AN ANNOUNCEMENT APPLICATION FOR IMPROVING INFORMATION DISSEMINATION IN MOUNTAIN TOP UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The aim of the study is to develop an application that allows users to receive and send announcement using their mobile devices in order to overcome communication barriers faced during the dissemination of announcement within Mountain Top University. The study identified the various user and system requirements, specified the system design and implemented the system. A review of the literature was being done to identify and understand existing information dissemination systems. The user and system requirements of the system were identified from system users using informal interviews. The system design was specified using UML diagrams, such are use case, sequence and class diagram. The database was implemented using SQLite. The implementation of the frontend was done using HTML, CSS, and Bootstrap. The backend was implemented using Python and Django framework. The results of the system showed the implementation of the system’s database for storing the information alongside the front-end of the web and mobile application. The results revealed that the system was able send information out to student connected to the app through a given URL. The study concludes that using the system within the school environment would improve the mode of information dissemination and overall communication especially when the information needs to be passed urgently.