In the testing of the system there are some expected results from the system which are presented based on the package of the system and where necessary the sub-packages. The actual test results was also presented which shows what the system was able to carryout when it was tested using the available data described in the previous section.
Table 6: Actual Test Result verses Expected Test Result
Package Sub-Packages Expected Test Result Actual Test Results
Login Admin Expected to see the login
form, enter the login data and successfully login or supply wrong data and be denialed Access.
When link was clicked, a form appeared and loggin in the user when correct data was supplied.
When wrong data was tested it denialed access.
User
Author_Module When clicked, the author
page is expected to display where the author will supply his personal data and interact
By the time the button was clicked, the author page displayed where the author will supply his personal data and interact with the
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with the system. system.
Reviewer-Module It is expected that the reviewer will click the review button and see article ready for his review and do the review and submit review report.
When the reviewer button was clicked the reviewer page was displayed and a sample article ready for review and sample review report.
Editor_Module It is expected that when this button was clicked the editor page will be displayed where the Editor activities are done.
When the editor button was clicked the editor page showed the page where the Editor activities are done.
Paper_assignment_a nd_view
Module
In this module, the assigned papers are expected to be displayed with colors indicating the selection criteria.
The system automatically assigned papers to reviewers and displayed them with colors indicating the selection criteria.
Paper_Status Module
It is expected that when clicked by authors they will see the status of submitted paper whether reviwed and Accepted, Rejected or Accepted with Correction
When the Paper_status button was clicked it actually displayed the status of submitted paper whether reviwed and Accepted, Rejected or Accepted with Correction
Conference_Info Module
This is expected to show the public the Conference information and the various tracks available for the conference.
When clicked it showed the public the Conference information and the various tracks available for the conference.
The program starts with a file that is a start point known as index.php that directs the user on the processes involved in handling different system operations. The user follows the instruction of the file on the browser to navigate the system. Before commencing the navigation the user must register by supplying his/her personal information that is stored as
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content in the system. After registration users can login using the log in form provided on the GUI on the browser. Once the user have logged in he can send his paper by uploading them into the system. He can also get information from the system such as submission deadlines and order conferencing information and react appropriately.
In figure 4.18, the illustration show a user registration window which the application provide for the users of the system needed to register before they can use the system either as an author or a conferee who intends to attend the conference. Other users such as the Reviewers do not need to use this user registration since it is the admin that has the responsibility of nominating and registering its reviewers. Sometimes the admin can use the general mail to call for CV of Reviewers before deciding whether they can be registered as reviewers in the conference. The user needed fill all the requirements provided on the form after which the user can submit. The system registers the user but only activates the user from the users email message link sent to the user when the user registered.
180 Fig. 4.24: User Account Setup
In figure 4.19, the log in windows is shown the user, admin or reviewer needed to login before he can get into the application.
Fig. 4.25: Online Submission and Reviewing login
If the user needed to upload their papers on the application, the upload has to be based on the upload setting specified in figure 4.20. In this figure the paper size must be less than or equal to 10mb as specified in the upload setting. If the paper is larger in size it can be resaved in another format that will ensure better compression.
181 Fig 4.23 : Paper Upload Setting and Page
In figure 4.21, it is clear that when an Admin logs into the system he is provided with menu tools as shown on the top egde of the window. The admin uses this menus to perform different activities. One of the actions performed is the creation of accounts for the conference Reviewers. Figure 4.21 shows the page and the information needed to be fill for the reviewer which will enable him to login and have certain access and previlage to access papers assigned to him/her and to make the necessary reviews and report the observations and comments to the authors and the admin who may also double as the Editor.
182 Fig 4.26: Reviewer Account Setup
In figre 4.22 the reviewer preference selection is presented, each reviewer checks first, second and none check box to indicate the area the reviewer can be allocated review.
Fig. 4.27: Reviewer Field of Review Preferences
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In the appendix other screen shots of other operations are clearly show most of which are directly self explanatory. The screen shot contains mostly the core of the admin activities on the application. The conference managers and staffs also have a part of the system for their content information which includes hotel reservation on the city of the conference, public notices and other activities that revolve within the conference. Since the system is interactive and user friendly the paper review community can respond to all this conference demands by specifying their corrections and observations and opinion and the editor of the proceeding or conference coordinator can also make it available to authors. This enables the review activities to be closely monitored by the conferees creating transparency and confidence within the academic circles. In the system all documents submitted are stored in the system whether they are MS-Word document, picture files, PowerPoint presentation files or adobe PDF documents program files. The document window only provides an abstraction of the entire documents stored in the system. Reviewers report can also be made based on the report parameters provided. Other content include sundry information and content that the conference organizers want to add in the system.