An Integrated Students Practical Report Submission System for Tertiary Institutions

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Zakari Idris Matinja, Lele Mohammed, Ismail Z. Y

Abstract

 The management of practical courses in tertiary institutions involves several activities, including course allocation, practical question distribution, submission of student reports, deadline monitoring, and management of academic records. When these activities are handled manually, lecturers may encounter difficulties in distributing practical assignments, receiving reports, tracking submissions, and maintaining organized records, while students may experience delays and uncertainty regarding submission deadlines. This paper presents an integrated web-based practical report submission and course management system designed to support the administration of practical coursework in tertiary institutions. The system provides three principal user roles: administrator, lecturer, and student. The administrator manages staff, students, courses, and course-to-lecturer allocations. Lecturers access their allocated courses, publish practical questions or project briefs, specify submission deadlines, and manage student submissions. Students access registered courses, view practical questions and deadlines, and submit their practical reports electronically within the specified submission period. A role-based access structure is employed to ensure that users access functions appropriate to their responsibilities. The developed system was implemented as a web-based application and evaluated through functional verification of its principal modules and user interfaces. The implementation demonstrates an integrated workflow linking course administration, lecturer assignment management, practical question publication, deadline specification, and student report submission. The system provides a centralized mechanism for managing practical coursework and establishes a foundation for reducing dependence on paper-based report submission and fragmented communication between lecturers and students. The work demonstrates how a focused academic web application can complement existing institutional learning technologies by addressing the specific workflow of practical report management.

Keywords

Practical report submission, tertiary education, web application, e-learning, course management, academic administration, online assessment, student portal.

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