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 CONTENT
Title i
Certification ii
Dedication iii
Acknowledgement iv
Abstract v
Table Content vi
List of Table vii
List of Figure viii
CHAPTER ONE
- 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.