Implementation of the SMARTER Method for Ranking Student Discipline Levels in a Web-Based Student Violation Management Information System

Abstract

Discipline management for students (santri) in Islamic boarding schools is commonly still handled manually, which creates risks of lost records, difficulty tracing violation history, and slow report recapitulation. This study designs and implements a web-based information system for managing student violations at Pondok Pesantren Bait Qur'ani Bogor, integrating the Simple Multi-Attribute Rating Technique Exploiting Ranks (SMARTER) method to rank student discipline levels objectively. Criterion weights were derived using the Rank Order Centroid (ROC) formula from four criteria — point accumulation, violation level, violation type, and violation category — producing weights of 52.08%, 27.08%, 14.58%, and 6.25% respectively. The system was developed following the Waterfall model and built with the Laravel framework and a MySQL database. Black-box testing across ten use cases and 28 scenarios achieved a 100% success rate, while a Likert-scale user acceptance test involving eight respondents yielded an average acceptance score of 79.73%, categorized as “Good.” Manual SMARTER calculations for five sample students matched the system's automated ranking exactly, confirming the correctness of the algorithm implementation. The resulting system successfully replaces manual, paper-based recording with a real-time, objective ranking mechanism that supports pesantren supervisors in identifying students who require special guidance.