Design and Implement a Web-Based Learning System to Provide E-learning in the University of Basrah During Crises

In response to the COVID-19 crisis and government strategies of quarantine, bans on gatherings, or even a complete lockdown, many schools and universities transferred from traditional face-to-face learning to online remote learning. This increased the need to develop web- or mobile-based applications to support e-learning requirements. Moreover, the need for providing academic institutions with platforms that manage e-lectures and e-exams during the pandemic or any other crises like wars and disasters.This paper provides a web-based learning system that controls course content in the University of Basrah in Iraq. The proposed e-learning system has several features, such as playing video lectures beside text lectures, providing online quizzes, and creating e-certificates. The system was developed according to the agile software development method with the Scrum technique and using HTML, CSS, PHP programming language, with MySQL for its database. In addition, the suggested e-learning system includes three authorized users: administrator, teacher, and students. Finally, an evaluation session was conducted to measure the usability and effectiveness of the system. The results showed that incorporating video lectures and e-quizzes into the e-learning system enhanced students’ engagement and improved the interaction between students and teachers during the pandemic.