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

1.1Background of the study1

1.2Statement of the problem4

1.3Objective of study4

1.4Significance of study5

1.5Scope of study5

1.6Limitation of study5

CHAPTER TWO:LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1Related works7

2.1.1Mobile marketing8

2.1.2Communication and Administrative Support 9

2.1.3Library Applications9

2.1.4Mobile Ticketing9

2.1.5M-Learning system11

2.1.6    Mobile Phone SMS Review11

CHAPTER THREE:     SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND METHODOLOGY

3.1.0Analysis of the present system15

3.1.1Input analysis15

3.1.2Process analysis17

3.1.3Output analysis                                                              17

3.2Problems of the existing system18

3.3Organization of the existing system19

3.4High Level Model of the proposed system21

CHAPTER FOUR:      SYSTEM DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION

Objective of Design 22

Database Design22

Program Specification24

System Architecture25

Choice of Programming Language27

Documentation and Implementation29

CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Summary of Achievements 31

Conclusion 31

Recommendations 32

REFERENCES33

APPENDIX A35

APPENDIX BE OF CONTENT

CHAPTER ONE:INTRODUCTION

1.1Background of the study1

1.2Statement of the problem4

1.3Objective of study4

1.4Significance of study5

1.5Scope of study5

1.6Limitation of study5

CHAPTER TWO:LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1Related works7

2.1.1Mobile marketing8

2.1.2Communication and Administrative Support 9

2.1.3Library Applications9

2.1.4Mobile Ticketing9

2.1.5M-Learning system11

2.1.6    Mobile Phone SMS Review11

CHAPTER THREE:     SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND METHODOLOGY

3.1.0Analysis of the present system15

3.1.1Input analysis15

3.1.2Process analysis17

3.1.3Output analysis                                                              17

3.2Problems of the existing system18

3.3Organization of the existing system19

3.4High Level Model of the proposed system21

CHAPTER FOUR:      SYSTEM DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION

Objective of Design 22

Database Design22

Program Specification24

System Architecture25

Choice of Programming Language27

Documentation and Implementation29

CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Summary of Achievements 31

Conclusion 31

Recommendations 32

REFERENCES33

APPENDIX A35

APPENDIX B