Chapter I

Introduction

THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND

Every day, a huge amount of information and knowledge is generated in the age of
technology. Gaining knowledge, discovering new science, and contributing to society by sharing
our experience and knowledge are no longer confined to the confines of a classroom. Even in
countries with low economic results, the number of people who can access the Internet is rapidly
growing. As a result, knowledge production and transformation processes have accelerated
(Miranda, 2018).

It is recommended every universities and institutions to ease the access of school data,
happenings and events for its students. This could be achieved by designing and having an online
website. In addition, and as a response to the growing number of university enrolled students,
there is a basic need to organize the information related to the different students’ affairs and to
enable them doing their important activities. Thus, a sub university website called student
supporting system or student portal usually exist in most of universities websites. Some of the
utilities students can do are; checking exams’ results, checking school events, reviewing the
study plan and schedules, sighting of grades and subjects, and many other things.

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

The goal of the system is to let teachers post activities; let students submit their works;
and let faculty/staffs post updates regarding school activities and such.

THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK OF THE STUDY

The theory deals with the way in which different individuals use media and the
gratification they derive from its use. Folarin (1998, p.22) notes that the theory is basically
concerned with questions of who, which media, which content, under which condition and for
what reason? In addition, the theory is concerned with what media people use, how they use the
media, and what enjoyment learners get from the media.

This theory, according to West and Turner (2004), is an extension of Abraham Maslow's
need and motivation. There is a need hierarchy. The fulfillment of one need leads to the
emergence of another. To a different requirement the authors of Elihu, Blumler, and Gurenvitch
(1974) were Elihu, Blumler, and Gurenvitch. Maslow's theory (1954) inspired me to study how
people think. Mass contact is consumed. Their discovery spawned The Theory of Uses and
Gratification. The theory is important to this paper because it helps to decide how people use
student portals in their educational activities and how they relate to the overall corporate image
of colleges and universities.

The study is focused on the creation of a web portal using a web development
framework. It can be easily introduced without much change in any organization. User
friendliness, data stability, and data maintainability are some of the user requirements. This
project includes both of these criteria. Only approved users, referred to as admin users, and are
allowed to perform maintenance.

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK OF THE STUDY

 Profile of school (such as: History, Events, Curriculum, Student's Data,
etc.)
Input

The researches distributed questionnaires thru google Forms to the

chosen respondents from different school organizations
Collecting data and analyzing data gathered from the survey
Process The programmer start building the system with the help of data gahered
by researches.

Effectiveness of Student Portal.

Output

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM OF THE STUDY

The purpose of this study is to determine how necessary and needed student’s portal to be
implemented in schools/universities.

Specifically, it aims to answer the following:

1. How may the information be described in terms of:

a. Students
b. Faculty
c. School Events
2. What are the factors that may affect the system?
3. How do schools/universities be able to adapt to these changes?

OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

General Objectives
The general objectives are to:

1. Develop and implement a student portal on campus that will benefits members, students,
and the institution's administration.
2. Find how the performance of each individual in an institution eg. student, staff and
faculty can be influenced by the introduction of a student web portal.

Specific Objectives

The specific objectives are to:

1. Assess how effective Learning Management System to the students

SCOPE AND DELIMINATION OF THE STUDY

Scope

The students can view their grades, view and submit activities, check class schedule,
view school events, etc. The system is password protected. The system automatically back up the
database.

Limitations

Only enrolled students of the university can access the system. It cannot be used for
conversation. The system cannot print any of the provided information.

DEFINITION OF VARIABLES

 Escalating-becoming more intense or serious.

 Proficiency- advancement in knowledge or skill
 Demotivates-make (someone) less eager to work or study.
 Immediacy-something that is immediate-usually used in plural.
 Various-an indefinite number of separate individuals greater than one.
 Interrelated-having a mutual or reciprocal relation.
 Sophistication-the process or result of becoming more complex, developed, or subtle.
 Eradicated-to do away with as completely as if by pulling up by the roots programs to
eradicate illiteracy.
 Attrition -the act of rubbing together.
 Utilizing-make practical and effective use of.