USLS DIGIBOARD WITH DATA VISUALIZATION

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ABSTRACT

Bulletin boards are placed around the campus to disseminate information about the various activities in and out of the school. With classes being conducted online, the USLS community struggles in keeping themselves updated with what is going on in the university. Announcements that were previously displayed on bulletin boards and LED TVs are now posted through different social media platforms and Canvas LMS. However, none of these provide a central repository where everyone can post bulletins, announcements, and visual displays that can be accessed anytime, anywhere. The study was aimed to develop a digital community bulletin board system that will provide contextual relevance to the USLS community; specifically, the system will emulate the LED TVs and traditional bulletin boards on campus for a centralized real-time dissemination of important academic information which can be accessed online. Data visualization using word clouds and various types of graphs were utilized in processing the data. The system was developed using the Rapid Application Development (RAD) methodology and it underwent two rigid software evaluations. Post-Study Usability Questionnaire version 3 (PSSUQ3) was utilized to assess the users' satisfaction with the perceived usability of the system, and result indicates that the developed system has achieved a high level of end-users’ satisfaction in terms of system quality, information quality, and interface quality. Additionally, a self-made survey instrument was used to evaluate the reliability of the system, and result denotes that it fulfills its specification according to quality standard and is ready for implementation.

Keywords: digiboard, community bulletin board, data visualization, word cloud