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the system to ensure that the appropriate facilities, functions and interface are
provided. The author also implements what was already found through the literature
review to ensure that the pedagogical ethos is also embedded within the developed
system. Having finalised the overall architecture and tested that it positively provides
the ultimate functional requirements; each sub section is designed to provide
appropriate functional input/output activities that supports the achievement of the
overall system.
1.4.3 System Development
.:. System components
Within the system development the main components is developed and integrated
together to provide a fully functional system, these includes:
1. User Information : information regarding
individual students that the system acquires on registration. Within this
component the user is able to register and thereby securing a username and
password which allows him/her to access the full system. At the same time
this component starts the data collection process about individual students in
order to track their performance over the period of using the system. It also
uses the gathered information to provide useful and appropriate feedback to
the individual students regarding their performance and the best way forward
towards achieving their targets.
2. Learning Style : to provide students'
preferences for their learning styles. Based on a specially designed
questionnaire the system identifies the individual student's preferred learning
style. This can be facilitated by providing the relevant material in the
appropriate format that suits the student's learning style, e.g. visual. This helps
the student in terms of the way he/she carries out the required tasks and
activities.
3. Pre-Assessment and Learning Target setup : this examines and records the students' knowledge of the subject or
what they already know. As various students can have different background
knowledge, this component uses this knowledge to identify the entry point that
the students could start at, however students are always given the opportunity
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