PLAN-BUILD CENDEKIA BAZNAS SCHOLARSHIP MONITORING APPLICATION BY NOTIFICATION REMINDER THROUGH WHATSAPP GATEWAY
Lembaga Beasiswa Baznas merupakan Lembaga naungan Badan Amil Zakat RI yang memberikan bantuan beasiswa di bidang Pendidikan, baik di tingkat Pendidikan formal maupun non formal. Saat ini, sistem monitoring beasiswa masih dilakukan secara manual melalui google form yang menyebabkan permasalahan pada pengelolaan beasiswa yaitu pengelolaan monitoring kepada awardee yang kurang informatif secara dua arah, sehingga proses monitoring tidak dapat dilakukan secara menyeluruh kepada awardee beasiswa. Aplikasi monitoring beasiswa berbasis website dengan fitur notification reminder menggunakan WhatsApp gateway menjadi solusi untuk membantu lembaga beasiswa baznas dalam melakukan monitoring beasiswa kepada awardee. Aplikasi monitoring beasiswa berbasis website Beasiswa Cendekia Baznas ini dibangun menggunakan metode Rapid Application Development (RAD), sedangkan proses pengiriman pesan penerimaan dana beasiswa dengan WhatsApp gateway menggunakan metode broadcast. API WhatsApp dibangun dengan menggunakan Laravel. Selain itu, juga membutuhkan database menggunakan mySQL dan design UI dengan Bootstrap dalam proses pembuatannya. Dengan fitur notification reminder menggunakan WhatsApp gateway ini, pengelola beasiswa dapat mengirimkan pesan pengingat melalui WhatsApp secara otomatis.
Kata Kunci— Aplikasi Monitoring Beasiswa; Whatsapp Gateway; Notification Reminder.
Baznas Scholarship Institution is an auspices of BAZNAS which provides scholarship assistance in the field of Education, both at the formal and non-formal education levels. Currently, scholarship monitoring system is still carried out manually via the Google form which causes problems in scholarship management, namely management of monitoring of awardees which is less informative in a two-way manner, so that monitoring process can’t be carried out throughly for cendekia BAZNAS scholarship awardee. A website-based scholarship monitoring application with a notification reminder feature using the WhatsApp gateway is a solution to assist BAZNAS scholarship institutions in monitoring scholarships for awardee. A website-based scholarship monitoring application for the Baznas Scholars Scholarship was built using the Rapid Application Development (RAD) method, while the process of sending messages for receiving scholarship funds with the WhatsApp gateway uses the broadcast method. The WhatsApp API is built using Laravel. In addition, it also requires a database using MySQL and UI UX template design from Bootstrap for build process. By notification reminder feature using the WhatsApp gateway, scholarship managers and operators can send reminder messages via WhatsApp automatically.
Keywords—Scholarship Monitoring Application, WhatsApp Gateway, Notification Reminder