Design And Implementation Of A Web Based Social Networking Website For University Students

1.1 INTRODUCTION

Social life in most of our University is diminishing because of some factor. These limitations of social life have affected some of the students not to know how to relate in the outside world. In Caritas University socialism is a problem. In building a social network website for the University will make the University to solve the problem of the anti socialism. A social network is a social structure made up of individuals (or organizations) called "nodes," which are tied (connected) by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as friendship, kinship, common interest, financial exchange, dislike,  or relationships of beliefs, knowledge or prestige. 

1.2 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Caritas University is made up of four (4) faculties namely: 

1. Engineering with the following departments: Computer, Mechanical, Chemical and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

2. Environmental with the following departments: Architecture, Urban & Regional Planning and Estate Management.

3. Management and Social Sciences with the following departments: Accountancy, Economics, Business Administration, Public Administration, Political Science, Industrial Relation and Personnel Management, Mass Communication, Marketing, Banking and Finance.

4. Natural Sciences with the following departments: Biochemistry, Computer Science & Information Technology, Industrial Chemistry, Mathematics & Statistics and Microbiology & Biotechnology.

In Universities like Caritas, the need for automated method of keeping data has been there. Software, so many of them has been developed and even sold worldwide to solve this problem. I have analyzed these software and discovered that very many of them are inefficient. Students as well has researched and developed their own software but they could not give or develop error free software that will assist in result generation, automated course registration to keep or build a database of results in the University that will facilitate students’ transcripts.

This problem has been delaying or delayed the results of graduating or graduated students that has made some of them not to go for youth service when they ought to or ought to have gone and has even made some not to have gone at all. To bridge this gap or solve this problem, there is a need to develop software that is accurate, error free as the problem has imposed so much stress on both exams and record and the management in Universities. 

1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

The main objectives of the study are Caritas Social Network while the subsidiary objectives are:

i. To Effectively and efficiently communication of staff and student online

ii. To Reduce pressure on seminars by introducing online seminar

iii. To Enhance the University document management

iv. To Reduce queue in seeing of lecturers and head of departments

v. To Reduce anti Socialism

vi. To Creation of educative groups online to enhance learning

vii. To Forming reading partners online

viii. To Making new friends online

ix. To Boasting the image of the school

1.4 SCOPE OF THE STUDY

The scope of this study is centered on designing and automated and web-based application for student online communication and reduction of anti socialism. The system is strictly based on students, management and lecturers communication and online seminars and suggestion and specially for making of friends.

1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

Viewing critically the inefficiencies in the social life of student relationship presently in Caritas University, Amorji Nike Enugu, the need to develop and implement online social network website that will handle such inefficiencies cannot be over emphasized.