PARENTAL MONITORING SYSTEM FOR ONLINE LEARNING
The rapid expansion of online learning platforms has increased the need for effective parental involvement to ensure student accountability and productive learning behavior. This paper presents a Parental Monitoring System for Online Learning designed to help parents monitor and support students’ academic activities in digital learning environments. The system is developed using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for the frontend interface, Python for backend processing, and MySQL for database management. It provides two separate dashboards: a parent dashboard and a student dashboard. The parent dashboard enables monitoring of student activities through features such as activity logs, weekly performance reports, SMS notifications for class non-attendance, analysis of learning and distraction time, and tracking of offline study activities. The student dashboard includes modules for goal setting and submission of offline study declarations to encourage responsible learning habits. In addition, the system incorporates essential functionalities such as a responsive homepage, validated user registration with email and phone number verification, secure login authentication, password recovery using confirmation code verification, and user-friendly navigation. By integrating monitoring, reporting, and notification mechanisms, the proposed system aims to enhance parental engagement and improve student discipline and effectiveness in online learning environments.
Sudharsana.K, (2026). Parental Monitoring System for Online Learning. International Journal of Science, Strategic Management and Technology, 02(03). https://doi.org/10.55041/ijsmt.v2i3.183
Sudharsana.K, . "Parental Monitoring System for Online Learning." International Journal of Science, Strategic Management and Technology, vol. 02, no. 03, 2026, pp. . doi:https://doi.org/10.55041/ijsmt.v2i3.183.
Sudharsana.K, . "Parental Monitoring System for Online Learning." International Journal of Science, Strategic Management and Technology 02, no. 03 (2026). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.55041/ijsmt.v2i3.183.
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