SOCIO- ACADEMIC USE OF ALUMNI COLLABORATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (SUACMS)

Abstract

One of the valuable resources that academic institutions can have is Alumni. There is a need for alumni members to come under one umbrella where they can interact. Getting these alumni members together in order to share their views and information requires an interactive website. Designing collaborative site for alumni is becoming a paramount issue for every institution such as Universities, Colleges of Education, Polytechnics and even Secondary Schools. With the use of information technology, Socioacademic Use of Alumni Collaboration Management System should be put in place in order to gather broader information about alumni. This paper presents a forum where alumni members may chat and share ideas, where a direct link of communication between the institution and its alumni members can be managed and where social and educational opportunities for the members may be communicated. It explains the frameworks used in the implementation of the study, the scope and the significance of the study. The methodology of the new system was properly expatiated. The design architecture for the study was taken into consideration. Use Case Diagram (UCD) was used as the design tool for the system. The relationship between the actors and the system was deeply considered and evaluated. The choice of programming language and reason for it was stated. The system was properly tested and implemented. Screen shot of each page of the system and its purpose was discussed. Finally, the paper recommends that every academic institution, from primary to tertiary, needs to put in place alumni website because of its numerous advantages as explained in this paper.