ABSTRACT
This project work focuses on the
creation of a website and e-portal for the institute of Technology in order to
enhance communication and improve the educational system of Kwara State
Polytechnic. A website is a collection of web pages, images, video and other
digital assets that hosted on one or several web server, usually accessible via
the internet, cell phone or a LAN.
The pages of website can usually be
accessed from a common root URL called the homepage, and usually be residing on
the same physical serve. The URL of the pages organized them into a hierarchy,
although the hyperlinks between them control how the reader perceivers the
overall structure and how the traffic flows between the different part of the
sites. The institute website and e-portal has been developed using HTML, CSS
and JavaScript as the front end, PHP as the back End MySQL as the Database.
It follows the three tier
architecture with PHP for coding and providing the classes for database
connectivity.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title i
Certification
ii
Dedication iii
Acknowledgement iv
Abstract v
Table Content vi
List of Table vii
List of Figure viii
CHAPTER
ONE
1.0 Introduction 1
1.1 Aim 4
1.2 Objective
of the Project 4
1.3 Scope
of the Study 5
1.4 E-Learning
and Web Portal 6
1.5 Benefit
of E-Learning Portal 8
CHAPTER
TWO
2.0 Literature
Review 10
2.1 History
of Institute of Technology (IOT) 11
2.2 Internet
History Timeline: Arpanet to the World Wide Web 12
2.3 History
of the World Wide Web 16
CHAPTER
THREE
3.0 Web
Design Process 20
3.1 Prototype Based Methodology 20
3.2 Developing
a Web Site 22
3.3 Method
of Data Collection 27
CHAPTER
FOUR
4.0 Design
Site Architecture, Implementation and Result Interpretation 37
4.1 Data
Source
38
4.2 Student
Registration 39
4.3 Data
Processing 44
4.4 Notepad
++ 44
4.5 System
Testing 52
CHAPTER
FIVE
5.0 Conclusion 58
5.1 Recommendation
59
Reference
62
Appendix 64
LIST
OF TABLE
Table 1: Agric
Engineering Department 29
Table 2: Civil
Engineering Department 30
Table 3: Electrical
Electronics Engineering Department 30
Table 4: Mechanical
Engineering Department 31
Table 5: Metallurgical
Engineering Department 31
Table 6: Mineral
Resource Engineering Department 32
Table
7: Student in support, not in
support and Neutral in the use of CBT in ICT Related courses 33
LIST
OF FIGURE
Figure
1: Block Diagram of
Prototyping-Based 21
Figure
2: Student Registration 40
Figure
3: Adding of Course 42
Figure
4: Adding of subject 43
CHAPTER
ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
Today, websites are efficient tool
of communication within society. For example, when people need
information a company, institution of learning or on organization , most of
them will almost instantaneously think of its website .
The influence that this website has in the
private and public sector cannot be over emphasized, these days the private and
public sector is not complete without a website.
The use of the web and e-learning portal
as a primary information channel is growing daily. As the number of web users
grows it is important that the information is accessible and usable by all .the
introduction of website and e-portal concept to the web has opened new possibilities
and improved the level of dissemination of knowledge in educational sector.
Design is one of the key parts of web
design. This includes the design principles, design element, lines shape,
texture, color, font and direction.
Web design means the designing, creating,
uploading and updating of a website and its implementation. It also involves
information architecture, website layout, structure, user interface, navigation
website.
Websites: A website refers
to a location on the internet and a collection of web pages, images, videos,
which are addressed relative to a common uniform resource location (URL). It’s nothing but a domain
name hosted on server which is accessible via a network called internet private
local area network. Owning a website becomes an essential part for any
institution, businesses and company, without web presence such organization is
just running the risk of losing the business opportunities.
Each website has its own unique web
address (uniform resource locator) which can be reached though an internet
connection. The opening page of a website is usually called homepage which
contains. Hyperlinks to other pages on the same or other site(s).
A single web server may support
multiple website and a single website may reside on multiple web server,
sometime thousands of miles apart.
Typical Website
Attributes
·
It’s a public interface
·
It support the user in specific task
(marketing or ecommerce)
·
It provides targeted content from
independent resources to specific audience
·
Its content is generally focused,
eliminates the need of visiting different sites
·
It selects and organizes the material
needed to be accessed
·
It established your presence in online
global market
·
It reaches the targeted audience.
Web portal is a vehicle by which a user
gains an access of driving broad array of resources, while a website is a
destination in itself.
Portals and websites are distinct entities which often overlap and
complement each other. A web portal and website should be strongly linked together,
but they should not replace each other.
Website represents an organization to
outside world, but a portal provide multiple user roles with a common access
point.
