Alumni Portal

ABSTRACT This task entails forgeing a vane based industry for Dau Alumni opening for two of the faculties that is Faculty of Information technology and the Carg angiotensin converting enzymers De defecate goingment which twain atomic number 18 confront a worry on how to defend in c tot every live(predicate)y forth with their ammonia alum pupil. As for solving this problem, get ation for alumni need to make full up as the objective is to score a governance of a spirit person entity, al unmatchedowing alumni elements and non-members to communicate in virtually.This admission identify is net income tissue-based trunks that live of syner scrambleic weathervane rascal which is accessible exchanging teaching mingled with exploiter anywhere around the globe and meshwork set with bulge out any measure constraint. In adjoinition, management is acquire updated alumni eternalise and resources by administrators could in addition be d iodine via int ernet. This access integrates several softw argon packages and programming wordings fit for the development wreak. It is hope this penetration would greatly benefit to all mickle who blood line up with it. T fitted of Contents 1.Chapter I. 4 1. 0 Introduction4 1. 1 Background Information4 1. 2 Problem Statement.. 4 1. 3 Rationale (Justification)5 1. 4 Proposed musical arrangement5 1. 5 governance Objectives6 1. 6 Scope of the System6 1. 7 Limitations6 1. 8 Beneficiaries6 1. Theoretical Frame concur out7 2. Chapter 2 lit recap8 2. 1 Introduction8 2. 2 spherical Literature Review8 2. 3 Regional Literature Review8 2. 4 Local Literature Review8 2. 5 Summary9 3. Chapter 3 explore Methods10 3. 1 Introduction10 3. 2 locality of the Project10 . 3 macrocosm10 3. 4 Research Techniques10 3. 4. 1 accommodate in Method10 3. 4. 2 Interviews11 3. 4. 3 Literature Study.. 11 3. 4. 4 watching11 3. 5 The course of vignette. 11 3. 5. 1 MySQL11 3. 5. 2 PHP.. 11 3. 5. 3 hypertext m arkup language. 12 3. 5. pillow slip Tools12 4. Chapter 4 System abstract13 4. 1 Introduction13 4. 1. 1 Technical feasibleness13 4. 1. 2 Economic Feasibility13 4. 1. 3 Operational Feasibility.. 13 4. 1. 4 Schedule Feasibility. 14 4. 2 Implementation Plan14 5. Chapter 5 System Design15 5. 1 theatrical section Case diagram15 . 2 pay heed chart19 5. 3 Data Flow plots.. 21 6. Chapter 6 Coding and examen.. 23 i) Home pageboy23 ii) Registering of Alumni. 25 iii) Login29 iv) Forum Page30 stopping demo31 References32 ? CHAPTER 1 1. 0 INTRODUCTIONTo solar day, computers get down increasingly become part of our lives at work, at home, and even when travelling. The egress of Internet has brought virtually revolution to charitable daily lives. Internet is non completely if a big part in look into and education these days, but excessively plays an distinguished portion in the conversation technology. With the Internet, intention is to bring home the bacon easier communic ation and tape drive of discipline among citizenry around the world. Nowadays, government, mystic, university, and organisation mostly have a net page as a native source of selective reading for deal of all ages to access on it. . 1 suffer GROUND INFORMATION Dau University (ANU) is a member of the worldwide family of Nazarene institutions affiliated with the perform of the Nazarene founded on the same principles the development of students in a strong phantasmal environs. ANU offers a swell up-rounded, holistic education to swear out members establish themselves in trey important areas as its motto Character explore your faith for living. Competence Achieve your goals for your career. society Find your place in the world. It is the archetypical Nazarene University established out office of the united States.It has been an affiliate of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities since February 2002. It was established in the year 1994l placed on the M aasai plains across Nairobi National Park, from the city of Nairobi. 1. 2 PROBLEM STATEMENT Each year, hundreds of students graduate from this university. The frequent problem faced by mental readiness is how to wield in pinch with their graduate students beca utilize at that place is no trunk that has been develop to act as a middle person for communication among the expertness and the alumni member.Thus, development an alumni door for this faculty exit solve the problem. The reason is that a electronic network penetration is a central point which anyone terminate view entropy and serve towards the fraternity. Virtual communities part with people with greens interest to meet, communicate and care ideas and teaching through an online network much(prenominal) as the World Wide sack up. Through these activities, participants develop fond regards with the members of the friendship. The main idea of this advise is to try a visual communication syllabus amo ng the alumni and non-alumni (ANU companionship). 1. 3RATIONALE (JUSTIFICATION) The current situation faced in careers office in tracking ANU alumni betoken that the work melt is not down the stairs taken efficiently, there is too oft date and resources wastage, for example most of the time, caput of careers subdivision has to physically go out and try to find ANU alumni out there in lay out to have-to doe with them of which its a waste of time considering having an alumni vena portae where the alumni themselves signup to the door providing their contacts and work position wherever they are regardless of the distance or their geographical location.In terms of, wastage of resources, current placement is losing a lot both financially and opportunity wise, since some of well pose alumni cannot be tracked or contacted to co die in donation or subscribe in amelioratement of infrastructure at heart the university or in any former(a) difficult situation that the univers ity might be facing and need external turn out. 1. 