WEB BASED ONLINE REVISION SYSTEM

(A CASE STUDY LUKENYA UNIVERSITY)

NAME: JAMES MUSEMBI MUTHOKA

REGISTRATION NUMBER: 0101/LCK/BS/2017

A SYSTEM PROJECT PROPOSAL SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY IN THE SCHOOL OF
BUSINESS IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE
AWARD OF DIPLOMA IN INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY OF
LUKENYA UNIVERSITY.

August 2020
DECLARATION
This project is our original work and has not been presented in any other university.

PROJECT SUPERVISOR:
NAME : JIMMY MAKAU

Signature: ____________Date: ________________

ABSTRACT
The internet is the most seen and used platform in academics today. The main aim of an online
revision is to digitally enable students and researchers to access information and resources for
academic and research purposes.
An online revision is a web-based application intended to help students who cannot access the
libraries or other physical sources of information. The main objective of this web application is
to make learning interactive and easy access to information. It would make academic work easier
given that it is considering all the students who are far from school library and those who cannot
access the resource materials they want from the library because the resources are scarce.
In this project we are going to deal with an online revision website for students in higher levels
of learning. The system will basically be implemented on a web server with a backed MySQL
database (phpMyAdmin page) and a web browser as the front client (local host).
In development of this project, we are going to concentrate on object oriented php framework so
as an open source customization. We also have to be well knowledgeable on programming
languages such as Hyper Text Markup language (HTML), preprocessor Hypertext (php) and
Cascading Style Sheet (CSS3) and a relational database management systems (MySQL).
The project has a goal to develop an online revision website where students can download notes
and revision past papers for exams in various courses. The documentation will discuss in detail
how each of the following technologies will be implemented on an online revision website.

CHAPTER ONE
INDRODUCTION.
Any student who is in today’s fast changing technology must keep pace by embracing the
technological changes to compete favorably with the world’s academic giants. If the students
don’t change, the possibility is that they will be competed out by those who use the technology
because this will give them a competitive advantage in terms of access to academic research
sources and resource materials for class work.
Without change, students will be wasting a lot of time by physically going to the libraries to
borrow books and other resource materials. Any student who adopts change in the manner they
study will find it disruptive at first but the change tends to increase their productivity and the
services they get.
Technology has affected ho students interact with one another. Students no longer have t visit the
libraries physically or borrow the books physically from the library where there may be long
queues or no longer have to book space in the library which is usually full during exam period
but can access the information they want from a web-based system and learn quickly than ever
before. Access to books by students and lectures has been a major problem because the books are
few and are given on short-term period of two hours which may not be enough for one to use the
books exhaustively. This project will develop a system that will ensure that students access
resource materials they want with ease and for a comfortable duration of time.

PROBLEM STATEMENT
Ina broader perspective, students have been facing a series of challenges and inconveniences by
not adopting the current technology. This has made the students not to get facts and ideas which
are vital concepts applied not only in class work but also in the job market.
Currently, the mode of revision and study requires the students to physically appear in the library
to borrow books and past revision papers which are given for a short-term period and at the same
time being inadequate to cater for the demand of the students. This has created a battery of
problems one of them being time wastage which is a scarce resource for a student.
Initially, students depended on lecture class notes in printed form and others in softcopy to be
printed. Most of these notes give shallow information since it’s a simple extract meant to guide
the student in doing more research in the libraries. The cost of printing and photocopying the
notes among the student has also posted a big challenge to them since some of them even
struggle to survive in the university hence cannot afford that.
There is need for the students to access the online revision system for quality revision and
research purposes which is a reliable and quick source of information.

RESEARCH QUESTIONS
1. Which factors make the students not to revise thoroughly?
2. Which are the functional requirements needed to develop an efficient online revision
system?
3. Which factors will be considered in developing a functional and a user-friendly online
revision system?
JUSTIFICATION
The internet has been used as a research platform by scholars though it’s not effective because it
provides searches which if not well looked at can give misleading information. Therefore,
coming up with this system will give students the exact information they are looking for and
which is relevant to their requirements of study.
OBJECTIVES
General objective:
To analyze the current manual system with the aim to provide an automated revision system,
design an interactive revision system for Taita Taveta University.

Specific objectives:
1. To review the current manual system with a view to provide an online revision system that
will help students to revise.
2. To analyze the requirements for an online revision system so as to provide functional
specifications by providing links, searches and images.
3. Develop a web-based online revision system that is functional, user-friendly, and to deploy the
system for testing.

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

This project will create a platform where students can interact, share and exchange ideas
The study will benefit Taita Taveta University by improving its academic levels and standards
through online revision services hence making it to be more competitive in provision of quality
education.

LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY

1. Resistance to change
Some of the students may prefer to continue using the library while others may ignore existence
of the system. Also, some lecturers and departments may not be cooperative in providing exams
and notes for uploading in the system.
2. Time
The time given for the study and development of the system is limited bearing in mind that the
developer has class work to undertake at the same time.
3. Poverty
Some students cannot afford to buy computers and smartphones which are the ones capable of
utilizing the contents of the system.