A Tool to Automate Student UML diagram Evaluation

Authors

  • Salisu Modi Department of Computer Science, Sokoto State University, Sokoto, Nigeria
  • Hanan Abdulrahman Taher Department of Information Technology Management, Duhok Polytechnic University, Duhok, Iraq
  • Hoger Mahmud Department of Computer Science, University of Human Development, Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region of Iraq

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25007/ajnu.v10n2a1035

Abstract

Unified modelling language (UML) is the accepted standard and modelling language for modeling in software development process. UML is widely used by most course tutors in teaching modules of software engineering and system analysis and design. Students taking such courses do submit assignments with UML diagrams such as use case, class, sequence, activity and so on. Different versions of such diagrams produced by the students for a given problem have to be assessed by the course tutor which is a challenging and time-consuming task. This paper presents a java-based tool which is developed based on a simple yet effective algorithm developed by the authors that will read student and tutors solution diagrams as inputs and evaluate and grade the diagrams automatically. The output of the tool is the score of the student diagram in respect of lecturer’s final solution. The output is presented in two feedback files, one containing students’ score for the lecturers and the other to be send to the student to note the areas that were incorrect. The tool has been tested and evaluated using a simple and assumed UML class diagram. The result shows that the tool functions effectively and can produce detail feedbacks for both students and tutors. The outcome of this paper contributes towards automating UML diagram evaluations.

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Author Biography

Hanan Abdulrahman Taher, Department of Information Technology Management, Duhok Polytechnic University, Duhok, Iraq

Hanan Abdulrahman Taher 

Bcs. Computer Science , Mosul University, Iraq,  2000

M.c.s. Software System Internet Technology, The University of Sheffield, United kingdom, 2016

Academic Staff Member at Duhok polytechnic University, Technology Information Managment 

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2021-06-12

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Modi , S., Taher, H. A., & Mahmud, H. (2021). A Tool to Automate Student UML diagram Evaluation. Academic Journal of Nawroz University, 10(2), 189–198. https://doi.org/10.25007/ajnu.v10n2a1035

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