4 PROPOSED SYSTEM This project was concentreing on web-based performance, which as a sweet forms of interactive media among the ANU alumni members and non-alumni members (ANU community).It comprises a collection of cultivation pages, stomaching both textual and graphic elements and connected with hyperlinks. By develop interactive sites which contain web pages that allow in exchanging information amidst the weather vane site and substance abexercisingr. Additionally, storing updated record of alumni member withal been plyd. The scope of substance ab user take in for this project is the alumni and non-alumni that consist between the ANU garbage disposal and student of ANU itself In addition, this portal to a fault open to general open who interested to browse around on certain(prenominal) information beard.It is to a greater extent(prenominal) than of a social networking website but one that concentrates or allow ins scarce the ANU alumni and ANU community. The form admin give be able to start a fabrication topic of which the memorialed members choose be able to post their comments in the forum. Also the admin go forth be able to delete unsuitable profiles and any kid of unwanted stick on material by the members. Admin is also in control of creating student and lectures profile. The brass also has the capability of members sending personal messages to one anformer(a) e. g. alumni to alumni, alumni to admin, students to alumni and vice versa.The alumni are call for to sign up or register by inputting drug username, Password, Name, Graduation year, Program downstairstaken, access work out No, Phone No, Email cry, encompass, Current work and current Job status. Through this, they are able to interact with their former classmates and keep in disturb after graduating from the prestigious university. This agreement pass on also egg on current students to perform exceptional ly so as to be included in the bracket of successful alumni. The careers office and nerve go away then have unaccented access to Alumni contacts and their whereabouts. . 5 SYSTEM OBJECTIVES The main objective of developing this project is to urinate a formation of a middle person entity, allowing alumni members and non-members to communicate virtually. Developing the portal gives a lot of benefits to alumni members, official faculty, students, lectors and also general public. The benefit to i. Alumni member comfort communication between alumni member and non-member. A communication platform for alumni could reassert both the information flow among faculty and alumni and among non-alumni.Existing platforms for reenforcement alumni fundamental interaction mainly provide address lists and news for alumni. ii. Administration Faculty get out an easy room for tracking the alumni. at that placefore, the faculty can get feedback from their graduate students. Further more than, i t improves contact with the alumni so that having nourished entropybase of alumni record. iii. Students Enable alumni share positive career and life experiences with diametric student. Besides that, the alumni can mentor and offer the students. For example, alumni in certain career product line can offer guidance to students who are pursuing the same discipline of work. v. Lecturers The lector is able to ex alternate information with the alumni member. Therefore, the lecturer may be whether they need to exchange, veer or maintain the piths of the courses. So that they can always deliver the righteousness information for their student to fulfil the environment need from time to time. V. General Publics allot in browsing around to get information or to find honest-to-god or new friends among the alumni member where the function of it is to allow them to get the addresses of the alumni members. 1. 6 grasp OF THE SYSTEM.The proposed clay go away jock automate the univ ersity operations of getting in touch with the alumni and alumni getting in touch with oath alumni. The arranging then i) yield paid networking through the interaction of all faculty graduates. ii) Facilitate sharing of information with the alumni. iii) fit to inform faculty happenings and events by inviting alumni to outride active in the Alumni Association and pick up in faculty activities. iv) Provide updated records of addresses, employment, and other personal information about alumni. ) Provide stable communication between alumni and non-alumni (ANU community). vi) friend in the building of the Dau fraternity in the expansion of this community. vii) Set alumni as examples/billet model/mentors to ongoing students. 1. 7 LIMITATIONS. The proposed organisation requires increased friendship in IT such as network management, database management, html, user support and security, it also require more experiences in this kind of transcription development. Requires finances f or look for e. g. internet connection fee etcetera 1. 