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1. Introduction Information technology has helped in shaping both the business world and our society in general. Many fields have been impacted by information technology and these include; education, health, entertainment, communication just to mention but a few. The impacts of information technology are profound. As the world develops, more technology will emerge and this technology will have both positive and negative impacts. Before giving out flyers, posting announcement, sending snail mail, making phone calls is use to transfer information . Website have raised the popularity as a way of collecting, organizing and presenting content in a highly uniform, customizable and personalized way unlike the traditional way of delivering information . Before school needs to post to the bulletin the announcement for the student, send letter to the parents or giving memos to the employees. The term website is known as links page which presents information from diverse sources in a unified way (wikipedia.org). It may contain services that provide standard search engine feature, news, information, databases and entertainment. Website provide a way for enterprises to provide a consistent look and feel with access control and Website for Jesus Son of Mary Academy with Online Inquiry

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1. IntroductionInformation technology has helped in shaping both the business world and our society in general. Many fields have been impacted by information technology and these include; education, health, entertainment, communication just to mention but a few. The impacts of information technology are profound. As the world develops, more technology will emerge and this technology will have both positive and negative impacts. Before giving out flyers, posting announcement, sending snail mail, making phone calls is use to transfer information .Website have raised the popularity as a way of collecting, organizing and presenting content in a highly uniform, customizable and personalized way unlike the traditional way of delivering information. Before school needs to post to the bulletin the announcement for the student, send letter to the parents or giving memos to the employees.The term website is known as links page which presents information from diverse sources in a unified way (wikipedia.org). It may contain services that provide standard search engine feature, news, information, databases and entertainment. Website provide a way for enterprises to provide a consistent look and feel with access control and procedures for multiple applications and databases, which otherwise would have been different entities altogether.School web site can be related to any specific topic such as a social networking tool or providing access to inside content that may help student personal regards (wikipedia.org). Website are not limited to simply providing links. Information or content that is placed on the web page may create a path to new knowledge and capabilities. School website is defined as the entry point for a School that provides a centralized source of information and services for students, faculty, suppliers, administrators and parents (wikipedia.org).

1.1 Statement of the ProblemGeneral ProblemHow to develop a Website for Jesus Son of Mary Academy that will help them promote the school.Specific Problems How to create a module that will help them to send announcement faster to the student, parents, faculty members, staff and to the users of this web site.-Not all the students are informed and aware about the events, sudden change of class schedule and other activities that are announced by the faculty members or by the institution. How to create a module that can be use in sending links or attachment for the students/teachers about the lesson or assignments.-There are times that classes are suspended and some activities need to be check or done in a specific time. How to create a module that will help the parents, students and visitors to inquire or have concerns regarding with their children or for the enrollment process using the web-Going to school just to inquire is a lot inconvenient to the parents or the enrollees.

1.2 Current State of TechnologyJesus Son of Mary Academy are still using a manual way of promoting the school like giving brochures, sending announcement to the students, posting activities to the bulletin board like examination date payments. In this process information is not well transfer because some of the students are not aware in looking to the bulletin boards. Giving forms and flyers to the parents or people that inquiring about the school. Sending mails to the parents when their childrens have some trouble regarding in their academics also for the future enrollees of the school.Having school web site have a great advantage because of the fact that schools gives an identity in the worldwide web or and could be accessible to anyone from anywhere. Besides schools having web site can carry out their admission process easily and thereby making it easy for the school administration authorities to save their time and energy. Thirdly all important announcements and internal communication can be taken care by a web portal and also the school can promote its activities and as well as provide information of its achievements and other programs.

1.3 Objectives1.3.1 General ObjectivesTo develop and implement a Web site that can serve as an education marketing strategy for Jesus Son of Mary Academy in helping them advertise the school onlinne.

1.3.2 Specific Objectives To create a module that can view all the school announcement and activities.-Having this module will help the students know if there are changes in their schedules or upcoming activities in schools. To create a module that can send links and attachment online.-Having this module teacher can post useful links and other teaching materials. Students can submit their assignments online if the classes are suspended To create a module that will help the users inquire online-Having this module user can now easily inquire or ask questions to the school using the web.

1.3.3 Scope and LimitationsScopesFront endHome-In this menu the user can view the main menu of the web site. Academics-In this menu the users can see the subjects in the school.Admission-In this menu the user can view the requirements if you want to enroll, the scholarships offered by the school and privileges that they give to the student.Administrations-This menu displays all the academic and non-academic staff of the school.About -This menu displays the school Vision & Mission, Philosophy, History, contact information of the school,2D map for the exact location of the school.Calendar-In this menu the user can view the calendar of activities of the school. The administrator can also edit the activities in this form.Inquiry-Users wants to inquire or have some questions can send message to the administrator.2D map-In this menu the users can view the exact location of the school-Facilities-In this menu the users can view all the facilities inside the school-Forums-In this menu all registered users can create thread or discussions-Back end File management -The administrator can manage all the post in this page. Announcements, activities, comments, news.

