App & Web User’s Manual

For Students

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UCheck Plus App & Web User’s Manual

[For Students]

Version 1.00

First Edition (2016.02.23)

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INDEX

1. UCheck Plus for Student ......................................................................1

1.1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 1

1.2. Supported devices ............................................................................................................. 1

1.3. How to install the Application .................................................................................... 1

1.4. First run & User’s University registration ............................................................. 2

1.5. Login screen .......................................................................................................................... 4

1.6. Screens and Interfaces..................................................................................................... 5

1.7. Attendance Check .............................................................................................................. 8

1.8. Attendance check ............................................................................................................ 10

1.9. Attendance and timetable Inquiry ......................................................................... 13

1.10. Attendance inquiry for special lectures .............................................................. 16

1.11. Clicker .................................................................................................................................... 17

1.12. PopQuiz................................................................................................................................. 18

1.13. Notices .................................................................................................................................. 19

1.14. Settings ................................................................................................................................. 20

1.15. Q & A ..................................................................................................................................... 21

1.16. Home page ......................................................................................................................... 22

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1.17. Attendance check test .................................................................................................. 23

1.18. Multilingual support ...................................................................................................... 24

2. Web-based attendance management system ........................................ 25

2.1. Log-in ..................................................................................................................................... 25

2.2. Screen Introduction ........................................................................................................ 26

2.3. Application and inquiry of attendance ................................................................ 27

2.4. Notice .................................................................................................................................... 29

2.5. Course Annoucements .................................................................................................. 30

2.6. Attendance authorization request .......................................................................... 31

2.7. Device change request ................................................................................................. 32

3. Trouble Shooting ............................................................................. 33

3.1. If you choose your college incorrectly when login ....................................... 33

3.2. If you can not log in ...................................................................................................... 33

3.3. If attendance is not checked ..................................................................................... 33

3.4. If you get a message that the connection is unstable................................ 34

3.5. When you can not objection from "lateness" or "absence"

3.6. Unusual screen appears in web-based attendance management ......... 34

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1. UCheck Plus for Student

1.1. Introduction

Ucheck is a location-based Native application that works with Bluetooth Beacon which is

installed in the classroom to provide electronic attendance and a variety of additional

service, available on android and IOS.

1.2. Supported devices

Android : Android Smartphone that supports native Android SDK 4.3version and

up, Bluetooth 4.0 BLE, GPS, 3G/LTE, WIFI, or some Android Tablet computers

with phone calling features

iOS : iPhone4S an later.

[Note1] Ucheck is not available for other OS such as BlackBerry, Windows Mobile,

SIMBIAN, BADA, Tizen etc.

[Note 2] If the device is rooted, jailbroken, or the OS has been modified, Ucheck

might not be available. 기기가 Rooting 혹은 Jailbreaking된 경우, 혹은 변조된

OS등의 경우 지원되지 않을 수 있습니다.

1.3. How to install the Application

Android : Search “Ucheck Plus” and download from Google PlayStore

iOS : Search “Ucheck Plus” and download from AppStore

[Note 1] Ucheck may not be searched from unsupported devices.

[Note 2] Data charges may occur when downloading

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1.4. First run & User’s University registration

This is for register user’s University when its first run. When the University is

registered, it will stored in the device to use constantly and will not be asked

unless the user initializates.

① [Figure 1] The app verifies the device and initializes. If the Bluetooth is turned off,

activates it.

② [Figure 2] If user’s university information is not registered, the university

registration screen will automatically appear. To register, choose your university

from the list below or search at search box, click “register” button below. When

input university at search box, the list of universities that contains contents that

input will expose.

[Note] Due to Google's enhanced security policy, for Android 6.0 Marshmallow

and above, some features are forced to revalidate users at run time. UCheck Plus

requires location rights for the terminal scan, and upon execution, requests

location rights from the user.

[Figure 1] [Figure 2] [Figure 3]

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This notification will only appear once with an Android 6.0 over on non-permitted

access device, if the device is already permitted the app to access, it will not

show up. If the user declines, the app will be shutdown with notification. If

decline, you will be asked again when you restart the app.