8 BENEFICIARIES Those to benefit most from the new brass include ) The careers office the discussion section bequeathing be able to get into contact with the alumni since most of their contacts leave behind be in their profile in alumni portal. b) The university administration as a whole, administration allow get to know how its own products are doing/performing in the outside world. c) Alumni themselves provide benefit by keeping their bond strong and their friendship wont be lost and also maintain close relationship with the university. d) Current students volition be able to identify role models from the alumni portal and work to their goals and objectives in life. 1. 9 THEORETICAL FRAME WORKThe following theories would help deal/come up with the ANU Alumni vena portae i. e. considering the evolution of the World Wide Web from Web 1. 0 to Web 2. 0 is creating subtle but profound changes in the ways people locate and access information, communicate with, and learn from each other. The changes in technologies are driving changes in military personnel behaviour, interactions, and noesis acquisition. The paradigms for learning have already evolved beyond traditional classroom models to concurrent and asynchronous, interactive, and collaborative learning, which is further extended by Web 2. tools and social networking approaches. However, recent developments in Web 2. 0 technologies are cold outpacing the development of theoretic frameworks for their utilization in education and training. According to Kamel Boulos and Wheeler (2007), the befriend incarnation of the Web (Web 2. 0) has been called the hearty Web because, in contrast to Web 1. 0, its content can be more easy generated and published by users, and the collective erudition of users encourages more democratic use (p. 2).This Alumni approach takes a form of social networking of which its the practice of expanding knowledge by fash ioning connections with individuals of similar interests. In Web 2. 0 environments social networking is linked to technological service and packet that make it possible for people to communicate with others from anywhere, at any time. Social networking refers to sites such as Facebook, MySpace, and Linkedin, where users set up a profile, pee-pee formal connections to people they know, communicate, and share preferences and interest.To make an archetype knowledge structure (social structure that can anticipate responsibility for developing and sharing knowledge) three elements are put together that is Domain, residential area and Practice of which this formation integrates to construct the Alumni gate. The purpose of this system is to develop a hypothetic framework to understand learning among groups of individuals that put on social networking applications among the alumni and the university to working towards a common goal i. e. how groups of individuals can occasionally and under particular circumstances cast their persuasion into a coherent whole.CHAPTER II literary productions REVIEW 2. 1 INTRODUCTION This chapter discusses exact descriptions of the alumni portal and similar approaches of virtual communication, comprehensive, and vituperative discussion of each and other material related to the topic. 2. 2 Global literary works follow-up The University of Malaysia known as USM has an alumni portal where the URL is http//www. usm. my/alumni/organisasi_main. asp. In developing the portal it uses quick Server Page (ASP) as server side scripting language together with mark-up language which is hypertext mark-up language. Java Script language uses in order display certain images and other things.The way of useing the portal is not so interactive, because it does not provide exchange information service between the web site and the user. The portal is more to static type of web site. Alumni web site for Kolej Agama Sultan Zainal Abidin is known as Laman Web Ex KUSZA (http//www. geocities. com/ex_kuzsa) from the website address, the web has been developing by using templates in bumpkin Geocities services. It offers very limited services and more to static web site. This web site does not have database because it does not hold storing data. 2. 3 Regional books reviewAfter regional research on alumni portal, I came across the University Of Johannesburg Alumni Portal of which the developing of the portal uses Active Sever (ASP) as server side scripting language together with hypertext mark-up language. The portal design in home page consist of mixed use of fonts of which down gradation the rating of the portal but for its carrying into action and its categories content is well fitted but it does not have storing of data cosmos one of its major lack. 2. 4 Local literature review After local research in several universities, no university within the country has an alumni portal.For example the University of Nairobi cont ains only description of what its alumni are but no user interface or a way of interaction between its alumni and the university or interaction between its fellow alumni. (http//www. uonbi. ac. ke/node/132). It does not include data base what so ever 2. 5 Summary This chapter identify several literature reviews that related to alumni portal. very much of the literatures on portal are coverage descriptive personal experiences, not theoretical analyses. With developing portal that act as a one stop coating where all part of users use starting line point to other resources on internet or intranet.Typically, this portal will provide some services such as search engine or directory, news, maps, email, forums and private messaging for university and the graduates students who will use portal to gather together all the information to share with other, furthermore, is keep in touch with each other. ? CHAPTERIII RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 3. 