Computer Laboratory Student Access Monitoring System

Freelance Project

Project Overview

Challenge

Open-access lab PCs ran on the honor system—students could use a machine without identity checks, paper logs were incomplete, and admins had no real-time view of who was using which PC, when, or against what schedule/policy.

Solution

Deploy a per-PC VB.NET client that keeps the workstation locked until a student taps their ID and is verified via a PHP REST API; on approval it unlocks the session, auto-logs time in/out, enforces schedules/quotas, and streams usage to a central dashboard and reports.