If you check the “Do not ask me again” check box, you will not be able to run the

app, so please be careful because you have to delete it and re-install it or

manually allow permissions on settings menu of device.

UCheck Plus does not collect or track any of your location data without

permission

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[Figure 4] [Figure 5]

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1.5. Login screen

① If the student information is not registered or the login timed out,

student registration screen will appear automatically. After filling

in the ID and password, user can log in with press the [Student

Identification] button at the bottom left. To log in, user must agree

to privacy collection agreement.

② If you make a mistake in choosing a university, you can reset it to

the initial state through the [App Initialize] button on the bottom right

and try again.

③ If you changed mobile phone, you can ask for the permission of device change to

the person in charge through the [device change request] button at the bottom

center.

(You can also request changing device on the settings menu)

[Note] You can only log in and check attendance normally on the mobile device

that you initially logged-in, If your device is changed due to a mistake or a

change of mobile phone, or if you have logged in from two or more mobile

phones, you will need to apply for device change through [Change Phone]

button and contact the person in charge of Ucheck to confirm your identity,

and initialize certification.

[Figure 1] [Figure 2] [Figure 3]

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1.6. Screens and Interfaces

The above screen is the initial attendance check screen, which is a HOME

screen In this chapter, the overall interface will be described, taking

attendance check screen as an example

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1. Tab Bar

Displays the current screen position.(Always visible.)

: Toggle the slide menu on the left.

: Refresh current screen.

2. User Infromation bar

[Figure 1] [Figure 2] [Figure 3]

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Displays the name, student number, day of the week, date and time of

the currently logged in Timer, user-supplied parking information of

logged-in user.

In some menu, they may not be exposed.

3. Contents title bar

Displays the title of the current content area.

In some menu, it may not be exposed.

4. Content area

This area displays contents for every menu.

(From the Figure above, there is a list of today's lectures that students will

attend)

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5. Slide Menu

It is slide menu which user can toggle with pressing the button ( ) of the

tab bar.

On Android, you can also toggle through the menu button of the device or by

swiping the screen.

You can move to most screens through the slide menu.

When selecting the telephone inquiry area, inquiry call will be made to the

correspond university.

Logo and University

Name

Menu list

Phone call and

version display

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6. Footer Bar

It is displayed at the bottom of the screen and contains the name of the

currently connected university.

In some menu, it may not be exposed.

: Move to home(attendance check screen)

: Move to settings. On the iPhone, settings screen is on the bottom when

expand the slide from left.

1.7. Attendance Check

Attendance check screen which is the home screen of UCheck Plus,is the

first screen that appears after login when you running the app.

You can move to this screen at any time with the left slide menu or the

button of footer bar.

[Figure 1] [Figure 2]

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It performs a new version check of your app to inform users update if

there is a newer version. There are mandatory updates that must be

updated and optional updates that allow the user to decide whether to

update.

It is implemented to reduce server load by using the list of student's

course once receiving and storing it from server and inside the app.

If a change is made with the list of existing courses, or if you press

the Refresh button on the tab bar to refresh, the list is updated again.

[Note] If it is set to block mobile phones that are not opened through the

management program according to the school-specific policy, you can not

proceed anymore.

① In [Figure 1], a list of courses for a day which logged-in student have to check

attendance is displayed, and the closest scheduled course to the current time of

the device is automatically scrolled to the top.

The lecture name, lecture type, professor's name, check-out check status,

lecture real name, and lecture time range for each courses will be displayed.

When the item is selected, it is expanded as shown in [Figure 2]

,and displays buttons for attendance check.

If the other cell is opened except for the previously selected row, the cell

will be closed.

On the expanded screen, attendance allowance range, lateness

allowance range and leaving check(only for those courses that allow

leaving during the class) buttons are displayed

There are four types of attendance check buttons at the bottom.

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1.8. Attendance check

Attendance allowance and lateness allowance Time are set as modified by

the management program.

