A prototype to enhance academic attendance using BLE beacons

• Author(s): Simas, Sily ; Oliveira, Pedro Filipe ; Matos, Paulo
• Date: 2024
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10198/34333
• Origin: Biblioteca Digital do IPB
• Subject(s): Attendance-control; Beacons; BLE
• Document Type: Conference paper
• Language: English
• Contributor(s): Biblioteca Digital do IPB

Description

This project addresses the prototyping and application of an attendance control solution in an academic context, using Beacons. The introduction highlights the importance of effectively managing student attendance to ensure active participation in educational activities and provide insights into student engagement. BLE Beacons technology is compared to other RF signaling technologies, highlighting its advantages in terms of range, power consumption, cost, frequency, and data rate. BLE Beacon is chosen as the preferred technology due to its combination of adequate range, low power consumption, affordable cost, compatibility, security, and flexibility. The results section presents Estimote Beacons as devices used, highlighting their advanced features and techniques used, such as proximity and triangulation, to determine student presence. A visual summary of the project is presented in a flowchart that illustrates the operating processes of each stage. This solution promises to significantly improve the efficiency, safety, and quality of the academic environment, while simplifying the attendance recording process and providing valuable insights into student behavior.