Internal Assessment Portal

Internal Assessment Portal is an ASP.NET Web Forms application for managing student assessments, attendance, assignments, marks and staff announcements. It is intended for small-scale deployments, demo environments, or as a teaching example using LocalDB for data storage.

Features

• Student dashboard with attendance and marks overview
• Staff and faculty dashboards for posting announcements, uploading assignments and recording marks
• Admin area for faculty and student management
• Uses EPPlus to export/import Excel data where needed
• Responsive UI using Bootstrap + jQuery

Stack

• C#, ASP.NET Web Forms (Web Site / Web Application)
• .NET Framework 4.7.2
• SQL Server LocalDB (App_Data/IAPDatabase.mdf)
• Bootstrap, jQuery, EPPlus, Newtonsoft.Json

Quick start (development)

Prerequisites:

• Windows, Visual Studio 2017/2019/2022
• .NET Framework 4.7.2 developer pack
• SQL Server Express LocalDB

Steps:

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone git@github.com:wasiif/InternalAssessmentPortal.git
   cd InternalAssessmentPortal

2. Open Internal Assessment Portal.sln in Visual Studio.
3. Restore NuGet packages (Visual Studio will prompt or use: Tools → NuGet Package Manager → Restore).
4. Update the connection string in Web.config if needed. Recommended portable form:

   Data Source=(LocalDB)\MSSQLLocalDB;AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|\App_Data\IAPDatabase.mdf;Integrated Security=True;Connect Timeout=30;
   

5. Set the project as the startup project and run (F5). Default IIS Express URL is typically https://localhost:44362/.

Project layout

• App_Start/: Route and bundle configuration
• Staff/: Admin and Faculty pages and code-behinds
• Students/: Student pages and code-behinds
• Content/: CSS and site styles (Bootstrap)
• Scripts/: JavaScript libraries
• App_Data/: Local MDF database used by the project
• Internal Assessment Portal.csproj: Visual Studio project

Configuration & security notes

• The repository currently includes a local absolute path in Web.config for the StudentDB connection string — replace this with |DataDirectory| or an environment variable for portability.
• Do not commit production credentials or machine-specific paths.

Development tips

• Run the site from Visual Studio to use IIS Express and auto-attach LocalDB.
• If you encounter NuGet package errors, run: nuget restore or restore inside Visual Studio.
• Consider creating a SQL schema/seed script or a database backup in db/ for easier onboarding.

Contributing

• Fork, create a branch, make changes, open a pull request describing the change.
• Use small, focused commits and descriptive commit messages.

License

This repository includes a LICENSE.txt file — follow that license for reuse and contributions.