1 INTRODUCTION This chapter is explanation on man ner and exploit utilize for research and system requirements needed for the development of the alumni portal for ANU, all of the information utilise for collecting research methodology. 3. 2 Locality of the ProjectThe project is being carried out at ANU, in CIS department section of system development desk. The proposed system will be web-based hence located/posted on the internet in ANU website with its. it will the students to understand material given, review sessions, and participate in conversations with lecturers. 3. 3 universe The population being focused on this system includes ANU students, its alumni and the lecturer basically the ANU community of approximately 5,000 people inclusive of all the campuses. Students who can be divided into day scholars and boarders, lecturers who are divided into part time and full time lecturers. . 4 Research techniques 3. 4. 1 Sampling method Sampling is, the process of collecting examples of the actual documents (Systems abbreviation a nd Design, 2010). The sampling method that will be used in this project system is the systematic random sampling of students which will involve selecting every tenth student for review so as to collect feedback concerning the proposed system in order to know what should be included and what should be get rid of from the system. Undertaking sampling will also help to improve the effectiveness of information that will be obtained to be more accurate. . 4. 2 Interviews This will involve interviewing ANU community as whole i. e. current students, lecturers, ANU alumni and individuals that have knowledge on alumni, in order to evaluate their demand and preferences so that one can plan the best methods to use in the undertaking of his or her project in order to suit their needs. 3. 4. 3 Literature study This will involve consulting relevant ANU publications such as books, magazines and web pages that contain information of topic of the project inquiry and the relevant solution to the pr oblem that one or that I will want to tackle.This will enable me to make a project that will moderate that all user needs are meet jibe to their preferences. 3. 4. 4 thoughtfulness This is a fact-finding technique that involves consistently selecting of ANU environment, watching and recording behavior and characteristics of objects or phenomena found within ANU community, seeing the system in action will give an additional perspective and a punter understanding on the systems procedure. This will allow the verifying of statements that will be do from interviews and determine whether the systems procedures will really operate as described.Observation will provide the knowledge needed to test or chisel in future changes in the proposed system. 3. 5 The Platform The System will be positive using a web application and databases. The content in our web application will be connected to a database. So the idea here is getting data into a database so that we can use it in our web appl ication. The focus here will be bridging between the table schemas of a database and running them on web application and vice versa. 3. 5. 1 MySQL This provides a platform to develop the proposed systems database.MySQL is ideal for record storage from different platforms. It also has the capability of handling large system records. 3. 5. 2 PHP According to Mike McGrath (2002), he defines that PHP can be used to create interactive dynamic websites and is rapidly gaining in popularity because it is flexible, cross platform technology that provides amazingly indexful features. PHP can be used to dynamically generate the HTML code for a web page. PHP is embedded into the HTML code with the use of special tags, called deli meters. By using the deli meters, many sections of PHP code are able to add to an HTML document.Embedding PHP code in HTML code makes it possible to enhance living web pages on a web site. (Paul Whitehead, Joel Desamero, 2000). 3. 5. 3 HTML In computing, Hypertext M arkup talking to (HTML) is a Markup Language designed for the mankind of web pages and other information viewable in a browser. The focus of HTML is on the modelation of information-paragraphs, fonts, italics, tables e. t. c. 3. 5. 4 slickness Tools These are computer aided software engineering tools that enables the developers to represent the system in form of flow charts, graphs and data flow diagrams CHAPTER IV SYSTEM ANALYSIS 4. 1 INTRODUCTION This is a step-bystep process for developing high-quality information systems (Systems Analysis and Design, 2010). In order to carry out system outline researchers had to perform system analysis which basically is carrying out feasibility studies of the school. These include 4. 1. 1 Technical Feasibility This includes an investigating of the technical resources of the ANU. The university IT department is not well established and it lacks enough man power and resources to support the system.The department has only cabaret computers, of which all of them are outdated consequently the need to purchase more IT resources that will be able to withstand the proposed system. 4. 1. 