1. Department of Computer Science & IT
TAS: A Teaching Allocation System to Manage Teaching Resources in a University Computer Science Department
Leong Lee, Chair, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science
Bruce Myers, Professor, Department of Computer Science
Austin Peay State University, Tennessee, USA
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2. Austin Peay State University’s Record Enrollment – Nov 15, 2018
Record enrollment this fall = 10,954 students
4.7 percent increase
fastest-growing public university in the state
2,000 new freshmen
1,085 graduate students
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3. Department of Computer Science & IT
Department of Computer Science and Information Technology APSU
CSIT has over 600 students in all programs
around 6% of APSU’s student population
100+ graduate students, 10% of APSU’s grad student population
3 Bachelor of Science Degrees (CS, CIS, CIT)
8 concentrations
5 minors
1 Master of Science Degree (CSQM)
5 concentrations
1 Professional Science Master’s Degree (CSQM)
4 concentrations.
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4. Department of Computer Science & IT
Department of Computer Science and Information Technology APSU
100+ classes are offered every semester
Taught by around
10 full-time faculty members
15 adjunct faculty members
Supported by teaching assistants
Limited physical classrooms
Classrooms have different capacities
35% of the classes are online classes
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5. Department of Computer Science & IT
Department of Computer Science and Information Technology APSU
1970: First Computer Science class at APSU
1977: Minor in Computer Science added
1979: B.S. in Computer Science & Information Systems
2 concentrations
2003: Creation of Department of CSIT
Dr. Myers appointed as chair
2013: First Master’s Degree Added
2014: Maynard & Computer Science Building
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6. Department of Computer Science & IT
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7. Department of Computer Science & IT
Teaching Allocation ?
APSU provides different software systems for
Class scheduling
Student information management
No software system for teaching allocation
Most department chairs use Excel spreadsheets
Our solution? Develop our own…
Web-based Teaching Allocation System (TAS)
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8. Teaching Allocation System (TAS)
Back-end
Designed by Dr. Bruce Myers
Relational database model
Runs on MySQL/MariaDB database engine.
Front-end
Designed by Dr. Leong Lee
PHP web application
HTML / CSS / Bootstrap Framework
Runs on Apache web server
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9. Teaching Allocation System (TAS)
Development Time = 24 hours
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10. Department of Computer Science & IT
Entity–Relationship Diagram
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11. Department of Computer Science & IT
TAS Output
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12. Department of Computer Science & IT
TAS Output
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13. Department of Computer Science & IT
TAS Output
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14. Department of Computer Science & IT
TAS Output
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15. Department of Computer Science & IT
TAS Administrator Input
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16. Department of Computer Science & IT
Future Work ?
TAS can be easily customized for other academic departments
Challenge: admin users need to know Relational / Entity–Relationship Model
Possible enhancement for other departments: an administrator module
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17. Department of Computer Science & IT
Questions ? TAS: A Teaching Allocation System to Manage Teaching Resources in a University Computer Science Department
Leong Lee, Chair, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science
Bruce Myers, Professor, Department of Computer Science
Austin Peay State University, Tennessee, USA
1/16/2019
Department of Computer Science & IT