INTERFACE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OFAN E-LEARNING WEB BASED APPLICATION

ABSTRACT

The education system of federal universities in Nigeria has been greatly impacted by the reduction in teaching staff because of the treatment given by the government. This has negatively impacted the efficiency of the existing lecturing style. As the number of lecturers is decreasing, the student-to-lecturer ratio is also on the rise. The existing style of teaching, such as the use of paper for tests and assignments, as well as the dissemination of information from the lecturer to the students taking the course, has become inadequate, labor-intensive, and time-consuming. This project presents an alternative approach to the traditional style of teaching, and while it encourages the strengths of the existing teaching style, such as in-person teaching, it aims to reduce the stress and time consumption that the traditional style brings for both lecturers and students. In this project, an e-learning system, specifically a learning management system (LMS), was proposed. The LMS addresses the growing student-to-lecturer ratio by providing a platform for efficient resource sharing, online assessments, and flexible course delivery. Instructors would have the ability to share resources, conduct tests and assignments on one platform, and potentially host lectures that could be attended by the students taking the course. The students also stand to benefit from features such as assignment and test submission functionality as well as easy access to course materials. The implementation scope of this project is the Computer Science Department, University of Benin. The learning management system was designed using the Flutter framework and the Dart programming language. The software developed was also tested to ensure it met its expected goals and objectives.