DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ONLINE POST UTME

DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ONLINE POST UTME (A CASE STUDY OF FCSIT, BAYERO UNIVERSITY KANO)

TABLE OF MATERIALS

PAGE OF APPROVAL i

ii DECLARATION

iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

iv. DEDICATION

v TABLE OF CONTENTS

VI. ABSTRACT

CHAPITRE ONE

1.1 THE STUDY’S BACKGROUND 1

1.2 THE PROBLEM’S STATEMENTS 2

1.3 PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES 3

1.4 THE STUDY’S SIGNIFICANCE 3

1.5 STUDY SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS 4

CHAPITRE TWO 5

REVIEW OF LITERATURE 5

5 INTRODUCTION 2.1

2.2 THE EXAMINATION CONCEPT 5

2.3 NIGERIA POST UTME 6

8 PUTME ON THE WEB 2.4

2.5 OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES OF COMPUTER BASED TEST FOR EXAMINATION IN NIGERIA 10

2.5.1 CBT PROSPECTS IN EXAMINATION CONDUCT 10

10 IN NIGERIA

2.5.2 CBT DIFFICULTIES IN NIGERIA 11

2.6 REVIEW OF RELATED WORKS 12

2.7 TOOLS FOR PROGRAMMING 17

2.7.1 CSS 18

2.7.2 PHP 18

2.7.3 HTML 18

XAMPP Server 2.7.4

20. CHAPTER THREE

20. SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN

20 INTRODUCTION 3.1

20 SOFTWARE PROCESS MODEL

3.3 DATA COLLECTION METHOD 21

3.4 EXISTING SYSTEM ANALYSIS 22

3.4.1 BENEFITS OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM 22

3.4.2 RESOLVING THE PROBLEMS 22

3.5 REQUIREMENTS FOR FUNCTIONALITY 23

NON-FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS 3.6

26 SEQUENCE DIAGRAM 3.7

3.8 APPLY THE CASE DIAGRAM 27

3.9 DIAGRAM OF ENTITY RELATIONSHIPS 28

CHAPITRE 4 29

SYSTEM INSTALLATION AND TESTING 29

29 INTRODUCTION 4.1

29 4.2 IMPLEMENTATION

39 4.3 SYSTEM TESTING

4.4 REQUIREMENTS FOR INSTALLATION 40

4.4.1 REQUIREMENTS FOR HARDWARE 40

SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS 4.4.2

4.5 INSTALLATION PROCESS 40

CHAPITRE 5 41

RECOMMENDATION, CONCLUSION, AND SUMMARY 41

5.1 SYNOPSIS 41

5.2 SUMMARY 42

RECOMMENDATION 5.3 42

43 REFERENCES

ABSTRACT

With the advent of internet technology, many developed countries’ online assessment systems have become a viable supplement to traditional tests. It is a web-based, efficient, adaptable, and flexible means of providing a new and open form of examination that meets the needs of many academic institutions. The goal of this project is to provide a facility for conducting online exams on the World Wide Web, with a focus on Online Post UTME for the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology.

The functions include admin login, student login, examination instruction, valid examination time, answer script submission, and examination results publication. The technology allows the administrator to design a test from a question bank that includes questions from several topic areas. The system is tested with four candidates from different departments, with five questions from four topic areas such as Mathematics, English, Physics, and Chemistry.

The utilization of modern technology, including Internet development tools such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHPmySQL, to assist CBT allows this project to be completed on schedule. A review of linked literature, newspaper and journal articles served as the foundation for this research endeavor. The data demonstrate that conducting examinations manually increases result delay, error proneness, and resource waste.According to the findings of the study, the value of the CBT technique for Post-UTME examinations cannot be overstated.

CHAPITRE ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1 THE STUDY’S BACKGROUND

Few people anticipated the variety of learning opportunities that the World Wide Web would make available to the average person in the few years after its inception in 1990 as a means to speed and simplify the retrieval of informational resources through scientific research communities. These educational offerings are available for almost any subject and are not limited by time or location. Students can participate at any time and from any location as long as they have access to a computer with an Internet connection (Crossman, 1997).

With the advent of internet technology, many developed countries’ online assessment systems have become a viable supplement to traditional tests. It is a web-based, efficient, flexible, and adaptive method of examination that may give a new and open mode of examination that meets the needs of diverse Academic and Non-Academic organizations. The exam consists of many types of multiple-choice questions. The answers are graded and the scores are saved in a database, and the results are available to the examiner immediately. Instructions for participants, accessibility of test content, legitimate time allocation, submission methods, and result release are the essential aspects of an online examination system (Wondershare, 2012).

Many parts of the traditional classroom format have been changed by faculty members’ use of interactive communication. Many of the visual cues from students on which teachers have relied in the face-to-face classroom are no longer available (Farrell, 2000). This includes postures and facial gestures that provide instructors with nonverbal feedback that they can use to improve their effectiveness (Hains et al., 2000). Students who learn online have complete control over their reactions to the educator. Due to the loss of sensory observation during distance learning, contact via E-mail and the Web is crucial for each student’s performance (Schrum, 1998). However, during the assessment, the lack of visible inspection gives the impression that test security is non-existent. Even under proctored testing conditions, the teacher has no assurance of the test taker’s identity (McCormack & Jones, 1998).

Online Post UTME is a web application that will aid and improve the processes involved in conducting the post-UTME examination from start to finish by providing an online CBT examination platform where candidates can log-on (sign-in), write their examination, and get their results instantly before leaving the venue.

1.2 THE PROBLEM’S STATEMENTS

The existing techniques of conducting Post UTME exams have the following problems:

i. Delay: It takes a long time for the lecturer to grade and compile their students’ examination scripts.

ii. Error Prone: Errors ranging from mismarking of student option choice to mismatched recording of scores to the right students as a result of the lecturer’s large number of students.

iii. Waste of resources: The process of creating a customized booklet, picking up materials, and other examination-related processes waste time and resources.

1.3 PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES

The goal of this project is to create and implement an online post-UTME examination for the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology. However, the following are the goals:

i. Create a user-friendly interface for the Online Post-UTME.

ii. Create an interface for lecturers to set and change questions, as well as view all student results.

iii. Create a database to store student information and scores.

iv. Create a timer to time the examination.

1.4 THE STUDY’S IMPORTANCE

This research will benefit academic institutions in a variety of ways, including improving their testing process. The planned Online Post-UTME will allow the school to do the following.

1. Allow the lecturer to post questions online.

2. Save student outcomes.

3. Establish a time frame for the examination.

4. Reduce invigilation costs.

5. Remove errors caused by score input.

6. Allow students to take exams online.

7. Remove the contradiction of many examination schedules.

8. Influence students’ perceptions of fair grading.

1.5 STUDY SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS

This project will primarily focus on providing an interface for students to write their examinations using a computer, as well as allowing professors to set and save test/examination questions into a database. Only objective questions will be provided by the application.