Creation of an online library of qualifying works of students of the SCIA department

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to develop an information resource for the placement of qualification papers of students of the Department of Education and Research. The research methodology is based on the methods of analysis and synthesis, as well as on the use of informational, system-structural, and functional approaches. The scientific novelty of the work lies in the development of informational and functional models of the process of creating an online library of qualifying works of students of the SCIA department. Conclusions. A goal tree has been developed, the general purpose of which is to create an online library of qualifying works of students of the SCIA department. In order to achieve the set goal, a division was made into three first-level goals, which in turn are divided into smaller goals and sub-goals, each of which has an individual means of achieving the goal. An information model of the problem was built in Peter-Chen notation, which contains 6 entities related to each other with connections. The notation presents the “Supervisor” (as the student’s mentor), who manages the “Student” (the author of the qualification work). “Student” performs “QW” (study carried out by the student), which is reviewed by “Reviewer” (critic of qualification work). “QW” is contained in the “Online Library” (website of qualifying papers), which is visited by the “User” (interested person). A functional model of the given task is provided in the form of context diagrams and detailed processes. The first context diagram shows the process of “Filling the online library of the QW” and four external entities: “Secretary of the examination board”, “Manager”, “Reviewer” and “Student”. The second context diagram shows the process “Organisation of the work of the online library” and two external entities: “Administrator” and “User”. Three systems for managing site content are considered, namely: Drupal, Joomla and WordPress. After a detailed analysis of each CMS, WordPress was chosen as the ideal solution for the task, due to its simplicity, flexibility, and the ease of use and management.