Mountain Top University Library

The aim of this study was to develop an information system required for
managing the identity of residents of students hostels with the purpose of monitoring
movements into and out of their various hostels. The study identified the various user
and system requirements, specified the system design and implemented the system.
A review of the literature was being done to identify and understand existing
Identity Management Systems for monitoring hostel residences using QR codes. The
user and system requirements of the system were identified from system users using
informal interviews. The system design was specified using UML diagrams, such are
use case, sequence and class diagram. The database was implemented using Firebase.
The implementation of the frontend was done using HTML, CSS, and Bootstrap. The
backend was implemented using Node JS and Express JS.
The results of the system showed the implementation of the system’s database
for storing the information alongside the front-end of the web and mobile application.
The results revealed that the system was able to uniquely identify each hostel residents
using a uniquely generated QR code with which the movement of the students in and
out of the hostels was easily monitored.
The study concluded that using the system within the students’ hostel will help
mitigate most of the challenges associated with monitoring the student’s movement in
and out of hostels especially with event of accounting for the number of students present
in the hostel during head counts.