Account settings -In this menu the administrator can update the users account, validation for new registered users.Archive -In this menu the administrator can view the past records, the admin can archived information from the past school year and can be retrieve using this menu.History-In this menu the administrator can view the past activity of the users

Reports -In this menu the administrator can print the reports that he/she needs.-Logs, announcements, tuition fees, news, letters or attachments.

Chapter 2 Theoretical Framework and theories2.1 IntroductionTheoretical Framework is a collection of interrelated concepts, like a theory but not necessarily so well worked-out. A theoretical framework guides your research, determining what things you will measure, and what statistical relationships you will look for. Theoretical frameworks are obviously critical in deductive theory testing sorts of studies. In those kind of studies, the theoretical framework must be very specific and well throughout.This study aims to meet the requirements needed by the client and to convert the Jesus Son of Mary Academy manual way system into a website. The proponents cite different theories and suitable in the designing and developing the proponents website. in this chapter terminologies and theory are discussed for a clearer and more understandable way. The following will discuss how each software help the proponents to complete the system requirements.2.2 Multimedia Theories (Adobe Photoshop CS6)According to Wikipedia Adobe Photoshop is a graphic editing program developed and published by Adobe system with the extended having 3D image creation motion graphics editing and advanced imageThe proponents used Adobe Photoshop CS6 for developing interface and to make it looks more presentable and to attract the interest of the users

2.3 Information Technology Theories2.3.1 Hypertext Markup LanguageAccording to Wikipedia Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is the main markup language for displaying web pages and other information that can be displayed in a web browser.2.3.2 Cascading Style SheetAccording to Wikipedia Cascading style Sheets or CSS allow you to control the layout and look of your page easily. CSS tags or properties are easy to use and affect the look and feel or style of your web pages. The proponents use CSS to apply style on their web pages2.3.3 Active Server Pages According to Wikipedia ASP is a program runs inside IIS or Internet information Services. ASP file can contain text, HTML, XML and scripts. Scripts in an ASP file are executed on the server.ASP dynamically edit, change or add any content of a web page. Respond to user queries or data submitted from HTML forms. Access any data or databases and return the results to a browser. Customize web pages to make it more useful for individual users. The proponents used ASP language to complete the codes in order the system works and meet the requirements.

2.3.4 Microsoft SQL ServerAccording to Wikipedia SQL server is a relational database management system developed by Microsoft. As a database, it is a software product whose primary function is to store and retrieve data as requested by other software application. SQL Server also includes support forstructuredand semi-structured data, including digital media formats for pictures, audio, video and other multimedia data. The proponents used SQL server to create a database to use in the proposed website.2.4 Non -IT Theory2.4.1 Student handbook According to Earlham College students handbook contains items of interest under such generic headings as general directives, social norms, registration and academic loading, students classification, course completion, graduation, school regulations, vision & mission and facilities. The proponents used student handbook to gather additional information about the school.2.5 SummaryThe proponents use different Software application and scripting language to help them build the proposed website. The proponents cite several theories HTML, ASP, ADOBE PHOTOSHOP and SQL SERVER for the completion of the website. The relevance of the theories and tools that the proponents used is to help other user to easily understand how system works.

Chapter 3 Website for Jesus Son of Mary Academy with Online Inquiry3.1 IntroThe proponents develop a website for Jesus Son of Mary Academy. The main purpose of this site is to easily advertise their school and gain a lot of students. Parents or enrollees can easily view information they need about the school. The user can also use this site for inquiring online.3.2 System Design SpecificationThe proponents use Context diagram, Data Flow Diagram, Hipo chart and Entity Relationship Diagram to show what process of each structure that is been given. The proponents use data flow diagram to show the main progress and interaction of data. The proponents also use system flow chart shows the step by step solution to the given problem therefore it is also help the viewer to understand the processing step of each representation. The proponents use data dictionary to show the relationship of each other data and it is also used to maintain the information to the system and it is relevant to the administrator. And last the proponents used entity relationship diagram to show the relationship of each data.

3.2.1 Context Diagram

Figure 1.0 Context Diagram of the Proposed WebsiteThis Figure shows the context diagram of the proposed website for Jesus son of Mary Academy. In this figure it shows the administrator of the website can input or manage all the information about the school or in the website. The teacher or staff can send messages to the admin or students. The teacher can also post assignments and manage the attendance of their class advisory. The students can send message to the admin and teachers and it also can create forums or discussion by their sections. While the visitor or guest can view the information about the school the announcement, events, admission process. The visitors can also inquire using this website.

3.3.2 Data Flow Diagram

Figure 2.0 Data Flow Diagram of the Proposed SystemThis Figure shows the Data Flow Diagram of Jesus Son of Mary Academy Website. This figure shows the level 0 diagram it consist of the front end and back end of the system. The visitors or guest can only view the school information and inquire online. While the teachers can create assignments, that can be view by the students. Students can view and create forums or discussion. The 2.0 diagram show that the administrators have the rights to manage post, school and users information. All the data is inputted and coming from the database JesomaDB.