For example, if the lecture starts at 9:00, and the attendance allowance

time is set to 10 minutes, the lateness allowance time is set to 20

minutes, user can check attendance between 8:50 and 9:10, and it will be

counted as lateness in 9:10 ~ 9:30

There are four functions in attendance check: attendance check, mid-term

check, leaving check, and attendance verification. If you press the

corresponding button, a new pop-up is activated to perform attendance

verification.

[Note 1] Attendance time is set based on server time, so there may be

different from the time of user’s device. Please wait a moment if you

can not apply for attendance right away.

[Note 2] When canceling the location authorization or disabling the location

(GPS) function on a device running Android 6.0 or up, the app cannot search

the device so that attendance check will not be performed.

[Functions of attendance check]

attendance check mid-term check leaving check attendance

Verification

Purpose To check attendance

before class starts

To check

attendance

during the class

To check

attendance after

class over

Check

attendance with

verification code

Time attendance allowance

time

Certain time in

the class

attendance

allowance time

attendance

allowance time

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user Students take the

courses which use

electronic attendance

check

Students take

the courses

which use mid-

term check

Students take the

courses which use

electronic leaving

check

Students who

didn’t check

attendance

etc May not be used May not be used Do not need

certain device

1. Attendance check

Perform attendance checks to determine attendance, lateness, or absence.

The app searches for the device to verification, and count the users

who have been successfully verified as attendance.

If a course needs leaving check as well, it will send an result popup

and push message to the user to alarm.

To prevent fraudulent attendance, the data transmitted about attendance is

encrypted.

2. Mid-term check

Mid-term check is a function that can check attendance at any time. It

is designated by professor during class by necessity.

It may not be used depending on the lecture.

3. Leaving check

As with the attendance check, students who are within the allowance

time and who have successfully completed attendance check can check

leaving.

Whether or not to use the leaving check can select in the management

program. Courses that use the leaving check will be marked “ON” in

the course and the font color will be changed. Students who checked

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attendance are informed that the course needs leaving check with a pop-

up message and a push message.

It may not be used depending on the lecture.

4. Attendance verification

The attendance verification is a method of checking the attendance

directly by inputting the verification code which is informed by the

professor or assistant.

This is a method of checking attendance that can be applied when a

student who has an old mobile device that can not searched by the app

or the classroom is unableto use attendance check function.

5. Retransmission function If there is attendance data that has been successfully verified, but has not

been transmitted to the server due to an error of telecommunication

environment, the information is stored in an encrypted state in the device,

and will be retransmitted to check attendance when the telecommunication

environment is better.

[Figure 1] [Figure 2] [Figure 3]

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1.9. Attendance and timetable Inquiry

User can make a timetable of the week, inquiry of the attendance and

objection in this screen.

You can enter this screen through slide menu.

1. Timetable inquiry

You can check the schedule of all your courses for one week.

Courses are aligned by weekday in the timetable grouped by day at the top

of the screen.

For example, if today is Tuesday, it will be sorted in order of tue-> wed ->

thu -> fri -> sat -> sun -> mon.

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2. Attendance inquiry

If you select each course in the timetable, you can view the attendance

status of the course.

On the Attendance inquiry screen, you check the attendance status, check

time, and objection status of each week for each course.

As shown in [Figure 1], you can tap the top icon to filter the data only

you want to see.

[Figure 1] [Figure 2]

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3. Objection

If there is an objection to the result of the attendance check, the user

can select the corresponding course on the atendance inquiry screen to

request an objection.

If there is no objection, [Figure 1] Objection input screen. If there is

an objection is in progress or processed, [Figure 3] Objection

confirmation screen is shown.

[Note 1] You can not make an objection of the courses that have been

closed or canceled.

[Note 2] objection for attendance is not processed immediately, it is

finalized after approved by the person in charge.

[Note 3] A list of reason for objection can be arbitrarily designated by

the administrator through the management program according to the school

policy.

[Figure 1] [Figure 2] [Figure 3]

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1.10. Attendance inquiry for special lectures

This is a screen where you can check the attendance status of the user for

non-regular special lectures held at an unspecified time.

