mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">ABSTRACT
color:black">This study examined the impact of web portal on e-assignment among
undergraduate students; it considers the benefits of using the portal and the
problems encounter when using the portal. A pure qualitative method using
descriptive survey approach was embarked upon. Focused group discussion method
was used for data collection. The questions asked were trial tested and
analyzed to determine its validity and reliability. Responses obtained were
analyzed and presented thematically.
The results revealed that the
generality of the respondents confirm that web portal positively impact
e-learning in the following ways: being used as supplementary to pass across
information to the learners in addition to learning through the electronic
format; enhancing information sharing, information needs and processing of each
user; provide the strategy to overcome the problem of distance; and improving
respondents computer and information literacy skills. The study also revealed
the challenges faced by the students when using web-portal. These are
Loss/Forgotten Password, Slow Network/ Server Access Problem, Incessant power
failure and Swift and unannounced removal of important information.
The
study concluded pointing out the implications and the recommendations based on
the findings for the improvement of the use of web portal for e-assignment at
the Polytechnic, computer science department.
