Social Information Portal for Russian University Students in the form of a Mobile Application "Зачёт"

Abstract

Relevance. The current direction in the development of the higher education system, set by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, is the digitalization of education. This determines the relevance of creating a social information portal for students of Russian universities.The purpose. Development of a mobile application for a social information portal for students of Russian universities with the ability to view information provided by the university within the electronic information and educational environment, as well as to provide the possibility of social interaction between students through the application.Methodology. When creating a software and information system, the Kotlin programming language, the XML markup language, was used.Results. The following features are implemented in the developed application: navigation in the menu, views of points, chats for communication, publication of news announcements in the feed, viewing the schedule, authorization, registration and setting up an account and application. When developing a social information portal for students of Russian universities, the following tasks were solved: implementation of a service for viewing scores in subjects at a university for students; implementation of the possibility of publishing and viewing ads within the application; implementation of the possibility of viewing the schedule of classes; implementation of the service of internal chats of the application and the possibility of communication between students and teachers; the ability to update the version of the application.Conclusion. In the course of the work, a social information portal was designed and implemented for students of Russian universities in the format of a mobile application. As a result of the tests, it was found that the software system fully meets the functional requirements.