Adoption and use of a university registration portal by undergraduate students of Bayero University, Kano

The impact of Information Technology (IT) has continued to increase in all aspects of our lives; there has been increasing interest in research on the factors that explain user acceptance of new technology. Venkatesh combined eight of the most popular models to formulate a new model, called the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT), which since then has become one of the most prominent models. This paper tries to validate a modified UTAUT model for the Bayero University, Kano. Students’ registration portal which every university student has to use at the beginning of every academic session was used to test the model. Three hundred and sixty eight valid questionnaires were used to validate research model which comprises five constructs in the modified model namely: performance expectancy (PE), effort expectancy (EE), social influence (SI), facilitating conditions (FC) and anxiety (AX). In order to evaluate the internal consistency, convergence and discernments validity, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) is run on the measurement model and the values of Average Variance Extracted (AVE),  Composite Reliability (ρc), and Cronbach's Alpha (CA) are found to be satisfactory. The data collected is analyzed using structural equation modeling techniques. Three major constructs of the model - performance expectancy (PE), effort expectancy (EE) and social influence (SI) – are found to be insignificant determinants of  registration portal usage, showing that there are a number of systems that may neither fit into the UTAUT nor UTAUT2 models because of their special  characteristics.Keywords: IT, myBUK, UTAUT, University registration portal, Structural Equation Modelin

Analyzing the network readiness of countries of the world from 2009 to 2016: comparison between Africa and other continents

Information Technology (IT) is now globally recognized as a very strong tool for economic development and is being used by many countries to spur economic growth and to create jobs. In an attempt to objectively measure the progress of Africa in IT development over the last decade, this paper critically analyzes the Global IT Reports of three specific years during the last decade – 2009, 2012 and 2015. This is done by getting the lowest common denominators of indicators present in all the three (3) years and making an analysis on the basis of these common indicators for the countries of the world. When countries are grouped into their continents and a comparison is made of the averages of the NRI indicators for different continents, the results can be used to show how well Africa is doing with respect to other continents and what African countries need to do in order to use ICT to enhance the economic development of their countries.Keywords: Global IT Report (GITR), Network Readiness Index (NRI), Information Technology (IT), Afric

A correlational study of students' theoretical and practical examinations scores in computer applications courses in Bayero University Kano

Computer Application Packages I and II are courses offered by students of Computer Science with Economics in Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria, in year 1 and year II respectively. The examination of all these courses consists of two aspects; the theory aspect and the practical aspect. These two aspects are vital and are expected to complement each other. In other words, for a student to do well in any of the courses, he/she must perform well in both the theoretical and practical aspects of the examination. This paper is aimed at finding the correlation that exists between students’ theoretical and practical performance in the two courses. A total of 100 students that haven taken the two courses were used in this research. Using the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient, the Coefficients of Correlation obtained are 0.644, 0.560, 0.718, 0.909 and 0.454. These results showed that there is a statistically significant and strong positive relationship between students' theoretical and practical scores as a result of which the null hypotheses were rejected

Design and implementation of an android and web-based university timetable customization system

Timetabling is an essential component of scheduling in all sectors of education. University timetabling entails the scheduling of times and venues for lectures and examinations. These activities are logically structured in a time-wise manner and presented on papers and placed on notice boards in order to avoid conflicts of event. However, timetable schedule forgetfulness, misinterpretation, miscopying, cost of rescheduling and slow time to reach for the rescheduled timetables are the challenges posed by the use of paper and notice board-based timetables; hence, the need for automated timetables. In this paper, we discuss the implementation of Android and web-based timetable customization systems for the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Bayero University, Kano-Nigeria. The web-based system provides an administrative module that facilitates scheduling and rescheduling of lecture, examination and invigilation timetables. In addition, the Android timetable customization system permits the user to view, customize, set reminders and provide rescheduled timetable updates.Keywords: Android, Customization, Timetable and Web base

Empirical findings on progress and challenges in a novice students’ java programming class

No AbstractKeywords: Programming errors, Gauntlet, Comparative analysis, Information Technolog

Effect of virus on computer systems: A survey of student's perception

Computer viruses are generally malicious, detrimental to data and system integrity as well as a number-one method of computer vandalism. Users of computer systems have different perception of the effect these viruses can cause to a computer system. This paper presents the results of a questionnaire survey carried out in Bayero University Kano to investigate the students’ perception of the effect of computer virus. A total of 120 respondents participated in the study. The data collected was analyzed using descriptive tools such as percentages and charts. Chi-square is then used as inferential tool. The results showed that the frequency of virus attack is statistically significant with exchange of flash drives (p=0.026), browsing in the café (p=0.006) and backing up data (p=0.000). However no significant statistically association was found between frequency of virus attack with type of operating system (p=0.51) and usage of external memory (p=0.726).This research will help in enlightening users especially students on what attract virus to the computer system and how to control the spread and effect of these viruses.Keywords: Virus, Students, SurveyVol. 26, No. 1, June, 201