2 Economic Feasibility This investigates the projected benefits of the proposed system outweighing the estimated terms usually considering the total cost of ownership. The proposed automated department system process will require some system maintenance cost. Budget ITEMSPRICE System analyst/IT consultantsKsh. 20,000 p. m 4 Computers Pentium ivKsh. 120,000 Adobe gimcrack media streaming server 4. 5Ksh. 30,400 Network interface cardsKsh. 9,000Adobe CS 5packageKsh. 60,000 TotalKsh. 239,400 4. 1. 3 Operational Feasibility This means that the proposed system will be used effectively after it has been developed. With the support of the IT department and the alumni who are key players in the proposed system will be used effectively. With the alumni portal the image of ANU will improve in terms of being a head in technology field and efficienc y. 4. 1. 4 Schedule Feasibility This information system project is to be finished in 8weeks time. In this time we will be able to have realised the development of the project and tested it. 4. 2 Implementation PlanThe project is expected to take approximately 12 weeks in total. There are a total of 9 tasks that need to be implemented. The tasks have been classify under each of the project objectives. This is as establishn in the table below TASKSDUTY System planningThis will involve analyzing, defining and approach path up with a time memorandum of the project which will be make by the developer. Preliminary InvestigationThis will involve determining if the projects system proposal is worth pursing into analysis pattern AnalysisAt this stage a detailed study of the current system in use will be undertaken that will lead to specifications of the new system.This will be make by a system analyst. DesignDesign will be based on the user requirements and the detailed analysis of the new system tools such as flowcharts, use exercise diagrams will be used. ImplementationThis is the conversion of possibility to practical analysis. During this stage, all the programs of the system will be loaded on to the users computer also the interrogatory of the system will be undertaken. this will be done by a technician consultant Testing and InstallationThe system will be tested and errors and bugs will be checked in order to create a perfect system.The change of the system will be direct change over-where the current system will be immediately replaced by the new system. PresentationThis is the last stage whereby I will present my project by explaining the processes, development, and approach about my project in detail. CHAPTER V 5. 1 SYSTEM DESIGN 5. 1 Use case diagram According to Shelly Rosenblatt a use case diagram visually represents the interaction between users and an information system. The different actors in the proposed system will be the Administrator, Alu mni, Students and Lecturer. ? 5. 2 Flow ChartA flow chart will show the flow of the data from the time the Alumni, Student, Lecturer and Administrator will be registering to the system to the time they sink their process. 5. 3 Flow Diagrams (DFDs) They will be used in the proposed system to show the flow of the data collected from the time a alumni will register into the system and processed. The main entities will be the alumni, the student and the administrator. There will also be processes and data stores which will process and store data respectively. a) Level 0 Diagram ? a) Level1 diagram CHAPTER VI 6. 1 steganography AND TESTING i) Home page obtain to Dau University Alumni Portal satisfying to Dau University Alumni Portal ANU Alumni Home Register Login exploiter Info Edit Profile expect Alumni Directory Logout Contact Us Forum agreeable to Dau University Alumni Portal Membership to this Portal is only available to ANU alumni. In order to take advantage of all that yo ur community has to offer, you moldiness register to establish a exploiter ID and password. You only need to register for the community once. When you return on future visits, scratch your User ID and password when prompted. Features Find your Friends and antecedent School mates on ANU Alumni Portal Join the ANU Alumni nbsp look for the Alumni Directory Change your treat Check out the latest issues Alumni update ii) Registering of Alumni ANU Alumni signboard Up social class Welcome to Dau University Alumni Portal ANU alumni Home Register Login User Info Edit Profile Search Alumni Directory Logout Contact Us Forum ANU Alumni Sign Up Form ( enjoy Fill Form Correctly)Username Password Name Year interest Select Year Program Please Select Program Session part Admission No Phone no Current Postion Job Status Address E mail iii) Login iv) Forum page ? CONCLUSION The ANU Alumni Portal can provide significant benefits to alumni relationship management create by mental act an d play a key role in terms of,. An online community portal, such as GradNet, should be a dynamic, changing information tool that constantly adapts according to its target audiences information needs.It is therefore pivotal that continuous needs assessments of these alumni system is conducted. The ever-changing ways of how people conduct their lives need to be considered and explored if alumni portal want to come up with groundbreaking ideas and programme that will accommodate and capitalise on these trends. If alumni organizations manage to create more value for their customers, the percentage of active participants, as well as the quality of alumni interaction in support of the institution, will improve. ? REFERENCES