Improving the Effectiveness of Students’ Academic Eligibility Assessment Through the Implementation of a Digital Verification System in the Public Administration Study Program, FIS-H, UNM

Abstract

The academic advising process for students in the Public Administration Study Program, Faculty of Social Sciences and Law (FIS-H), Universitas Negeri Makassar, continues to face challenges due to the use of physical monitoring cards and unstructured communication through social media, resulting in suboptimal documentation and monitoring of academic advising progress. These conditions limit the information available to lecturers and program administrators for tracking student progress, particularly that of students completing their final projects. This community service initiative aims to improve the effectiveness, organization, transparency, and accountability of academic advising monitoring through the implementation of the Integrated Academic Monitoring and Notification Information System (SIMANIS). The method employed was appropriate technology implementation, which involved administrative preparation, the design of data collection instruments, the development of a website and monitoring dashboard, system validation and socialization, implementation, assistance, and system evaluation. The program was conducted from May 7 to June 11, 2026, involving 27 lecturers supervising 129 students, comprising 19 students from the 2019 cohort, 31 from the 2020 cohort, and 79 from the 2021 cohort. The results indicate that SIMANIS successfully integrates digital advising forms, monitoring sheets, an interactive website, an administrative dashboard, real-time monitoring, and QR Code-based advising validation.