ABSTRACT
This Research Project aim at introducing an online course registration and result confirmation system and examined the inadequacies involved in the manual method of course registration and computing student results in foundation polytechnic, Ikot Idem. The number of students joining both ND and HND programme in foundation polytechnic, Ikot Idem is increasing fast. Manual course registration results in huge overcrowding of students during course registration process. It can be used by educational institutes or colleges to maintain the course and result records of its students easily. It also provides the administrator a less time consuming process for viewing, adding, editing and deleting the marks of the students and above all approving course registered by students. Online course Registration system will allow online submission of student course for a semester. The problems with the manual course registration and result confirmation were identified and a new system was proposed, designed, and implemented. In this work, a web-based portal was developed to facilitate the automated processing of the result and registration of courses in the polytechnic. The portal was developed using PHP (Hypertext Processor) programming language and MYSQL (My Structural Query Language), a relational database management system in designing the database; tested and found to have produced the expected results.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Cover Page
Title Page – – – – – – – – – i
Certification – – – – – – – – – ii
Dedication – – – – – – – – – iii
Acknowledgement – – – – – – – – iv
Abstract – – – – – – – – – v
Table of Contents – – – – – – – – vi-viii
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
1.0 Introduction – – – – – – – 1
1.1 Theoretical Background – – – – – – 1-2
1.2 Statement of the Problem – – – – – – 2-3
1.3 Aim and Objectives of the Study – – – – 3-4
1.4 Significance of the Study – – – – – – 4-5
1.5 Organization of the Research – – – – – 5-6
1.6 Scope of the Study – – – – – – – 6
1.7 Definition of Terms – – – – – – 6-8
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW
2.0 Introduction – – – – – – – 9
2.1 The Origin of Property Management – – – – 9-13
2.2 The History of E-Learning – – – – – 14-16
2.3 Types of E-Learning – – – – – – – 16-18
2.4 Origin of E-Learning in Nigeria – – – – 18
2.5 Advantages and Disadvantages – – – – – 19-21
2.6 Challenges of E-Learning in Tertiary Institution in Nigeria – 21-23
2.7 Barriers to Implementation E-Learning – – – – 23-24
2.8 Nigeria E-Learning Providers in Nigeria – – – 24-27
CHAPTER THREE: SYSTEEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
3.0 Introduction – – – – – – – 28
3.1 Research Methodology – – – – – – 28
3.2 System Analysis – – – – – – – 28-30
3.2.1 Analysis of the Existing System – – – 30-31
3.2.2 Problems of the Existing System – – – 31
3.2.3 Analysis of the Proposed System – – – 32
3.3 System Design – – – – – – – 33
3.3.1 Input Layout – – – – – – 33-35
3.3.2 Algorithm – – – – – – – 35
3.3.3 Program Flowchart – – – – – 35-36
3.3.4 Output Layout – – – – – – 37-38
CHAPTER FOUR: SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION AND DOCUMENTATION
4.0 Introduction – – – – – – – 39
4.1 System Design Diagram – – – – – – 39
4.2 Choice of Programming Language – – – – 40
4.3 Analysis of Modules – – – – – – 40-42
4.4 Programming Environment – – – – – 42
4.4.1 Hardware Requirement – – – – – 43
4.4.2 Software Requirement – – – – – 43
4.5 System Implementation – – – – – – 44
CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
5.0 Introduction – – – – – – – 45
5.1 Conclusion – – – – – – – 46
5.2 Recommendation – – – – – – – 47
Reference
Appendix A
Appendix B
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 Introduction
This chapter consists of the introduction, background of the study, statement of the problem, objective of the study, significance of the study, organization of research, scope of the study and definition of terms as used in the research work.
1.1 Theoretical Background One of the largest investments in many organizations is the creation, maintenance, and retrieval of information. It has been estimated that in an organization such as a tertiary educational community, information is highly essential for correct students’ record especially course record and examination data. Student course information, if not properly created and stored, will cause many errors in usage Okonigene, et all (2008). Nearly every section of the educational system requires information processing. With the use of computers for information processing, the following are possible: instant access to students’ personal and course information, instant student information updating, automatic computation of the Grade Point Average (GPA), generation of the graduating students list, monitoring of failed courses, keeping and up-to-date record of the entire student body in the institution, storing course information such as course code, course description, course unit, and scores for the purpose of GPA computation, and producing user-friendly data entry screens for ease of use.