An Outlook on the University: Pacific Mobile
Format
SOECS Senior Project Demonstration
Faculty Mentor Name
Mike Canniff
Faculty Mentor Department
Computer Science
Abstract/Artist Statement
Abstract
The goal of this project is to create a mobile application of the Pacific website. Instead of the mobile version of the Pacific website, a user-friendly mobile application can be helpful for both students and faculty of the Pacific. The App will provide the class schedule, user-friendly map with building locations, parking spots on and off campus, and directions between buildings on the campus. Users should expect a simple and user-friendly Android mobile application with 4 main functions that are essential to Pacific students.
The mobile version of the pacific website is not as ‘easy’ to use on a mobile device. It takes several steps to just log-in to the website and access information that the user wants. Instead, making an application with one-touch access to specific information will be useful and time-efficient. One of the reasons that the mobile web was uncomfortable was that it took too much time just to access the schedule, or to find where a specific building was. New students and transfer students will have a hard time locating classrooms on the campus, as well as parking spots. In order to solve these problems, the application will provide easy and quick access to buildings, classrooms and parking spots on the campus.
Initially, the application was going to use the Pacific login information to access student’s schedules, but for testing purposes, we decided to use a manually-generated dummy student data, for testing purposes. The class information entered will generate the weekly schedule. For the campus map, the application will access Google Maps API to locate specific buildings on the campus, by just searching for its abbreviation or full name. The Google Maps API will also allow us to find parking lots closest to specific buildings, so that users will know the closest parking spots. Also, the closest route between two buildings or classrooms will be available by using the walking directions from Google Maps.
No data or research was required at this time, so there were no conclusions or results from such data.
Artist Statement
As a transfer student, I had a hard time locating buildings and classrooms at the beginning of the semester. The campus map was not easy to use and it was hard to actually find specific buildings on the campus. This motivated me to create a simple and easy map for students to locate places on the campus and also access available parking areas.
A simple and easy-to-use mobile application that includes only the essential functions that the user wants was our expectation for the project. It was our first time working with Android Studio and access to APIs, but we managed to work together to build our project.
Location
Virtual
Start Date
25-4-2020 2:00 PM
End Date
25-4-2020 4:00 PM
An Outlook on the University: Pacific Mobile
Virtual
Abstract
The goal of this project is to create a mobile application of the Pacific website. Instead of the mobile version of the Pacific website, a user-friendly mobile application can be helpful for both students and faculty of the Pacific. The App will provide the class schedule, user-friendly map with building locations, parking spots on and off campus, and directions between buildings on the campus. Users should expect a simple and user-friendly Android mobile application with 4 main functions that are essential to Pacific students.
The mobile version of the pacific website is not as ‘easy’ to use on a mobile device. It takes several steps to just log-in to the website and access information that the user wants. Instead, making an application with one-touch access to specific information will be useful and time-efficient. One of the reasons that the mobile web was uncomfortable was that it took too much time just to access the schedule, or to find where a specific building was. New students and transfer students will have a hard time locating classrooms on the campus, as well as parking spots. In order to solve these problems, the application will provide easy and quick access to buildings, classrooms and parking spots on the campus.
Initially, the application was going to use the Pacific login information to access student’s schedules, but for testing purposes, we decided to use a manually-generated dummy student data, for testing purposes. The class information entered will generate the weekly schedule. For the campus map, the application will access Google Maps API to locate specific buildings on the campus, by just searching for its abbreviation or full name. The Google Maps API will also allow us to find parking lots closest to specific buildings, so that users will know the closest parking spots. Also, the closest route between two buildings or classrooms will be available by using the walking directions from Google Maps.
No data or research was required at this time, so there were no conclusions or results from such data.
Artist Statement
As a transfer student, I had a hard time locating buildings and classrooms at the beginning of the semester. The campus map was not easy to use and it was hard to actually find specific buildings on the campus. This motivated me to create a simple and easy map for students to locate places on the campus and also access available parking areas.
A simple and easy-to-use mobile application that includes only the essential functions that the user wants was our expectation for the project. It was our first time working with Android Studio and access to APIs, but we managed to work together to build our project.