ABSTRACT

Online dynamic quiz application system is a web–based quiz system which can be used by lecturers to evaluate students effectively, efficiently and perfectly. Online dynamic quiz application system employing web base tools that deals with the effective use of technology to support successful instruction. The students' knowledge and understanding were assessed weekly throughout the semester, using two different methods: three ordinary short written tests and online quizzes in the learning environment. The students' attitudes towards the online quizzes as compared to the written tests were investigated by questionnaire. Students significantly improved their scores and greatly shortened their performance time on the last attempts of the online quiz, as compared to their first attempts. The investigation into the students’ attitudes towards online quizzes reveals a generally positive attitude. Learning outcomes and the students' attitudes to online quizzes were considered to improve instructional design, which demonstrates formative assessment in higher education. I was motivated to embark on this research because of the problem of lecturers’ need to spend more time on grading, the lecturers need to check student paper one by one, it is difficult for students to answer quiz from any location and sometime some students have their own reason why they cannot take quiz on time. The system was achieved by developing a platform that enables the student to answer a quiz online, develop a platform that enables the lecturers to upload there question, test the system whether it can help the lecturers in conducting a quiz, develop a database to store information of the lecturer and the student, design a database to record the remark of the student. Results indicate that both the average grade on written tests and the average grade on online quizzes were found to be significant predictors of the grade on the final exam. This research was realized through the adoption of primary and secondary sources of data collection which includes interview, observation, questionnaire, the internet, journals and the adoption of waterfall model. The system is implemented by using PHP, JavaScript, BootStrap, CSS and MySQL for the database.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title Page                                                                                                                    i

Certification                                                                                                                ii

Dedication                                                                                                                 iii

Acknowledgments                                                                                                     iv

Table of Contents                                                                                                       v

Abstract                                                                                                                      viii

CHAPTER 1             INTRODUCTION

1.1              Background of the study                                                                                1

1.2       Statement of the Problem                                                                               2

1.3       Aim Objectives of the Study                                                                          2

1.4       Significance of the Study                                                                               3

1.5       Scope of the Study                                                                                         3

1.6       Definition of terms                                                                                         3

CHAPTER 2             LITERATURE REVIEW

2.0       Overview of Literature Review                                                                      5

2.1       Overview of Rule-Based System Assessment in education                           5

2.2       Concept of learning                                                                                        6

2.3       Review of quiz using formative assessment                                                   8

2.4       Review of Online Quiz profit                                                                         9

2.5       Review of online homework                                                                           10

CHAPTER 3             RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND SYSTEM ANALYSIS

3.1       Research Methodology                                                                                   11

3.1.1    Research Methodology Adopted                                                                   11

3.2       System Analysis                                                                                              14

3.2.1    Analysis of the Existing System                                                                     14

3.2.2    Weaknesses of the Existing System                                                               15

3.3       Method of Data Collection                                                                             15

3.4       Data Flow Diagram of the Proposed System                                                 16

3.5       High Level Model of the Proposed System                                                    18

3.6       Analysis of the Proposed System                                                                   19

3.6.1    Advantages of the Proposed System                                                              22

CHAPTER 4             SYSTEM DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION

4.1       Objectives of the Design                                                                                36

4.2       System Specifications                                                                                     23

4.3       Software Design                                                                                             25

4.3.1    Main Menu                                                                                                      25

4.3.2    The Submenus/Subsystems                                                                             26

4.3.3    Input form design                                                                                           26

4.3.4    Output form design                                                                                        29

4.4.2    Database Design and Structure                                                                      29

4.4       System Implementation                                                                                  30

4.4.1    Main Menu                                                                                                      30

4.4.2    The Submenus/Subsystems                                                                             31

4.4.3    Input form Implementation                                                                            32

4.4.4    Output form implementation                                                                          34

4.4.5    Database Development Tool Implementation                                    35

4.5       Object Diagram of the Proposed System                                                       37

4.6       Proposed System Requirements                                                                     37

4.7       Program Development                                                                                    39

4.8       Choice of Programming Environment                                                            39

4.9       System Testing                                                                                                39

4.10     Performance Evaluation                                                                                  41

4.11     System Security                                                                                              41

4.12     Cryptography                                                                                                  42

4.13     System Conversion                                                                                         43

4.14     Changeover Procedure                                                                                    43

CHAPTER 5             SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

5.1       Summary                                                                                                         44

5.3       Conclusion                                                                                                      44

5.3       Recommendations                                                                                          45

REFERENCES                                                                                                        46

APPENDIX A

Program Source Code                                                                                                 48

APPENDIX B

Program Output                                                                                                          50