Upgrade: iOBE v5.0

The iOBE software has undergone another major upgrades from v4.0 to v5.0. These upgrades were done primarily to meet the needs of the iCGPA Initiative in the Malaysia Education Blueprint (2015-2025) for Higher Education.

The full version of the software, its compiler and related documentations can be downloaded for free below:

1. iOBE v5.0 (updated 20/4/2017). This zip file contains the software and sample input files to guide users to build their own input files.
2. iOBE Software Manual v5.0 (updated 20/4/2017)
3. The Matlab Compiler Runtime must be installed prior to running the software.
4. Other documentations related to the software.

The major upgrades are:

1. iCGPA Spiderweb plots for individual students, produced automatically.
2. Improved mapping approach for more flexibility.
3. Improved presentation of the outcomes data.
4. Improved "Course Data" input file. As such, iOBE v5.0 cannot run the previous version of this input file (i.e., v4.0 and below).

For further information about this software, please contact the developer here.


SOFTWARE GUI PANEL & OUTPUT:
Users only need to interact with the software through its simple GUI panel, shown below. Each operation, either for a single course or to aggregate data from multiple courses, only requires a one button-click as shown in the panel.

Shown below are samples of iCGPA Spiderweb plots, each for a different student, aggregated from multiple courses. Other sample outputs from the software can be referred to in the previous post.

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Upgrade: iOBE v4.0

The iOBE Software has undergone major upgrades from v3.2 to v4.0. The key upgrades are:

1. Improved computational algorithm to expedite the calculations significantly.
2. The two software modules (Calculator and Aggregator) merged into one.
3. Students' iCGPA and PO attainment computed for single and multiple courses.
4. Improved presentation of the graphs to show collective outcomes.
5. Improved presentation of the outcomes data and iCGPA of individual students.

The new version of the software and its instruction manual can be downloaded at:

1. iOBE v4.0 (updated 14/12/2016)
2. iOBE Software Manual v4.0 (updated 14/12/2016)
3. Users also need to install the Matlab Compiler Runtime prior to running the iOBE software.

Included in the iOBE v4.0 zip file above are the software's executable file, the research papers accompanying this work, its solution manual, and sample input files.

The software's new GUI panel are now much simpler than before, requiring only one button to run the data for a single course and another button to aggregate data from multiple courses.

Further upgrades on iOBE in the near future will include:

1. The spiderweb graphs to show the iCGPA for individual students.
2. Flexible labelling of the axis to reflect actual items being computed.

The GUI panel of the software is shown below:

These are some samples of the outputs produced:

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