APPLICATION FOR USE OF LECTURE ROOMS IN SCHOOL BUILDINGS

Abstract

Classroom management is a fundamental aspect in supporting the smooth teaching and learning process in higher education. However, many educational institutions still manage classrooms manually, using Microsoft Excel, printed schedules, or physical information boards. This manual classroom management often causes various problems, such as clashing room usage schedules, difficulties in monitoring room availability in real time, lost, damaged, or torn manual records that make it difficult to create reports, slow loan application processes, and lack of information transparency for users , unreported room usage to the condition of rooms that are physically empty but still recorded as occupied. This study aims to design and build a classroom usage application that can improve the efficiency and effectiveness of room management. The system was developed using the Waterfall software development method which includes the stages of requirements analysis, system design, implementation, testing, and maintenance. The technologies used include PHP as a server-side programming language, MySQL as a database, and HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for the user interface. This system provides key features in the form of room data management, room usage scheduling, loan applications and approvals, loan status notifications, and room usage reports. System testing was conducted using black box testing to ensure all functions operate as required. The results showed that the developed classroom utilization application minimized scheduling conflicts, expedited the room loan application process, and facilitated real-time access to room availability information for users. Therefore, this system can be an effective solution for more structured, transparent, and efficient classroom management.