Figure 3.0 Data Flow Diagram of the Proposed SystemThis figure shows the process of viewing the school information. The information is coming from the database that manages by the administrator. When the visitors wants to inquire theres a form that he/she needs to fill up and it will be pass through the database and will receive by the administrator

Figure 4.0 Data Flow Diagram of the Proposed SystemThis figure shows the process in creating forums. The students can view and create forums. The newly created forums will be pass and stored to the database. In the process of receiving and sending message all registered users can send message to anyone all the data will be stored in the database.

Figure 5.0 Data Flow Diagram of the Proposed SystemThis figure shows the process in creating and viewing of assignments. The students can view the post by the teacher based on their section. Only the teacher have the rights post assignments.

Figure 6.0 Data Flow Diagram of the Proposed SystemThis figure shows the process the administrator side of the website or the back end. All the maintenance with the website like posting announcements, events and users information are can only be done by the administrator.

3.3.3 Hierarchical Input Process Output

Figure 7.0 Hipo ChartThis Figure shows the Hierarchical Input Process output of the proposed system

3.3.4 Entity Relationship Diagram

Figure 8.0 Entity relationship diagramThis Figure shows the ERD of the proposed system. It shows the relationship of each tables.

Chapter 4 Performance Analysis4.1 IntroductionSoftware Testing is a way of evaluating a project developed or created. It is the best way of knowing what outcome of the proposed project.The purpose of testing is to analyze if the website works properly and to ensure that the website is free from any bug or errors. The proponents conduct a survey to experiment what will be the reaction of the users and the client of the website. the general objective of this website is to change their manual way of advertising or giving information to about the school to the community. The proposed system achieves the standards that the user wants to see they meet the client requirements. With the help of the respondents the proponents know the status of their site because of the evaluation.4.2 ExperimentalThe proponents use parameter in analyzing the performance of the proposed website by the use of survey form. The proponents gather different feedback and suggestion from every respondent.Ms Janneth Reyes the school registrar of Jesus Son of Mary Academy and Nicanor Gonzalez the computer teacher rate the web site based on its performance. Some of the students also rate the website. The survey form consists of different categories functionality, content, aesthetics, reliability and availability of the website. Functionality tells how the website works or functions. Is the process is easy to understand and learn. The content of the website must have accurate and recent information about the school. Aesthetics tells about if the website is attractive to the users. The website must be reliable and free from errors. The users also test the security of the website and the completeness of the site.

4.3 Result and Analysis

Functionality

RatingNumber of Respondents Percentage

N=40

Excellent49%

Very Good3383%

Good38%

Fair00%

Poor00%

Figure 9.0 FunctionalityThis graph shows the percentage for the Functionality category for the following respondents users. The majority says that the website is convenient and easy to use.

Reliability

Reliability

RatingNumber of Respondents Percentage

N=40

Excellent718%

Very Good3280%

Good12%

Fair00%

Poor00%

Figure 10.0 Reliability PercentageThis graph shows the percentage for the Reliability category for the following respondents users. The majority says that the website meet the desired information.

Aesthetics

Aesthetics

RatingNumber of Respondents Percentage

N=40

Excellent37%

Very Good3588%

Good25%

Fair00%

Poor00%

Figure 11.0 Aesthetics PercentageThis graph shows the percentage for the aesthetics category for the following respondents users. The majority says that the color combination of the website is attractive.

Content

Content

RatingNumber of Respondents Percentage

N=40

Excellent718%

Very Good3280%

Good12%

Fair00%

Poor00%

Figure 12.0 Content PercentageThis graph shows the percentage for the content category for the following respondents users. The majority says that the information that they want to know is provided in the website.

4.4 SummaryThe proponents created a website for Jesus Son of Mary Academy to help them advertise the school on a bigger community. To help them send information faster. The proponents conducted a survey in order to test the efficiency of the website and to also know if they meet the customers requirements with the help of 40 respondents. Many of the respondents tell that the website looks good. The registrar and the computer instructor also said that they need to have training for the maintenance of the website and to use more effectively. The website contains reliable information about the school, the admission requirements, events, announcement and it will be more easy for them to send information unlike with the traditional way that they are using.

. Chapter 5 ConclusionDue to increasing number of schools and business completion the proponents decided to create a website for Jesus Son of Mary Academy that will help them in their marketing strategy to help them give a easily advertise their establishment. This will help them encourage more enrollees. Also this will help the users to know more about the school and it will also help them inquire online without wasting their time locating or going to the school. For the future proponents who are interested in developing or making the same project or similar project you can use this study as their basis. This study will surely help them regarding to things to be considered in creating a website for schoolWebsite for Jesus Son of Mary Academy with Online Inquiry