ABSTRACT This project deals with designing a Web application that delivers KHAN ACADEMY® instructional videos and attempts to give SHS students, access to educational resources that are relevant to the WASSCE syllabus. The ultimate objective of this project is to help students improve their math learning abilities by giving them reach to vast resources which can be accessed offline. The added value of this application is that it allows teachers to use this resource to assist their students b...
Abstract This thesis discusses the potential the aural condition of games have with respect to creating and sustaining flow for all player types. It goes further to discuss the components of flow, existing methods of flow creation and sustenance with regards to game design and also suggests new flow creation and sustenance methods that leverage the properties of sound, music and the overall the aural condition of games.
Abstract Examination writing in Ghana seems to be a location based process. This is so because most examinations taken, be it school exams or other external examinations, are taken at specific selected locations. If exams are to be taken in a school like Ashesi University for instance, there is a time table drawn which includes a course, date, time and place of the exam. The processes that precede it include typing and photocopying of questions which can use up a lot of paper, time and space ...
Abstract Ashesi University College recently acquired a TurtleBot1 robotic platform to experiment with service robotics on campus. This platform runs the Robotics Operating System (ROS)2 for developing robotics applications. This MOLAM project (Motion, Localization And Mapping) sought to build a fundamental framework that extends ROS functionalities on a TurtleBot to navigate autonomously around the Ashesi campus in Berekuso. The focus of this project was to extend the ROS enabled functionalit...
Abstract Virtual Lab is a virtual machine management system that seeks to streamline the process of creating, editing and deploying virtual machines onto a set of computers. Many universities already use virtualization to enable their computer science students to do practical work. In some of these universities, the deployment and management of virtual machines is done manually. Virtual Lab automates this process so that faculty can focus on more useful tasks.
Abstract In Ghana, many media houses, both radio and television, have sprung up and thus have increased the level of competition amongst them. Advertisement is one area where media houses try to have an edge over their competitors. Some media houses advertise their programs in newspapers whiles others do so on billboards. However these methods of advertisement are expensive and media houses cannot do it as often. Media houses also advertise programs that involve the participation of viewers a...
Abstract In our world today, we see the evolution of the communication paradigms all with the aim of ensuring a quick and quality way of passing information from one subject to another in different locations. Currently, with the advent of the internet, many efforts are being made to make communication socially immersive; in a way that the person you are communicating with feels naturally close to you. With the inclusion of visual data like pictures, emoticons and videos, people are able to re...
ABSTRACT The use of computers has become one of the most common activities in Ghana today. With the wide variety of possible uses that exists for these complex electronic systems, it is no wonder that most of the commercial industries that exist today implement its uses one way or another. There however exist other alternatives to PC use which if explored could pave the way to greater productivity. In most restaurants that exist today, various methods are used to receive orders from customers...
ABSTRACT One key tool for navigation is a map; it helps users to identify locations and features of a particular area. Anecdotally, Google Maps is one of the most commonly used navigation tools. Google Maps indicates the specific locations of a user and gives possible routes to a desired destination. Among the features indicated on the map are roads. They show where to move from one point to the other; but the map provides no indication of road surface quality. In some countries such as Ghana...
Abstract The current digitization of music and the sheer volume of the musical content available to listeners on local devices, such as mobile phones and IPod has been revolutionary. This trend has changed the way humans interact and experience their music. Music listeners can listen to their songs on the move. The most recent trend in the music industry is that users can organize and search for their songs based on emotions. However, most users have to manually create their playlists for par...
ABSTRACT At the beginning of every semester, the registrar at Ashesi University goes through the laborious task of either manually or semi-automatically developing a course schedule. Very often, after the schedule has been developed, conflicts are realized in the various schedules. Conflicts are categorized into student, lecturer and room conflicts. An open source software, FET was recently used by the university to help develop schedules for the courses. This project is an attempt to review ...
Abstract MicroFin is a web and mobile IT solution for microfinance companies which support the core businesses of these institutions. Over the years microfinance firms have become an essential financial instrument for alleviating poverty in order to promote sustainable economic growth in Ghana. More importantly, there is the need for IT solutions to give the industry players competitive advantage. MicroFin provides user friendly applications for susu collection, record tracking, savings and l...
Abstract Many people make use of electronic devices such as personal computers, laptops, cameras, mobile phones, gaming consoles, and a whole range of electronic devices to make their lives much more productive, entertaining and also to bring about significant change in the world. Just as the population of people who do so is increasing at a geometrical rate, so also is the rate of theft or loss of those devices, and more times than often, there is always a slim chance of recovering those los...
Abstract Community health nurses of the CHPS program find themselves operating in remote environments sometimes, and are cut off from the training sessions and specialist interaction that colleagues in urban areas are exposed to. This means for them that they are unable to provide quality healthcare to the communities they serve in some instances. Because of this, there is little faith in the program by the community members who tend to travel long distances to urban areas, where they believe...
ABSTRACT The internet has become an unavoidable tool for development and communication in Ghana and so it is ignorant to avoid the increasing disregard for ethics and privacy on the internet and the lack of awareness of how our data and personal information are protected. This thesis research is aimed at gathering information on the awareness of Ghanaian internet users on these issues and making recommendations for software and application developers and policy makers on these issues.