Student competency analysis: An automated robust tool using fuzzy logic

Education is the most powerful weapon by which the world could be changed said Nelson Mandela. The history of spreading knowledge has its root from teaching Vedas in temples until eLearning and eTeaching. Both the traditional teaching methodology and online teaching provide students with knowledge. National Center for Education Statistics says that an online class is stated as “a formal education process in which the students and instructor are separated”. Alike traditional courses, online classes are educated by respective course instructors which includes several classmates. However, the communication medium between the both would be email, telephone or live chat. By considering the advantage of online courses we propose an online performance evaluation tool in which the student can be evaluated once when the course is completed and tests are done. From the test results the performance of the students is evaluated using fuzzy based technique and reports of the individuals are generated.