WEB BASED COURSEWARE MANAGEMENT

SYSTEM

A PROJECT REPORT
Submitted in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree of
Master of Computer Applications
of
Karunya University

Submitted by

Manjula.V
(Reg.No: 08CA014)

Under the Guidance of

Mrs. C. Beulah Christalin Latha

Associate Professor (S.G)
Department of Computer
Applications

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS

KARUNYA SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES

(Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences)

(Declared as Deemed to be University under Sec.3 of the UGC Act, 1956)

Karunya Nagar, Coimbatore - 641 114

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 April 2011

DECLARATION

I, Manjula.V, hereby declare that the project titled “ Web Based Courseware

Management System” submitted to the Karunya University in partial fulfillment of the

requirement for the award of the Master of Computer Applications is a record of original

work done by me during November 2010 - April 2011 under the supervision and

guidance of Mrs. C Beulah Christalin Latha, Assistant Professor[S.G], Department of

Computer Applications, Karunya School of Science and Humanities, Karunya University,

Karunya Nagar, Coimbatore-641 114, and I assure that, it has not formed the basis of any

other degree/ diploma/ associate fellowship / or other similar title to any other candidate

of the university.

( Mrs. C Beulah Christalin Latha) (Manjula.v)

Internal Guide 08CA014

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 DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
KARUNYA SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND
HUMANITIES

(Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences)

( Declared as Deemed to be University under Sec.3 of the UGC Act,

1956)

Karunya Nagar, Coimbatore - 641

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BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE

Certified t h a t t h i s project r e p o r t e n t i t l e d “Web Based Courseware

Management System” is t h e bonafide work of “Manjula.V (Reg No:
08CA014)” in the VI semester of the MCA course, during the academic
year 2010-2011.

INTERNAL GUIDE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT

Submitted for the Viva-voce examination held on ………………..

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Internal Examiner External Examiner

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I take this opportunity to express my gratitude to all those who helped me throughout this

project work. First of all, I wish to offer my sincere prayers and thanks to the almighty for his

unfailing grace and miraculous blessing towards me throughout this project work.

It is my pleasure to express my grateful thanks to our Chancellor, Dr. Paul Dhinakaran

for his valuable prayers and blessings for completing this project successfully.

With deep gratitude, I profoundly thank Dr. Paul P Appasamy, Vice-Chancellor,

Karunya University, for acknowledging my request and permitting me to undertake this work

I convey my heartfelt thanks to Dr. (Mrs.) Anne Mary Fernandez, Registrar, Karunya

University, for her valuable suggestions and help throughout the course.

I have great pleasure in acknowledging my thanks to Mrs. V. Vani, our HOD, for her

encouragement and help throughout the course. I thank her for her endless support and

encouragement towards the work.

I express my sincere thanks to Mrs. C. Beulah Christalin Latha, Internal guide for her

constant encouragement and motivation throughout the project.

I profoundly thank Mrs. B. Anuja Beatrice, Industrial Placement Coordinator, Mrs. C.

Beulah Christalin Latha, Dr. P Ranjith Jeba Thangaiah, Project Coordinator(s), for their inspiring

motivation and precious support to bring out this work.

Finally, I pay thanks whole-heartedly to my family, all my friends, and all those who

helped me directly and indirectly for the successful completion of my project.

(Manjula.V)

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Declaration Ii
Certificate of examiners Iii
Acknowledgement V
List of tables Xi
List of figures Xiii
Executive summary Xiv

Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION 1

1.1 Purpose 2

1.2 Document Conventions 2

1.3 Intended Audience 2

1.4 Project Scope 2

Chapter 2: OVERALL DESCRIPTION 4

2.1 Product Perspective 5

2.2 Product Features 5

2.3 User Classes 6

2.4 Operating Environment 6

2.5 Design and Implementation Constraints 7

2.6 User Documentation 7

2.7 Assumption and Dependencies 7

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Chapter 3: SYSTEM FEATURES 8

