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Faculty Information System
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Introduction
Goals and Objectives
The purpose of this application is to have a common repository for all faculty information. This project will also incorporate all the software engineering principles involved in the design and implementation of a complete working system.
This system will help faculty members store and retrieve all their information. Students can also access specific areas of faculty information depending on the access provided.
Also the information is safe by enabling SSL on the web directories.
System Statement of Scope Faculty Information System is a web-based database application wherein all the information regarding the Faculty can be stored and retrieved. A user with the knowledge of how to use a browser can access and use the site. The administrator will have access to all the information present in the database, whereas the user will have privileges to view his/her information. Also users can be put into groups having access to certain areas of the website. The user interface will have the necessary input options to guide them through the process of inserting and updating their information.
Data will be inputted using data entry screens (user friendly interfaces), which will have all the steps for proper insertion. The administrator will have all the privileges to add or update any data in the system. Output will be in the form of an information repository showing user information pages.
Faculty Information System will hold the following information:
• Faculty Personal Information
• Work History for each faculty member.
• Publication archiving and retrieval for each faculty.
• Degrees earned by the faculty members.
• Grants/Awards given to faculty members.
• Courses taught by the Faculty members.
1.3 System Context
This system will be an information database and can be used by Universities to hold their faculty information and display it on the web. People with minimal web browser experience can use the system to their fullest.
Potential Users Potential users include faculties, students, university officials such as Dean, chairs, etc and general users.
Faculty members: The system must allow each faculty member to manipulate his or her own information like the basic information, publications, grants details, etc. The operations can be add, delete, and modifying the faculty data.
University Officials: For the sake of faculty evaluation, university officials are often interested in faculty members' recent publications. The system must provide a good summary of all or recent publications.
Students and general users: The system must allow students to easily browse the bibliography information according to faculty names or recently published research topics. Using research topic keywords, they must be able to find all faculty members who have recently published papers in their respective fields.
1.4 Major Constraints Since Faculty Information System is to be used on the web; there will be no system restraints on the users. Anyone with an Internet connection and a browser will be able to use the website to the fullest of its capabilities. The working prototype of System is expected at the end of the semester, making the drop on 05/06/2003.
2. Usage Scenario 2.1 User Profiles
Three groups of users will access the faculty system. They are as described below :
Faculty members: Faculty members will provide their login credentials and get access to areas depending on their rights. They will login to update their existing information and also to add new information to the database. Only information specific to the faculty member can be edited or added.
University Officials: University officials like the staff will login to the system for the sake of faculty evaluation and also keep a track of all the events happening and the publications being published by the school faculty. University officials are often interested in faculty members' recent publications. University officials with administrative rights can add or edit information for all users.
Students and general users: Students and other will use the system to browse the bibliography information according to faculty names or recently published research topics. Using research topic keywords, they must be able to find all faculty members who have recently published papers in their respective fields. Only view facilities are available to users in this category.