Upgrade: iOBE Software v2.0

iOBE Calculator and iOBE Aggregator have been upgraded to version 2.0. This upgrade covers the whole range of computations done by the software: collective/individual student outcomes in single/multiple courses, based on students' marks and percentages of students' population attaining specific outcomes levels.

With this upgrade, the software is able to:

1. Compute outcomes attainment on Learning Domains (cognitive, affective, and psychomotor, as well as the six cognitive levels defined by the Bloom's Taxonomy).
2. Detect and inform users if there are errors in input data. The previous versions couldn't detect errors; their computation simply hanged if the input data were invalid.

The upgrade in v2.0 requires additional information in the input files (namely the matrix for the mapping of Learning Domains). Therefore, the input files for v1.x cannot be used with iOBE Software v2.0 and above.

The manual and the compiler can be downloaded here. To download the software, click the buttons below:

1. iOBE Calculator v2.0
2. iOBE Aggregator v2.0 (LIMITED version: up to 5 courses only. Please contact the developer for a CUSTOMIZED version for your academic program.)

Note:
The software operation is designed to be very easy, with only a few buttons to click. The software takes about 3-5 seconds, on a standard desktop computer, to compute data for a course. For aggregated data, the computation time increases linearly with the number of courses. Input files for the software can be prepared relatively quickly (within 5 to 10 minutes), once end-of-semester assessment data are available.

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Upgrade: iOBE Calculator v1.3

iOBE Calculator has been upgraded to detect invalid input data. The main issue with input data is that the Student ID has to be entered as numbers. With this upgrade, the software will be able to check if all input data are valid, and if not, to display a warning sign on its window panel. In the previous version, there was no detection and warning sign for invalid data: the computation simply hanged.

The upgraded version, released as a free software without any limitation, can be downloaded here.

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Upgrade: iOBE Aggregator v1.3

The DEMO version of iOBE Aggregator has been upgraded to allow data to be aggregated from any 4 courses. The previous version (v1.2) allows for data aggregation on 3 sample courses provided in the software download.

With this allowance, lecturers can aggregate data from real courses, albeit with the limitation of up to 4 courses only. It can be used, for example, to analyze a group of courses in an academic program (e.g., courses in similar fields, courses taught by the same lecturer(s), courses focusing on similar sets of program outcomes, etc).

The upgraded DEMO version can be downloaded here. Please contact the software developer to obtain a full CUSTOMIZED version (for analysis on unlimited number of courses) for your institution.

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Introduction

The Integrated OBE Software, or iOBE, is a free software package that provides applications relevant to tertiary academic programs, particularly engineering programs.

Since the adoption of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) in 2009 through the Washington Accord, Malaysian engineering programs are required to assess their educational performance with new but more rigorous procedures. To comply, they must develop dedicated systems to manage large amounts of assessment data and automate the process of integrating the data across three different levels. iOBE is designed and developed to meet these needs.

This package consists of two modules: iOBE Calculator and iOBE Aggregator. The main functions of the software are to calculate and aggregate the attainment of learning outcomes at the student, course, and program levels. The software are developed with GUI interfaces to simplify user interaction.

The software can be downloaded here. Please also check recent upgrades of the software.

For further details, users can contact the software developer.

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Download

Prior to running the iOBE software, the Matlab Compiler Runtime (MCR) needs to be installed first. The software was developed in the Windows OS, and can be run in this platform only. The latest version of the software, with its Matlab Compiler, can be downloaded below:

1. iOBE v7.0 (updated 18/3/2025).
2. Matlab Compiler R2024b (24.2) for 64-bit Windows OS: for iOBE v7.0. Please note that the iOBE software was developed on a 64-bit Windows OS and thus requires the Matlab compiler R6016a (9.0.1) for 64-bit Windows OS. The software can also be run on a MAC OS Apple computer, but only within the 64-bit Windows OS environment that needs to be installed into the MAC computer first.

OLDER VERSIONS:
The older versions of the iOBE Software can be downloaded below. Nonetheless, please note that the use of the older versions of iOBE is NOT recommended due to some issues and computing inefficiencies in these older versions that had been resolved in the most recent version recommended above.

1. iOBE v6.2 (updated 7/10/2021).
2. iOBE v5.2 (updated 9/2/2018)
3. iOBE v5.1 (updated 28/7/2017)
4. iOBE v5.0 (updated 20/4/2017)
5. iOBE v4.0 (updated 14/12/2016)
6. iOBE Calculator v3.2 (updated 15/3/2016)
7. iOBE Aggregator v3.1 (updated 2/3/2016)
8. iOBE Calculator v3.1 (updated 2/3/2016)
9. iOBE Calculator v2.4 (updated 1/2/2016)
10. iOBE Aggregator v2.4 (updated 1/2/2016)
11. iOBE Calculator v2.1 (updated 13/1/2016)
12. iOBE Aggregator v2.0 (updated 17/9/2015)
13. iOBE Calculator v2.0 (17/9/2015)
14. iOBE Calculator v1.3
15. iOBE Aggregator v1.3

Accordingly, use the following Matlab Compiler for the older versions of the iOBE Software:

1. Matlab Compiler R2016a (9.0.1): for iOBE v5.0 up to v5.2
2. Matlab Compiler R2015a (8.5): for iOBE v3.0 up to v4.0
3. Matlab Compiler R2012a (7.17): for iOBE v2.4 and lower
4. Matlab Compiler 7.15: also for iOBE v2.4 and lower

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