DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A SOCIAL MEDIA CHAT APPLICATION
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Chat application can be define an intelligent and secure communication and collaboration tool, built for teams. The internet has been a platform for individuals, groups of people and companies to interact withone another through the social media. The social media has truly aided interaction and even otherbusiness services through social networks, forums, blogs, etc. Social media chat applications are now been used astools/platforms to create discussions, connect to people (mostly of similar interests) and assources of relevant information. This work intends to make use of chat application as tools in helpingprospective university students to make the right decisions about their choice of career, choice ofenvironment,etc.
Based on an in-depth review of some relevant literatures, some key requirements have beenconsideredinthedevelopmentofasuitablewebapplication.Thissocial media chat application willbedevelopedforstudentstocaterforsomeoftheirneedsandsolvesomeoftheissuestheyfacewith their choice of career, their course of study, the accessibility of relevant information aboutany institution, etc.
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ii. Certification
iii. Dedication
iv. Acknowledgement
v. Abstract:
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
- Background of the Study
- Problem Statement
- Aim and Objectives of Study
- ResearchMethodology
- Significance of Study
- Limitation of Study
- Methodology
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
INTRODUCTIONTOSOCIALMEDIACONCEPT
Historyof theSocial Media
What is an Online Forum?
StructureofanOnlineForum
FeaturesofanOnlineForum
DefinitionofOtherTerms
Applicationsofonlineforums
Concept of social media
Reviewofexistingsystems
CHAPTER THREE
3.0 REQUIREMENTS,ANALYSIS,AND DESIGN
3.1 Overview
3.2 RequirementsSpecifications
3.3 UsecaseDiagram
3.4 SystemDesign
CHAPTER FOUR
IMPLEMENTATIONANDTESTING
Overview
ProjectScopeandfeatures
4.3 Methodology
4.4 ToolsandTechnology
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Testing
UseGuide
Summary
CHAPTER FIVE
DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION, ANDRECOMMENDATIONS
Overview
ObjectiveAssessment
LimitationsandChallenges
FutureEnhancements
Recommendation
Summary
References
CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTION
BACKGROUNDOF THE STUDY
The emergence, growth and development of Information Communication Technology (ICT) all over the globe have improved communication a great deal. Of course, communication has a long history as the existence of man but the invention of ICT has brought information to the finger tip of people. One cannot dispute the fact that the emergence of computers and mobile phones coupled with the corresponding internet facilities has aided the development and growth of many social media. People can now share ideas, thoughts, feelings, opinions, pictures, music, videos and make friends via different Social Networking Sites (SNSs). Thus, the social media has indisputably become one of the most important communication means in recent times (Idakwo, 2011).
Through the social media, the internet community has drastically increased over the years. Thesocial media has become a significant part of today’s modern civilization. It is a defining trait ofhowintegratedsocialinteractionshavebecome.Theimpactofthesocialmediahavebeenseeninbasicallyfivedifferentcontexts; news,interactions,politicallandscapes,learningandmarketing(Guha, 2013).
With over 80 percent of teen Internet users frequenting social media sites, it’s no wonder the realworld social lives are seeing some changes. Social media is definitely changing the way peoplecommunicate, but in many ways it’s for the better as we expand our social circles and explorenewhorizons throughour onlineconnections(Chopra,2013).
Every age it has passed through has been based on beliefs and new technologies, responding totheneedsofindividualsanxioustoadjusttonewformsofsocialization.Atimeofgreatchangeis a period in which society looks for meaning. Information is already a tool, the principal tool,whichpeople use to perceive and understandtheirenvironment(Idakwo,2011).
The emergence of online forums has become hugely popular in recent times with interactionsbased on similar discussions, posts and threads (Xiaolin, et al., 2009) (Sumit&Prasenjit, 2010).Online forums have become powerful tools for sharing information (Bedmar, 2010). Onlinediscussion forums have also become one of the most popular places to ask and answer questions(Falls,2012).
Online Forums, compared to the other social media sites, have various unique features likethreads; where discussions and posts are made, RSS feeds, polls, etc. Online Forums, provide aunique type of social environment that enables people to share and access information freely.Users can either start new topics or leave comments in the threads of existing topics (Xiaolin, etal.,2009).
STATEMENTOFTHEPROBLEM
Prospective students of an institution (the University) have had issues in the past when it comestoselectingcareers,choosingtheircourseofstudyandindecisionsabouttherightschooltoapply for (Ogu, 2008) (Orndorff& Herr, 1996). However, to solve these problems, a platformneeds to be created where these students can relate with others who can answer these questions.Consequently, relevant requirements have to be taken into consideration in the development of awebapplicationtosolvetheseproblems statedabove.
AIMANDOBJECTIVESOFTHESTUDY
To develop a social media chat applications where students within and outside the school can share different questions or views onvarioustopicsandmajorlymakeinformationaboutanyinstitutionaccessible.Thiswillbeachievedthroughthefollowingobjectives:
- Gatheringtherightrequirements forthis application.
- ModelingtherequirementsgatheredusingaUnifiedModelingLanguage(UML).
