Management Information System for E-learning: A Case Study of Federal Polytechnic Bali

Abstract

This research is aims at designing and implementing Management Information System for E-learning that will be dynamic and functional for any academic institution. The methodology used in developing the Website was Extreme Programming (XP) and the adopted approach is object oriented design. The design features of the website consist of some functionality that includes: First of all, the system will allow administrator to add new user (student/lecturer), view and edit record. Secondly, user will able to login after successful system validation. Thirdly, the system will allow lecturer to upload, download and update learning resources. Fourthly, students will have access to all learning materials and they will able to perform self-evaluation after reading available learning resources. This self-evaluation is one of the major contributions of the system towards teaching and learning activities. Furthermore, the new system will allow students to search different uploaded learning materials on the websites. In addition to that, only the administrator has the privilege to delete and edit user.

Keywords: learning material/resources, e-learning, Management Information System (MIS), Website, coding, programming and script.