Course Management System

Web-based course analysis and resource management system built with PHP and MySQL.

Overview

This project provides a lightweight academic/course operations dashboard with login, course and resource management, and usage tracking workflows.

Core Features

• Session-based authentication and role-aware access
• Course and resource creation flows
• Course-resource linking
• Dashboard and usage tracking views
• SQL schema provided for initial database setup

Tech Stack

• PHP
• MySQL
• HTML/CSS (Tailwind via CDN in UI pages)

Project Structure

• index.php - login entry page
• dashboard.php - authenticated landing page
• includes/ - shared backend utilities (including DB config)
• sql/schema.sql - database schema

Setup

1. Create a MySQL database.
2. Import sql/schema.sql.
3. Configure database credentials in includes/db.php.
4. Serve the project with Apache/PHP (e.g., XAMPP, Bitnami, or LAMP).
5. Open index.php in your browser.

Security Notes

• Keep database credentials out of source control.
• Use HTTPS and secure session settings in production.
• Rotate any leaked credentials immediately.