The overall UI and function are same as attendance check and the

attendance inquiry screen, and the date information of special lectures is

additionally displayed.

[Figure 2] You can not make an objection for result of attendance to the

special Lectures, The menu is only for inquiry.

[Figure 1] [Figure 2]

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1.11. Clicker

It is a multiple-choice test formed interactive tool in which the professor makes a

quiz during the class and the student selects and sends the answer to the quiz.

After selecting the lecture that uses Clicker in [Figure 1], In [Figure

2], user can select the answer between 1 ~ 9.

Clicker can be used up to 5 times in one lecture.

[Note] It is available only in courses that are set to use Clicker.

[Figure 1] [Figure 2] [Figure 3]

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1.12. PopQuiz

It is an essay type of interactive test tool in which the professor makes

a quiz during the lecture and the student enters and sends the answer.

After selecting the lecture that uses PopQuiz in [Figure 1], user can

input the answer to the quiz in [Figure 2] and send it with pressing

[Registration] button.

[Note] It is available only in courses that are set to use Popquiz.

[Figure 1] [Figure 2]

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1.13. Notices

In this menu you can view the list and contents of the notices you have received.

You can enter this me from the slide menu on the left.

New notice will be posted with white backgrounds, and notices that user

have already read will be posted with gray backgrounds.

You can check the announcement details by selecting each notice.

Besides, it includes the function to notify the user through a push

message when a new notification is received.

[Figure 1] [Figure 2]

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1.14. Settings

This menu provides phone change request or app initialization function

You can enter this menu through the slide menu or the button on the

lower footer bar.

1. Application for device change

You can apply through the [Device Change Request] button at the bottom.

If the your mobile phone is changed, new phone must be authorized by the

person in charge of change the through [Phone Change Request] menu.

Once your phone is authorized, you will be able to log in again with your

new mobile phone.

2. App Initialization

It can be executed through the [App Initialization] button.

It clears all of data stored on your phone and returns the app to its

initial state.

You will need to reset your university and login information.

[Note] If you try to login from two or more devices, or if your

authorized device has been replaced by changing your phone number or your

[Figure 1]

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device, you need to apply for the device change after initializing the

app.

1.15. Q & A

You can see frequently asked questions and answers in this menu.

You can enter this menu from the slide menu on the left.

There are answers to a variety of questions or suggest ways to deal with

common problems here.

It is built on the web and can be updated from time to time.

[Figure 1]

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1.16. Home page

You can access the web-based attendance management system by selecting

the [homepage] from the slide menu. You will be automatically logged in with

your current logged in user information.

You can use the same attendance check, attendance confirmation and

objection, function just like when you connect to the web-based

attendance management system described below.

[Figure 1] [Figure 2] [Figure 3]

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1.17. Attendance check test

This function tests whether the user's device can search for an

attendance check device.

You can enter this menu from the left slide menu.

Every classroom that supports electronic attendance check has an

electronic device and confirms that the user's device is able to search

for this device.

Select the classroom you want to test in [Figure 1] and click the [Start]

button.

In [Figure 2] if the attendance terminal is not seached, follow the

instructions on the screen.

If the device is not searched or is not searched for a certain time, it

stops searching the terminal.

[Figure 1] [Figure 2] [Figure 3]

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1.18. Multilingual support

UCheck Plus offers multilingual features.

Depending on the user's device language setting, the language of the app

will automatically change to that language.

We currently support Korean and English, and can be added as needed.

[Figure 1] [Figure 2] [Figure 3] [Figure 4]

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2. Web-based attendance management system

2.1. Log-in

Here, user can log in to use attendance management system or mobile

Select the red combo box at the top, select [student], enter your ID and

password, and click the [Login] button to log in.

[Note] You will be automatically logged in when you enter through the

[Homepage] menu on the slide menu of the student app.

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2.2. Screen Introduction

Here describes the overall screens and menus of the Web-based attendance

management system.

