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Background: Technology in education has given birth to online examination systems (OES), which provide a simple and risk-free testing technique across several networks. The OES overcomes concerns inherent in manual check techniques, such as processing delays, registration, and record filtering issues. Objective: This article introduces an automated, web-based Open Educational System (OES) that is adaptable to any educational level or discipline, explaining its essential features, functions, and the technology that underpins it. The current study investigates how the OES improves test administration efficiency while protecting students' scores' privacy and security. Methods: The OES has a client-server architecture, leveraging PHP and MySQL, and functions across many networks, allowing for remote access and exam management. It includes features such as automatic test production, an analytical system, and configurable tests, all while maintaining safe and reliable test administration. Results: The OES implementation has considerably decreased the time and effort necessary for giving exams and reporting results. The system's flexibility in test customization and quick result tabulation underlines its efficiency, while its security features protect the examination process's integrity. Conclusion: The OES provides a disruptive approach to digital exams, providing educational institutions with a safe, trustworthy, and efficient alternative to conventional testing techniques. The system's flexibility and automation capabilities highlight its promise to transform testing operations by solving difficulties related to dependability, productivity, and security inherent in manual testing methods.

Background: Educational institutions need efficient systems for processing large amounts of data pertaining to students, instructors, and administrative information. The College Management System, which is specifically built for such institutions, meets this need by providing a complete database management system. Objective: The article's objective is to show how educational institutions may use the College Management System to reduce administrative tasks, improve communication, and increase student engagement, allowing them to operate more efficiently and successfully. Methods: The system, which was built using PHP, JavaScript, and CSS, has features that enable administrators to see, update, and manage student and instructor data. It is built with a user-friendly interface to suit a broad variety of users, ensuring that administrative duties be completed smoothly. Results: The implementation of the College Management System enables consolidated data storage, up-to-date student information maintenance, enhanced communication, and greater student participation. These advantages add up to better data-driven decision-making and policy changes, as well as better educational experiences and institutional enhancements. Conclusion: The College Management System emerges as a useful asset for educational institutions, assisting in the streamlining of operations, the improvement of communication, and the increase of student engagement. Its critical significance in tackling administrative difficulties and determining the future of higher education in an ever-changing educational context is obvious.

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Highlights: [•] Use assessment of social network technologies shows the benefits for decision making. [•] Clinical decision support architecture makes practical use of specialized standards. [•] Combining clinical decision support and social network, consensus will be fostered. [•] Open source with the social network encourages adoption and collaboration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present longitudinal data on the accessibility of 56 North American academic library web sites, as well as insights into the connection between accessibility and certain design methods and technologies. Design/methodology/approach – Bobby 3.1.1 was used to evaluate compliance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0. Also studied were the main method of page layout (CSS versus HTML tables), whether a content management system was used, and whether skip-navigation links were employed. Findings – The percentage of Bobby-approved pages has remained consistent around 60 per cent in 2010 and 2012. However, the percentage of errors per page, a metric more sensitive to the pervasiveness of accessibility barriers, has steadily and significantly decreased. Sites whose layouts are built with cascading style sheets have fewer errors per page than those that use tables for layout. Sites that use a CMS have considerably higher percentages of approved pages and fewer errors per page than sites that are not built with a CMS. Research limitations/implications – The principal tool used, Bobby 3.1.1, is capable of detecting only a subset of accessible design principles. Future studies should examine compliance with the newer WCAG 2.0 guidelines. Practical implications – The use of a content management system may have a positive impact on accessibility. While this study reveals some promising trends, more education and continued advocacy is needed to increase web accessibility at libraries. Originality/value – This is the only study that provides up-to-date trend information about the accessibility of a broader set of academic library web sites (a set not limited to one state) over an extended time period. It is also the only accessibility study comparing academic library web sites that use a content management system to those that do not. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Extensible Markup Language (XML) provides a method for marking the significance of information, leading to the ability to combine information from disparate resources by automated means. At the same time, by denoting the significance of information, XML represents a return to indexing information. Due to its flexibility, it has gained prominence in a wide range of seemingly unrelated technologies. Combining XML with style sheets such as CSS and XSL allows control of the visual appearance of XML data. Document Type Definitions (DTD) provide a method for defining the structure of XML data. This paper presents a simple example of XML and the use of style sheets and DTDs which may serve as a step toward learning XML. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The evolution of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) shows a creative tension between the client's ability to interpret the display format according to local factors and the author's ability to determine the display format. The combination of HTML 4 and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) separates the information on a Web page from the stylistic instructions. Paradoxically, this gives the author a greater ability to set a consistent style for a Web site. This article presents illustrative examples of very basic uses of CSS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]