- Implementingthesystembycreatingauser-friendlyplatformthatwillbeeasierforthesestudentstointeractwitheach other and ask questionsusingthreadsandtopics.
RESEARCHMETHODOLOGY
The research work will be conducted by using different sources of relevant data for research likeonline surveys, journals, books and reviews of relevant literature. The requirements needed forthe development of this application will be gotten by a review of existing systems. A platformwhere users who will reply to the questions from other users or provide any form of informationwill be created by some ‘question and answer’ techniques to solve the problems stated abovesuccessfully. The online forum will also be designed showing all the different functions that willbe performed by using UML diagrams like use cases, class diagrams, etc. The implementation ofthe web application can now be done by making use of the design diagrams and programmingwill be done with PHP and the database management will be done by MySQL database taking aclue from existing forum softwares. The system will later on be evaluated by making use offeedbacksandreportsfromrelevantusers.
The objectives stated above will be achieved through these means:TableI:ResearchObjectivesandMethodology
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OBJECTIVES |
PROPOSEDMETHODOLOGY |
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Gatheringtherightrequirementsforthisapplication |
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ModelingtherequirementsgatheredusingaUnifiedModelingLanguage(UML). |
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3 |
Implementing the system by creating auser-friendly platform that will be easierfor these students to interact with eachotherandaskquestionsusingthreadsandtopics. |
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SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
This study has its relevance in solving real life problems affecting students today like indecisionsabout student’s course of study, career choices and misinformation about that institution. Theapplication will also be flexible to provide different categories where users can have specificchoices to select from.
Informationisthebaneofdecision-makingforstudentsandpresenttimewebapplicationscannot live up to providing real time information that can be accessed from anywhere by the enduser. It is important to put interest into the development and usage of online forums in solvingtheseproblems.
LIMITATIONOFTHESTUDY
The basic limitation of this project is that the right set of university students with the rightinformationandanswerstoanyquestionmaynotbeavailabletomakethisprojectasuccess.But,this willalso betaking into considerationduring theimplementationoftheproject.
PROJECTORGANIZATION
In Chapter Two, relevant literatures will be reviewed so as to elicit requirements for the proposedsystem. In Chapter Three, the requirements for the proposed system using the unified modelinglanguageswillbedesigned.ChapterFourwillbediscussingandshowingthesystemdevelopment,deploymentandevaluation .ChapterFivewillsummarizetheworkandgiverecommendationfor future work.
CHAPTER 5:DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION, ANDRECOMMENDATIONS
Overview
The project successfully delivered on all requirement specification specified by the user.Carewasensuredduringthedesigntomakesuredataintegrityismaintainedandtoavoidallforms ofredundancies associatedwithdata.
Theuserisassuredaveryfriendlyinterface,behindwhichtherearewiderangingtechnicaldetails that went in. The user guide is a mere formality because, the project was speciallycreatedbearinginmindinteractionanddesignsthatwouldmakeusersfeelasthoughtheyhave usedasystemsuchas this.
This project has also been built in such a manner that future changes or modifications thatare required can easily be implemented without affecting the functionality of the system.This project is used on android environment, and can be used on any version so it can beused by individuals with different levels of android devices. The technical document thatis provided in the report of this projectwill help developers understand the internalworkingsofthesystem.
ObjectiveAssessment
Afterbuildingthesystem,Iachievedtheseobjectives:
Iwasabletodevelopamultilingualchatapplication
IwasabletodevelopaninteractivesystemthatincorporatedPidginEnglishintochatting
Iwasabletoevaluatetheexistingliteratureofinstantmessaging
Limitations and Challenges
Thefollowingchallengeswereobservedafterdevelopmentofthissystem
- Onlyregisteredusers canusethesystem
- Internetmustbeavailabletousetheapplication
- Theremustbeminimumoftwouserspertimeforinteractivechatting
FutureEnhancements
- Videocallswillbeadded
- Voicerecordingcanbeadded
- Enhancingdifferent textstyleand font size
- Introductionofanimations
- Instantdocumentattachment
Recommendations
Researchdoneinregardtothisproject,coupledwiththefactthatwenowliveinaworldthateverythingisnowbecomingdigitalized, thefollowingrecommendationswerederived:
- Thedevelopmentofchatapplicationshouldn’tandwouldn’tstophere,constant improvement and research needs to be conducted to makesureitisinline withbesttechnologypractices.
- Thedevelopmentoflocalcontentchattingapplicationshouldbeencouraged asthiswillhelpimprove theeconomybasofNigeria.
- Every class of the societal stratification should be encouraging to usethislocalizedchattingapplicationasitimprovesoureducationstandardandexposuretotheoutside world.
Summary
Messagingappsnowhavemoreglobalusersthantraditionalsocialnetworks—whichmean they will play an increasingly important role in the distribution of information in thefuture.While chatplatforms initially rose to prominence by offeringa low-cost, web-basedalternativetoSMS,overtimetheyevolvedintomultimediahubsthatsupportphotos,videos,games,payments,andmore.To harnessthegrowingpopulationofAfricain general and Nigeria in particular was the introduction of the Pidgen English chattingleverage,whichisuniqueinitsownright.
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