① University logo: Here the university logo is exposed. When you click this it moves to the home screen when selected.

② Account Information: When selected, the account information that is currently logged in and the button to log out are exposed.

③ Screen setting: When selected, the window for specifying the screen language setting and color theme is exposed. There are Korean and

English, and the 12 color themes.

④ Main Menu Area: Menu Group ⑤ Content area: It is the area where the information of the currently clicked

menu or the dashboard is displayed. Dashboards are created every time

you open a menu in a tabbed form, so you can switch tabs easily.

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2.3. Application and inquiry of attendance

You can enter through the left-side application menu.

You can see the details of the attendance status of each lecture and make an

objection to the professor about "lateness" and "absence".

The outputs are displayed in order of time and sequential order.

① Filtering by lecture: This is a filter that can be viewed only for a specific lecture at a university.

② Filtering by objection status: Filter by objection status. ③ Objection button: Opens the objection window for the lecture.

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2.3.1. Objection

In the objection window opened with the objection button, write down the

content and the reason for objection , and if there is an attached file,

select the attached file with the file select button.

If you press the Save button, the objection will be accepted and will be

processed after the professor confirms.

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2.4. Notice

Select [Notice] on the left of objection menu to enter.

You can check the school's notices.

You can use the search methods of upper red box to sort notices by title or

start or end date.

The page navigator located in the bottom red box allows you to move a page

you want to move, or adjust the number of posts to display on one screen.

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2.5. Course Annoucements

You can enter this page through the left menu.

You can check the announcements related to supplementary lessons, canceling,

and other things of courses.

The overall UI is the same as the Notice menu, and can be viewed by filters

of courses, notification type, title, or content in the red box.

If you click the title of the courses, you can check the announcement of each course

details.

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2.6. Attendance authorization request

You can apply for attendance authorization for a certain period of time.

If you click the processing status, you can check the existing application.

Through the red box menu at the bottom you can add, delete, refresh attendance

recognition application.

Select the reason, period, and attached file and click the Save button to

register.

Please wait for confirmation of person in charge for processing.

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2.7. Device change request

If authorized device is not available because of changes of device, phone

number, loss, or damage, you can apply for device change here.

If you already made an application of device change you can check the

processing status and date of processing and can cancel through the cancel

button.

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3. Trouble Shooting

3.1. If you choose your college incorrectly when login

- App initialization

Please reset it by clicking the [App initialization] button on the login

screen/setting screen, or delete it and re-install the app, then try again.

3.2. If you can not log in

- “ You can not register more than one account with one mobile phone.” You have attempted to register with multiple IDs on one device. To prevent

attendance, only one ID can be registered for one device.

- “This is not an authorized mobile phone.”

You tried logging in on your device with ID that was authorized by another device.

Please log in with your authorized device.

- “Please check your ID and password again.”

Username or password is incorrect. Please check you input your ID and Password

correctly, and your university is selected correctly.

3.3. If attendance is not checked

- Checking the device status

Make sure the Bluetooth function is turned on. On android, it will be turned on

automatically when you run the app, but on iOS, it must be turned on manually.

If you're using Android 6.0 or up, you'll need to authorize the app at the first time

you launch your app, and your GPS must be turned on.

There may be a problem with device memory or crashes between apps. Try

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restarting the device.

UCheck Plus has a built-in function to test an attendance check device.

From the slide menu on the left, select the Attendance Test menu and test.

3.4. If you get a message that the connection is unstable

- Check your internet connection

Make sure that you can use the Internet properly with 3G / LTE or WIFI.

Try again where network communication is better.

3.5. When you can not objection from "lateness" or "absence"

- Confirm the application period of objection

The period for application is fixed for each university due to its policy.

Please try to apply for objection during the application period.

3.6. Unusual screen appears in web-based attendance management

- Browser compatibility check

Older versions of Internet Explorer, including Internet Explorer 9, may

not be able to function properly due to a lack of web standards

compliance and HTML5 support.

Please use the browsers support html5 and web standards such as

Internet Explorer version 10 or higher, Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari,

and Edge.