Project Proposal: Integrating Social Network Site with Learning System

This computer science project proposal outlines a plan to integrate a Social Network Site (SNS) with a Learning Management System (LMS) to improve the learning experience. The project aims to enhance student-teacher interaction and promote anytime, anywhere learning. Moodle will be used as the LMS, and Mahara as the SNS. The proposal details the project's objectives, required tools (including specific versions of Moodle, Mahara, Ubuntu Linux, Apache web server, MySQL, and PHP), and a comprehensive timeline. The project involves website design, modification of LMS and SNS functionalities, system testing, and data collection via surveys. The project is scheduled for completion within a specified timeframe, including literature review, environment setup, system implementation, and final presentation. The document also includes a conclusion summarizing the project's implementation phases and expected outcomes, along with references to relevant literature.

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COMPUTER SCIENCE PROJECT PROPOSAL
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Project statement:
Historically the teaching and learning process has always been more or less teacher-
centered and the student has very less or no opportunity to interact with the course instructor
outside the classroom (Osborne 2013). Over the years, with the development of various learning
management systems (LMSs) there has been change in this approach. However, the systems
have some limitations in terms of design and it does not allow the student to interact with the
teacher any time anywhere (Arkorful and Abaidoo 2015).
The project will try to integrate the social network site (SNS) with the LMS to address the
problems by ensuring better mobility and effective learning experience irrespective of time and
place. To execute this project, Moodle will be used as LMS and Mahara as SNS.
Aim of completing the project:
The project will allow gaining more practical knowledge as the system will be designed
from scratch. It will also help to gain knowledge about the various tools and techniques used for
the project. it will encourage to explore topics that were previously not known like how social
networking site works , how it can improve the learning experience and lastly how to integrate
SNS with the learning management system. Moreover, the project has to be finished within the
timeline as proposed .in doing this, it will help to learn managing work within time and it will be
possible to gain practicle knowledge of time management. The project is considering topic that
has not been yet explored, so this will encourage for original work as well.

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Equipment and tools needed for the project:
To implement the project, version 1.9 will be used and for the Mahara software version
1.5 will be chosen. It will require Ubuntu Linux of version 11.10 and for the server application,
Apache web server of version 2 will be considered. MySQL version 5 will be used for the
database design. In order to design the login page PHP version 5 will be used.20 GB server space
in approx will be required to host the integrated system.
The tools have also been listed bellow with their version number:
Tools Version
Moodel software 1.9
Mahara software 1.5
Ubuntu Liunux 11.10
Apache web
server
2
MySQL Database 5
PHP 5

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The tolls are free to use and hence there will be no issue in arranging these tools for the
project.
Project timeline:
Task Start date Duration in
days
End date
project presentation 6th March, 2018 1 6th March, 2012
review of project proposal 7th March, 2018 3 9th March, 2012
modification of Moodle functionalities
if needed
12th March,
2018
21 30th March,
2012
website design for the project 2nd April, 2012 7 5th April, 2012
modification of Mahara functionalities
if needed
9th April, 2012 21 27th April, 2012
Literature review submission 28th May, 2012 28th May, 2012
environment setup for system
implementation
13th August,
2012
5 17th August,
2012
system testing with student 21st August,
2012
35 21st September,
2012
collection of data using survey 24th September,
2012
11 4th October,
2012
writing of report 5th October,
2012
30 1st November,
2012
final presentation 29th October, 1 29th November,

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2012 2012
submission of thesis and short paper 2nd November

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In order to get the permission to proceed with the project, the project will be presented
for review and it will take approximately four days including one day for project presentation.
Once the proposal is accepted, the tools will be arranged for the project. The project will be done
using the Moodle software. The functionalities of the software will be analyzed to get the idea if
the software needs modifications to make it compatible with the requirement of the project. This
particular task will take around 3 weeks to complete. In the next step after the Moddle software
is modified, the website will be designed and it is expected to finish the design within one week.
The next task in the sequence will be the review of the Mahara software, which will be as social
network platform for the project. Necessary modification will be done if required and the task is
expected to be completed within 3 weeks. Another five days will be required to setup the
environment to implement the system. Approximately 5 week will be spent to complete the
design of the system. Now the software might have some errors in terms of design, stability.
Software design is something that needs careful implementation of codes and resources. Even
after putting the best effort in the design, the errors are expected to occur in the actual
implementation and the errors are not easily identifiable until it is tested in the user environment.
In order to get the user review and have a better understanding of the user experience with the
software, a survey will be conducted with the student and it will take approximately 11 days to
complete the survey. After the survey is done, the final presentation will be completed within a
day. It is expected to submit the thesis paper on 2nd November.

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Conclusion :
Once the proposal is accepted, the actual implementation will take place. The necessary
tools will be first collected. Several students will be surveyed to get idea about the necessary
changes and modification that the learning management system needs for better efficiency.
The website will be first designed using HTML and CSS. To design the login page PHP
will be used. The website will require server site for hosting the data. Server site application will
be managed by Apache web server. The database that is necessary to store and manage data will
be designed using MySQL database.
Once the design is completed it will be submitted for review and if the design is accepted
the final research paper will be submitted for consideration and recommendation.