ABSTRACT

Mobile devices are becoming more important in daily lives for not just making calls, but also for information gathering, personal management and entertainment. They have also gained an increasing demand in education field, for instance m-learning, mobile timetable system and many others. The objective of this paper is to present a way to bring information to students by leveraging the availability of phones (with SMS capability), especially cell phones. I review the use of mobile phones for delivering examination results via Short Messaging Service (SMS) in the faculty of science, CRUTECH, where student who have written examinations and anxious to see their results need to get their grades in a convenient and accessible way, whether in the comfort of their homes, on the road or while at work. Mobile phone seems to be an asset most individuals’ possess, and take almost everywhere with them. It is, therefore, a highly effective means of bringing information to them faster, easily and on the move. An SMS result checking system not only enables students to request for their grades, the system can also deliver the grades to their phones as soon as the grades become available. This means that they can access their grades even in the remotest locations where internet facility might be unavailable, preventing them from accessing the school’s website. This study shows the implementation of such system and considers the security issues associated. The system enforces security with the use of secret information (password), and also provides access to new and old grades.

TABLABSTRACT

Mobile devices are becoming more important in daily lives for not just making calls, but also for information gathering, personal management and entertainment. They have also gained an increasing demand in education field, for instance m-learning, mobile timetable system and many others. The objective of this paper is to present a way to bring information to students by leveraging the availability of phones (with SMS capability), especially cell phones. I review the use of mobile phones for delivering examination results via Short Messaging Service (SMS) in the faculty of science, CRUTECH, where student who have written examinations and anxious to see their results need to get their grades in a convenient and accessible way, whether in the comfort of their homes, on the road or while at work. Mobile phone seems to be an asset most individuals’ possess, and take almost everywhere with them. It is, therefore, a highly effective means of bringing information to them faster, easily and on the move. An SMS result checking system not only enables students to request for their grades, the system can also deliver the grades to their phones as soon as the grades become available. This means that they can access their grades even in the remotest locations where internet facility might be unavailable, preventing them from accessing the school’s website. This study shows the implementation of such system and considers the security issues associated. The system enforces security with the use of secret information (password), and also provides access to new and old grades.

TABLE OF CONTENT

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the study 1

1.2 Statement of the problem 4

1.3 Objective of study 4

1.4 Significance of study 5

1.5 Scope of study 5

1.6 Limitation of study 5

CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 Related works 7

2.1.1 Mobile marketing 8

2.1.2 Communication and Administrative Support 9

2.1.3 Library Applications 9

2.1.4 Mobile Ticketing 9

2.1.5 M-Learning system 11

2.1.6    Mobile Phone SMS Review 11

CHAPTER THREE:     SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND METHODOLOGY

3.1.0 Analysis of the present system 15

3.1.1 Input analysis 15

3.1.2 Process analysis 17

3.1.3 Output analysis                                                              17

3.2 Problems of the existing system 18

3.3 Organization of the existing system 19

3.4 High Level Model of the proposed system 21

CHAPTER FOUR:      SYSTEM DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION

Objective of Design 22

Database Design 22

Program Specification 24

System Architecture 25

Choice of Programming Language 27

Documentation and Implementation 29

CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Summary of Achievements 31

Conclusion 31

Recommendations 32

REFERENCES 33

APPENDIX A 35

APPENDIX B E OF CONTENT

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the study 1

1.2 Statement of the problem 4

1.3 Objective of study 4

1.4 Significance of study 5

1.5 Scope of study 5

1.6 Limitation of study 5

CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 Related works 7

2.1.1 Mobile marketing 8

2.1.2 Communication and Administrative Support 9

2.1.3 Library Applications 9

2.1.4 Mobile Ticketing 9

2.1.5 M-Learning system 11

2.1.6    Mobile Phone SMS Review 11

CHAPTER THREE:     SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND METHODOLOGY

3.1.0 Analysis of the present system 15

3.1.1 Input analysis 15

3.1.2 Process analysis 17

3.1.3 Output analysis                                                              17

3.2 Problems of the existing system 18

3.3 Organization of the existing system 19

3.4 High Level Model of the proposed system 21

CHAPTER FOUR:      SYSTEM DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION

Objective of Design 22

Database Design 22

Program Specification 24

System Architecture 25

Choice of Programming Language 27

Documentation and Implementation 29

CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Summary of Achievements 31

Conclusion 31

Recommendations 32

REFERENCES 33

APPENDIX A 35

APPENDIX B