registrar, Admin, Parent actors), Activity Diagram (enrollment workflow, grade submission flow), Class Diagram (Student, Course, Enrollment, Grade entities), ER Diagram for the database. Bonus: Sequence Diagram for the grade submission or transcript generation flow. Browse our UML library for SIS-specific templates.
How does the grading system work?
Most Philippine schools use a quarterly or semestral grading system with weighted components (Prelim 30%, Midterm 30%, Final 40% — varies by school). Store individual grades in a
grades table keyed to enrollment_id. Compute final grade via a stored function or application-layer code. For GPA: weighted average across all courses by units. For deans-list flagging: check GPA ≥ school threshold AND no grade below the cut-off (typically 80 or 2.5).What's the difference between SIS and a Learning Management System (LMS)?
SIS = administrative records (enrollment, grades, attendance, transcripts). LMS = teaching delivery (course content, assignments, quizzes, online lectures). They overlap — both have a "courses" entity, both track student activity. A capstone scoped as "SIS with LMS module" can be impressive but very large. Most BSIT capstones stay focused on SIS alone for defensibility.
What are common panel questions for an SIS defense?
Expect: How does your system handle students dropping a course mid-semester? What if a teacher accidentally submits wrong grades — is there an audit trail? How do you prevent a student from viewing other students' grades (security)? How does the system handle multiple grading systems (numerical, letter, weighted)? Can a student be enrolled in two sections of the same course (panel will probe edge cases)? Have specific technical answers ready.