A
portal is a collection of website or service that offers board array of
resources and services such as email, forums, search engines and online
shopping malls. It’s an organized gateway that helps to configure the access to
information found on the internet. Web portal applications offers consistent
look and feel with access control & procedures for multiple applications
and databases. Some of the web portals are AOL, Google, Yahoo and even more.
A student portal is a web based interface
to access personalized information, resources, applications, and educational
academic options with students can reach a range of internal and external
sources through a network connection in a password protected setting.
Homepage:
This is the first page most users see when accessing the portal is homepage is
typically the highest level of a portal hierarchy.
Portal Developer:
This is the organization responsible for building a portal.
Portal Maintainer:
This is the organization responsible for operation a portal once deployed.
The maintainer is responsible for
responding to feedback about the portal correcting errors, and adding new
information as it becomes available.
1.1 AIM
The aim of this project is to create a
website and c-portal for the institute of technology in other to enhance
e-communication and improve the student/lecturer interaction of Kwara State
Polytechnic.
1.2 OBJECTIVE OF THE
PROJECT
The
objective of the project is
1.
To create a link or means of
interaction between the lecturers and students outside the lecture room
2.
To store information for future
reference
3.
For easy access to educational
resources like past question papers. course materials, handout/textbooks e.t.c.
4.
To serve as source of information
for students, staffs and parents.
5.
To create a database of past
projects that each department has embarked on
6.
To update students, staffs, parent
and guardians on what is happening in the institute and the entire polytechnic.
7.
To make an easy surfing on the
internet for the students and staffs. It is also for easy downloading of
material needed for their study.
1.3 SCOPE OF THE PROJECT
The scope of the project is to design and
implement computer aided information and management database website and
e-portal via cloud computing. The database is to be built using information
gathered from each department, the Institute and school management. This
information should reflect the departmental information and activities,
historical and current records of students’ population etc. This will serve as
a useful tool that will enhance the learning and teaching processes.
1.4 E-LEARNING AND WEB
PORTAL
The term learning means to gain knowledge
or understanding of or skill by study, instruction or experience. Unfortunately
e-learning does not possess such a precise and clear definition. The
understanding of the e-learning concept varies from training via the internet
according to (computer user high-Tech Dictionary, http/www.computeruser.com),
to a more extended definition as an approach to facilitate and enhance learning
by means of personal computers, CDROMs and the internet as explained in
(Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org). E-learning is the
delivery of education (all activities relevant to instructing, teaching, and
learning) through various electronic media (koohang & Harman, 2005).
The electronic medium could be the
internet, intranets, satellite TV, video/audio tape, and/or CD ROM. An
c-learning web portal is able to provide students with networks access to them.
Typical c-learning portal features contain one or more of the following
component (volodymyr & wilfried. 2004): organization, information,
documentation, assessment and corn mu n zeal ion to mention just a few.
An e-learning platform is specialized
software, sometimes referred to as the virtual learning environment or the
course management system (CMS). This software should be capable of providing
facilities for both the development and the delivery of c-learning. The CMS is
usually a distributed online system connected to the internet through the
c-learning web portal. Several communications media are used for c-learning
including the internet, intranets, extranets, videos/audio tape, and/or CD ROM.
From history, some educational institutions have started the process of
creation of enterprise open source applications such as course management
systems and electronic bulletin (e-bulletin) board. These are some of the
initiatives taken by higher institutions on move away from proprietary software
towards open source.
Kim, Chaudhury and Rao (2002) claimed that
there are three types of web portals:
Data Portals:
Concerned with managing such structure data as corporate databases with a
single point of access.
Information Portals:
In contrast to the data portals, this type of portal is concerned with managing
such unstructured data as e-mail, text, and other documents by using indexing
and cataloguing systems with search and retrieval functionality.
Collaborative Portals:
This type is focused on group interaction functionality as well as the
integration of the enterprise by bridging internet, extranet, private source
data, and public information. The users are also allowed to access all
collaborative functions such as classified topics, conferencing, team
discussion, news channel, calendaring, and the abilities to personalize the
interface.
1.5 BENEFITS OF E-LEARNING
PORTAL
1.
To plan and disseminate course
outline by lecturers
2.
To manage attendance of both
students and lecturers
3.
To create and submit assignments
4.
To participate in interactive
discussions between students and lecturer anytime, breaking through the barrier
of geographical location. With the portal there will be an enriched and members
of the academic community.
5.
The school portal offers education
without walls
6.
Your ipad, Smartphone or computer
changes from being a toy to a tool.
7.
It is the generation learning
management system (LMS) combining academic management, social collaboration and
third-party integration.
8.
This is the emerging learning
platform exemplified by the distant learning and Open University model.
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