TABLE OF CONTENT
CHAPTER SUBJECT
PAGE DECLARATION
i DEDICATION
ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
iii ABSTRACT
iv ABSTRAK
v TABLE OF CONTENT
vi LIST OF TABLES
x LIST OF FIGURES
xi LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
xiii CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Project Background
1.2 Problem Statement
1.2.1 Incomplete information as an
international student pages 1.2.2
Unstructured information design 1.2.3
Problem while accessing the website via multi devices
1.3 Objectives
1.4 Research Question
1.5 Project Scope
1.6 Project Framework
1.7 Project Significance
SUMMARY 1
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9 CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Website
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2.1.1 Minimalist Design in Website 2.1.1.1 The Application of Minimalist
Design in a Website 2.1.2 Responsive Design
2.1.3 Information Content 2.2
Current systemtoolsoutput 2.2.1 Universiti Teknologi Malaysia UTM
International student page 2.2.2 UNSW of Australia
2.2.3 University of Glasgow 2.2.3 University of Toronto
2.3 Comparison of Existing Systems
SUMMARY 10
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CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY 3.1
Research Activities 3.1.1 Data GatheringCollection
3.1.2 Analysis of the Data 3.2
Product Development Methodology 3.3
Project Requirement 3.3.1 Hardware Requirement
3.3.2 Software Requirement 3.3.3 Hardware and Software Requirement
Analysis 3.4
Gantt Chart Milestone SUMMARY
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47 CHAPTER 4 ANALYSIS
4.1 ProjectProduct Analysis
4.1.1 Current Website Analysis 4.1.2 Navigation Structure of the Website
4.1.1 Problem Statements 4.2
Requirement Analysis 4.2.1 Data Requirement
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4.2.2 Functional Requirement 4.2.2.1 Navigation Structure
4.2.3 Other Requirements 4.2.3.1 Software Requirements
4.2.3.1.1 Operating System 4.2.3.1.2 Programming Language
4.2.3.1.3 Development Tools 4.2.3.1.4 Other Software
4.2.3.2 Hardware Requirements SUMMARY
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CHAPTER 5 DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION 5.1
Product Design 5.1.1 Product Architecture
5.1.1.1 System Architecture
5.1.1.2 Navigation Structure
5.1.2 Product Development Process 5.1.2.1
Minimalist Design 5.1.2.2
Responsive Design 5.2
Product Implementation 5.2.1 Product Integration Process
5.2.1.1 Sketching the wireframes and the icons concept
5.2.1.2 Building the source code of the website
SUMMARY 60
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CHAPTER 6 TESTING AND EVALUATION 6.1
Testing Plan 6.1.1 Unit Testing
6.1.1.1 Hardware
6.1.1.2 Software
6.1.1.3 Unit Test Case
6.1.2 Integration Testing 6.1.2.2
Navigation Structure 87
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6.1.2.3 Integration Test Case
6.1.4 Acceptance Test AT 6.1.5 Testing Organization
6.1.6 Test Environment 6.1.7 Test Schedule
6.2 Testing Implementation Process
6.2.1 Test Description 6.2.2 Test Data
6.3 Testing Result and Analysis
6.3.1 Analysis of Web Testing Website and User Acceptance Test UAT
6.3.1.1 Web Testing Website 6.3.1.2 User Acceptance Test UAT
6.3.2 Conclusion on UAT SUMMARY
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110 CHAPTER 7 CONCLUSION
7.1 Observation of Strength and Weakness
7.1.1 Weakness 7.1.2 Strength
7.2 Proposition for Future Improvement
7.3 Contribution
7.4 Future Work
SUMMARY 111
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115 REFERENCES
116 BIBLIOGRAPHY
117 APPENDICES
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LIST OF TABLES
TABLE TITLE
PAGE 2.1 :
Criteria for Evaluating the Usability of Educational Website
12 2.2 :
Three fundamentals of the website enhancement approached through the
criteria for Evaluating the Usability of Educational Website
14 2.3 :
Comparison between 5 websites including UTeM International page
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Interview data for question 1 34
3.2 : Interview data for question 2
34 3.3 :
Interview data for question 3 35
3.4 : Interview data for question 4
35 3.5 :
Criteria for Evaluating the Usability of Educational Website
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LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURE TITLE PAGE
1.1 : Project Framework