This project is a secure, student-facing attendance portal designed to streamline and safeguard classroom attendance for both students and professors. The system enables students to submit their attendance online while employing device/IP validation and session-locking logic to prevent duplicate or fraudulent submissions.
Built for academic environments, it empowers professors with robust session management and real-time attendance tracking, while providing students with a simple, user-friendly interface. Standout features include secure authentication, responsive design, and backend logic that ensures data integrity and privacy.
Frontend: Blazor (Razor Components) (for student attendance form page), .NET MAUI (for professor app)
Backend: ASP.NET Core Web API
Database: MySQL
Shared Models: .NET Shared DTOs project
Authentication: JWT (JSON Web Tokens)
Other Tools: Entity Framework Core, CommunityToolkit.Maui, Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection
- Platform-Optimized Experience: Students access a streamlined web-based attendance portal, while professors manage classes and track attendance through a dedicated desktop application built with .NET MAUI for enhanced performance and usability.
- Secure Authentication & Role Management: JWT-based login with distinct permissions and views for professors and students.
- Course & Session Management: Professors can create courses, upload student rosters, and schedule sessions with specific attendance windows.
- Access Code-Based Attendance: Each session generates a unique code; students must enter it to access and submit attendance quizzes.
- Real-Time Attendance Tracking: Attendance records update instantly and can be filtered or exported by professors.
- Automatic Absence Detection: A background service marks students as unexcused if they don’t submit a quiz during an active session.
- IP & UTDID Validation: Prevents multiple submissions and proxy attendance by verifying device/IP and student identity.
- Dynamic Quiz Builder: Professors assemble quizzes by selecting questions from a course-specific question bank.
- Post-Submission Lockout: Students cannot resubmit or navigate back after submitting a quiz, ensuring data integrity.
- Scalable & Modular Architecture: Built with Blazor, ASP.NET Core, .NET MAUI, and MySQL using modular services and DTOs.
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Clone the repository
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Navigate to the AttendanceSystem folder
cd AttendanceSystem
- Restore NuGet packages
dotnet restore
- Build the project
dotnet build
- Run the project
dotnet run
- Navigate to the AttendanceSystem folder
cd AttendanceSystem
- Open the browser and navigate to
http://localhost:5225