UiTM Arau student orientation application extended abstract / Muhammad Hafiz Ghazali and Nurzaid Mohd Zain

The common problems students encounter appear to be caused by poor communication and an abundance of out-of-date systems. New students today often have trouble locating where the events will be held at and the activity scheduling time. Mobile applications are easy to access as many people nowadays have their own mobile phone. The prototype of Student Orientation Application is developed using Android Studio and connected to the database using Firebase Realtime Database and Google Places API for the map function. The system is designed for both administrators and students to enable the student to view and search a list of events and lecturers, also getting notification for the events available, and view maps to see places inside UiTM, nearby restaurants, laundry, and healthcare services. While the admin can manage events and lecturer lists either to add, delete, or update the content. A suitable development process has been used to create the mobile application, utilizing the Waterfall Model as a reference. Phases of development for the waterfall model include planning, information gathering, design, development, testing, and documentation. This project was evaluated by distributing questionnaires to 31 respondents which contained questions from usability testing. A test script was used to perform the functionality testing. According to the test results, the mobile application platform is usable but still needs improvement.