Journal of Innovation and Community Engagement

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2026-05-26T05:05:44+00:00

Designing the Cashier’s Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for Fashion Retail Business

2026-02-11T03:06:42+00:00

A Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) is a guideline that explains how to perform a task. SOPs can help companies prevent manipulation or fraud because each activity in a business process explains the parties involved, the transaction evidence and documentation involved, and the parties who authorize it. This community service activity was carried out in the form of mentoring for SOP preparation, which took place from August to September 2025 at PT EGP. PT EGP is a trading company whose primary business process is fashion retail. The implementation of this activity goes through five stages which include planning stage, system analysis stage, system design stage, system trial stage, and system implementation stage. This activity was carried out with conducting direct and open observations using questionnaires, interviews with owners and employees, and documenting all information and explanations obtained for each activity in the partner's business process. The resulting SOP is limited to SOP for cashiers consisting of four SOPs, namely the SOP when opening the cashier, the SOP during sales transactions, the SOP after transactions or during operations, and the SOP when closing the cashier. The cashier SOP aims to prevent and avoid manipulation and misuse of company assets by cashiers and employees responsible for sales. It is hoped that partners can implement the SOPs that have been created consistently and become a monitoring tool for owners.

A Portable Biofiltration System Utilizing Local Organic Waste for Rainwater Treatment

2026-03-05T13:56:05+00:00

Low rainwater collection in some campus areas of the Indonesian Institute of Technology campus creates unnecessary surface runoff and high municipal water usage. Rainwater coming from roofs was not treated and sent directly to drainage channels. A community service program was carried out to offer an alternative solution by producing a portable biofiltration system made of local organic material as the filter media. Implementation of the program was done in multiple steps, which included: examination of partner needs, technical system design phase, physical device construction and production, installation on-site at the fielding location, initial operational testing, and user support. The system that had been created is intended to be straightforward, mobile, and low-maintenance, making it possible for its use to go beyond just the campus setting. Depending on design specifications and regional rainfall patterns, the system can handle roughly 100 to 300 liters of rainwater with each rainfall, decreasing surface runoff by approximately 20 to 35 percent, and providing about 15 to 25 percent of the non-drinkable water needs in the nearby region. The findings suggest that using suitable technology made from local resources can promote sustainable water management and raise awareness about rainwater use within the educational community.

Digital Transformation Based on Touching Heart, Teaching Mind, and Transforming Life at SD Katolik 15 St. Laurentius Manado

2026-03-05T13:53:49+00:00

Education is essential for humans to develop into meaningful, educated individuals. Education in Indonesia should play the right role in improving human resources. The best approach is to introduce science and technology in early childhood because, at this age, children still need guidance to understand and process information through reading. SD Katolik 15 St. Laurentius in Manado is a school with a strategic location that serves around 90 elementary students. This school has good potential to develop human resources and the learning process, with an adequate number of students and teachers, a well-built facility, and a spacious yard. To promote proper education for elementary students at SD Katolik 15 St. Laurentius in Manado, a team—comprising lecturers from the Electrical Engineering Study Program, lecturers from the PGSD (Elementary School Education for Teachers) Study Program at De La Salle Catholic University Manado, electrical engineering alumni, and students—was committed to conducting community service. The community service aimed to apply digital transformation based on Touching Heart, Teaching Mind, and Transforming Life through teaching on series and parallel circuits, a workshop on using the Canva application to create teaching materials in PowerPoint, and information flyers.

Developing a Sustainable Design-Based Creative Board Game to Enhance Children’s Creativity and Maritime Awareness

2026-02-22T12:38:09+00:00

Creativity is an important 21st century competency in which instructional media must be able to stimulate flexible thinking and meaningful problem solving. Board games offer significant pedagogical potential by integrating playfulness with structured cognition. However, most of the commercial board games still use plastic-based materials, which raises concern about the environmental sustainability, especially in the context that is affected by plastic pollution. To address this gap, the present study developed a creative board game with a maritime environmental awareness theme using the Design for Sustainability (DfS) approach, ensuring dual pedagogical value that fostering children’s creativity while embedding ecological responsibility through sustainable material and design. The Research and Development (R&D) method following the Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation (ADDIE) stages of the ADDIE model. Validation results showed feasibility scores of 89%, based on media experts, and 88%, based on material experts, which are both in the "highly feasible" category. These findings validate the board game as a sound medium for stimulating creativity and ecological awareness. Future research should implement and evaluate the tool with children to provide empirical evidence of its effectiveness.

Strengthening Academic Capacity Through International Teaching and Learning Exchange

2026-03-31T03:39:21+00:00

Building synergy and collaboration across communities is increasingly important for advancing the quality of higher education in today’s global era. This study explores a teaching and learning exchange program between the Institute of Technology and Business STIKOM Bali, Indonesia, and Valaya Alongkorn Rajabhat University under the Royal Patronage of Thailand. Designed with a participatory approach, the program brought together a range of activities, including guest lectures, teaching demonstrations, cultural immersion, and institutional visits. The experience not only enhanced technology-based teaching skills but also boosted students’ confidence in cross-cultural communication while opening opportunities for joint research and publications. These outcomes show that structured academic exchanges can create meaningful, long-term collaborations, enrich mutual understanding, and contribute significantly to strengthening international higher education networks.

Implementation of Hand Movement Tracking for Real-Time Sign Language Translation

2026-02-21T10:31:36+00:00

This study developed a real-time American Sign Language (ASL) sign language identification and interpretation system based on deep learning. The system used two data sources: the ASL alphabet dataset for individual character recognition and the WLASL dataset for vocabulary recognition. The WLASL dataset was chosen as the benchmark for evaluating complex word gestures because it encompasses a wide range of users and extensive movement dynamics. Data processing involved extracting hand-gesture and body-posture markers using MediaPipe, followed by preprocessing and augmentation. Two learning architectures were implemented: a Feedforward Neural Network for alphabet classification and a BiLSTM integrated with an Attention Mechanism for vocabulary recognition. The system was evaluated using accuracy, precision, recall, F1 Score, and K-fold cross-validation. The results demonstrated promising performance: 99% accuracy for alphabet recognition and 78% for vocabulary recognition, with the Attention Mechanism contributing substantially to vocabulary recognition. The system operates in real time at 15-20 FPS and is efficient on mid-range devices, potentially becoming an inclusive communication alternative for the sign language community.

List of Reviewers

2026-05-10T02:31:36+00:00