3.1 User Profile 9

3.2 Conversion of Courseware to Web-based Document 9

3.3 Logging User Actions 9

3.4 Online Quiz 10

Chapter 4: SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS 11

SPECIFICATION

4.1 External Interface Requirements 12

4.1.1 User Interfaces 12

4.1.2 Hardware Interfaces 12

4.1.3 Software Interfaces 12

4.1.4 Communication Interfaces 12

4.2 Other Non-Functional Requirements 13

4.2.1 Usability 13

4.2.2 Reliability 13

4.2.3 Performance 14

4.2.4 Supportability 14

Chapter 5: SOFTWARE DESIGN SPECIFICATION 15

5.1 Architectural Designs 16

5.1.1 Section Overview 16

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 5.1.2 General Constraints 16

5.1.3 Database Design 17

5.1.4 Program Structure 21

5.2 Detailed Designs 22

5.2.1 Section Overview 22

5.2.1 Component Detail 22

5.3 User Interface Design 23

5.3.1 Section Overview 23

5.3.2 Interface Design Rules 23

5.3.3 GUI Components 23

5.3.4 Detailed Description 24

Chapter 6: VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION PLAN 25

6.1 Component Test Plan and Procedures 26

6.1.1 Login 26

6.1.2 Registration 27

6.1.3 Admin Role 29

6.1.4 Trainer Role 31

6.1.5 Student Role 32

6.2 Component Intro Page 34

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 6.3 System Test Plan and procedures 34

6.3.1 System Test Strategy Overview 34

6.3.2 Linking Integration 35

6.3.3 Coherence and Accuracy of Information 35

6.4 Acceptance Test and preparation for Delivery 35

6.4.1 Procedure for Acceptance Testing 36

6.4.2 Specific acceptance criteria 36

6.4.3 Scenario by which product will be installed 36

Chapter 7: CONCLUSION 37

7.1 Broad Conclusions 38

APPENDICES 39

Appendix A: 40

Al. Data Flow Diagram 40

A2. Use case Diagram 46

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 A3. Activity Diagram 47

A4. Class Diagram 48

A5. ER Diagram 53

Appendix B: 54

User Interface Screen Shots 54

Bibliography 63

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LIST OF TABLES

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S.NO Table Name Page No

1 User Details 17

2 Subject Reg 17

3 Exams 18

4 Schedule Exam 18

5 Exam Result 18

6 Exam Request 19

7 Exam Question 19

8 Exam Details 20

9 Exam Type 20

10 Login Details 20

11 Subject Allocation 21

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 LIST OF FIGURES

Serial No Figure Name Page No

1 DFD Diagrams 40

2 Use case Diagram 46

3 Activity Diagram 47

4 Class Diagram 48

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 5 ER Diagram 53

6 Screen Shots 54

Executive Summary

Web based courseware management system is intended to manage learning process

online. The goal is to provide the functionality that improves the overall learning experience of
students and helps professors or trainers to make students aware of new ways of presenting
material. It aims at making the learning process an effective one for each learner.

The project has been planned to be having the view of distributed architecture, with
centralized storage. Using the constructs of MS-SQL Server and all the user interfaces has been
designed using the ASP.Net technologies. The database connectivity is implemented using the

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“SQL Connection” methodology. The standards of security and data protective mechanism have
been given a big choice for proper usage. The application takes care of different modules and
their associated reports, which are produced as per the applicable strategies and standards that
are put forward by the administrative staff.

The entire project has been developed keeping in view of the distributed client server
computing technology, in mind. The specification has been normalized to eliminate all the
anomalies that may arise due to the database transaction that are executed by the general users
and the organizational administration. The user interfaces are browser specific to give distributed
accessibility for the overall system. The internal database has been selected as MS-SQL server
2005. The basic constructs of tablespaces, clusters and indexes have been exploited to provide
higher consistency and reliability for the data storage. The MS-SQL server 2005 was a choice as
it provides the constructs of high-level reliability and security. The total front end was dominated
using the ASP.Net technologies. At all proper levels high care was taken to check that the system
manages the data consistency with proper business rules or validations. The database
connectivity was implemented using the latest “SQL Connection” technology provided by
Microsoft Corporation. The authentication and authorization was crosschecked at all the relevant
stages. The user level accessibility has been restricted into two zones namely.

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