Social network for Utar alumni

• Main Author: Ho, Ji Kenn
• Format: Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: QA76 Computer software
• Online Access: http://eprints.utar.edu.my/6097/1/SE_2004965_JI_KENN_HO.pdf; http://eprints.utar.edu.my/6097/

Alumni play an important and crucial role in the growth and prosperity of a higher educational institution. However, higher educational institutions nowadays have been facing challenges in effectively building long-term relationship with their Alumni. The University of Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) also has had trouble in engaging with the Alumni as there is an lack of proper platform that could connect with the Alumni. The existing Alumni portal and website that UTAR has been using have prove ineffective in retaining alumni engagement due to the lack of interactivity functionality, resulting in gradual estrangement between UTAR and its Alumni. Moreover, the lack of security in authentication management for the existing UTAR Alumni system poses a serious concern as it may compromises the confidentiality and integrity of important alumni data. Therefore, a web-based social networking system is developed to address the issues mentioned. The web-based social networking system provides a number of interactive functionalities that could maximizes the interaction between each users, ultimately closing the gap between UTAR and its valued Alumni community. The system also will also implement a robust authentication management techniques such as personal login phrase, password policy, and lockout policy to safeguard user’s account. Scrum methodology was selected for the development of this project. HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Bootstrap are used for the front-end development while Laravel and Pusher API are used for the back-end development. Unit testing, User Acceptance Test, and Usability Testing has been conducted during the testing phase of this project and 6 users have participated in the testing process. In a nutshell, all the objectives of this project have been achieved and recommendations for future improvements are discussed.