Here are additional project possibilities for Fall 2018.
The problem: Students notice problems with facilities, landscaping, lighting, as well as opportunities for improvement to the UHM campus all the time. While there is a campus hotline number that students could call to report these problems, this is old fashioned, time consuming, and feels like talking into a “black hole”. For all these reasons, students won’t typically use it.
The solution: Design a web app that, once a student logs in once, allows them to report a problem or enhancement idea in less than 10 seconds of effort. The page would have a pull-down list of possible problem types, the urgency of the request, the location, and a short field with which the student can provide a description.
In addition, the app provides a feed of recently reported problems. Students noticing the same problem can select a feed entry and augment the description with additional info. This also serves as a “vote” from the student to address the issue.
Each problem report would be time stamped and the administration can access the user’s email as a contact person for further information.
When facilities or other campus personnel respond to a problem, they can mark it as resolved. Students can reopen issues if they were not resolved to their satisfaction.
As a “special sauce”, use the phone’s geolocation features to automtically identify the location of the problem based upon the student’s current location.
If you pick this project, you cannot name your app “UHM Problem Hotline”.
The problem: The paper map and directory used by students at the career fair is incredibly outdated. One page shows a map of the numbered tables with an index connecting the company names to the numbers. Another page shows all of the companies in attendance, what they do and positions they are offering to UH students. The last page shows all of the different industries and the companies with departments in those respective industries. This matching process creates a headache for students and is detrimental to the career fair experience. It’s just crazy!
The solution: Provide an interactive web application that connects all the previously mentioned information for a career fair. In addition, allow students to provide feedback and comments on their experience with employers in real time to the site.
As “special sauce”, provide a real-time feed of student comments made into the app during the career fair. This can be used to inform everyone when, for example, a particular table is handing out cool swag.
If you pick this project, you cannot name your app “Career Fair Plus”.
The problem: The UH Department of Sustainability does not have an efficient method of recording, storing, and visualizing the data they collect.
The solution: An app that streamlines the recording, storing, and visualization of waste audit data.
If you pick this project, you cannot name your app “Waste Audit App”.