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Abstract - Web-based booking appointment systems are prevalent currentlly either online or using traditional queuing systems.Several businesses like hospitals use different Web-based appointment systems for their patients which make appointments process more efficient, thereby minimizing patient's waiting time and maximizing the total number of patients served. This study presents a web based appointment booking system through web or mobile devices that assists both students and lecturers to be acquainted with the time of appointment wherever they are. The system allows students and lecturers to simply gain access to the system by connecting to the Internet. It also enables students to drop any message which consists of the purpose and time of the appointment. The system was developed using Hypertext Markup Language (HTML5), Hypertext Pre-processor (PHP) as scripting language, Bootstrap framework and My Structured Query Language (MySQL) as database. This wil enable the web application to be robust, cheap and capable of oprerating on variuos platforms. The system does not only fully automated, and perform excellently well, but also user-friendly, time effective and efficient.
Keywords: appointment, web based application, booking, academic institutions.
I.INTRODUCTION
Web applications have abetted in restructuring most of the tasks performed everyday, which makes lives simple and uncomplicated. [1] describes the importance of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in improving and assisting teaching and learning processes [1]. These applications are most widely used in solving problems concerning student learning and scheduling appointments. Previously, these appointment schedulings were carried out manually thus, there were many cases of overbookings or making the same reservation for two or more people or failing to delete an appointment not needed to allow replacement. To eliminate these human errors due to manual appointments scheduling system, there is need to develop a web application that enables appointment processes easier.
A web-based appointment scheduling system within a university is a very good idea, as it minimize time usage not only for the students and lecturers, but the university staffers [2]. Information dissemination and teaching techniques employed in a course system will enhance efficiency of educational process. Education, according to [3] refers to the process of acquiring knowledge, attitudes, interests, abilities, cultural norms and skills of a society; and transmit these to the next generations so as to improve everlasting development...