http://lis.unza.zm:8080/archive/handle/123456789/1 Undergraduate Project Reports Tue, 08 Sep 2026 11:10:00 GMT 2026-09-08T11:10:00Z http://lis.unza.zm:8080/archive/handle/123456789/120 The Status of Computer Laboratories Used in Teaching and Learning Computer Studies in Lusaka Urban Public Schools Mwansa, Royd; Phiri, Timothy; Tembo, Alessandra; Matongo, Mulima; Kandusa, Winfridah In this study, we investigate the status of computer used for teaching and learning Computer Studies. The main aim of the study is to assess the status of computer laboratories used for teaching and learning Computer Studies in Lusaka’s Urban Public Schools. In addition, the study sought to identify the available ICT facilities and equipment available for use in the computer laboratories, assess the condition in which they are, investigate challenges teachers face and further explores measures that can put in place to enhance the teaching and learning of Computer Studies. The analysis shows that for all the factors considered, the mean satisfaction scores are lower than the mean importance scores. This implies that the facilities in the computer laboratory should be upgraded for items that have been given low satisfaction scores. The results and the responds recorded are important to the management of the labs in terms of planning and carrying out immediate improvement to the facilities provided in order to facilitate teaching and learning in the computer laboratories. Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT http://lis.unza.zm:8080/archive/handle/123456789/120 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z http://lis.unza.zm:8080/archive/handle/123456789/119 Design and Implementation of an Online Hub Application Media for Prospective University Students (A Case Study of The University of Zambia) Mwemba, Muuka; Muzungu, Precious; Chibale, Aaron; Chafuka, James The internet has been a platform for individuals, groups of people and companies to interact with One another through the social media. The social media has truly aided interaction and even other Business services through social networks, forums, blogs, etc. Forums are now being used as Tools/platforms to create discussions, connect to people mostly of similar interests and as Sources of relevant information. This work intends to make use of forums as tools in helping prospective university students at the UNZA to make the right decisions about their choice of career, choice of environment, etc. Based on an in-depth review of some relevant literatures, some key requirements have been considered in the development of a suitable web application. This online forum will be developed for students to cater for some of their needs and solve some of the issues they face with their choice of career, their course of study, the accessibility of relevant information about the institution, etc. Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT http://lis.unza.zm:8080/archive/handle/123456789/119 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z http://lis.unza.zm:8080/archive/handle/123456789/118 Investigating and Comparison of Affordances on Popular Open Source Learning Management Systems and Undergraduate Students’ Usability Evaluation of Moodle at The University of Zambia Chengo, Mapoma; Hamamba, Macmillan; Mubanga, Moses; Nzila, Mwangala; Simfukwe, Musa Many educational institutions are nowadays integrating the traditional face to face instruction methods with the online which can be synchronous and/or asynchronous. Synchronous learning means that although you will be learning from a distance, you will virtually attend class sessions each week, at the same time as you’re the instructor and classmates while asynchronous learning is a general term used to describe forms of education, instruction, and learning that do not occur in the same place or at the same time. It uses resources that facilitate information sharing outside the constraints of time and place among a network of people. LMSs are standardized platforms that are selected from broad categories and used in education institutions to support both synchronous and asynchronous methods of teaching and learning. Selecting the best LMS can be determined and directed by factors such as the type of usage, the type of users, functionality of the system, the needs of the system users and financial resources available for the system, just to highlight the main ones. However usability and functionality are key in the selection process. This study employed document and system analysis to uncover the affordances available of popular free and open source LMSs; Atutor, Chamilo, Sakai Moodle and Canvas. The results showed that there are teaching and learning features that can be considered as integral and must have when choosing an LMS. The results also showed that each of the five LMSs does have feature that may and/or may not be available on the other four LMS. The results showed further that the LMSs may and/or may not support a particular feature using external plugins and third party software. This study made use of the System Usability Scale (SUS) to determine the student’s usability evaluation of Moodle at the University of Zambia. An experiment was set up where participants were required to perform tasks on Moodle after it was installed and set up on a Cloud server, after which each of the participants responded to the SUS in Appendix C which helped to understand the undergraduate student’s usability evaluation of Moodle LMS. Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT http://lis.unza.zm:8080/archive/handle/123456789/118 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z http://lis.unza.zm:8080/archive/handle/123456789/117 Facial Recognition System Muchape, Emmanuel; Imakando, Ilinanga; Kasambila, Harrison; Ngoma, Stanley; Shamutete, Malon The face is one the easiest ways of distinguishing the individual identity of each Facial recognition system is a personal identification system that uses personal characteristics of the individual to identify the person’s identity. Human face recognition procedure basically consists of two phases, namely face detection, where this process takes place very rapidly in humans, except under conditions where the object is located at a short distance away, the next is the introduction, which recognizes a face as individuals. Stage is then replicated and developed as a model for facial image recognition (face recognition) is one of the much-studied biometrics technology and developed by experts. Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT http://lis.unza.zm:8080/archive/handle/123456789/117 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z