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The SCOUR Project

The SCOUR Project. Search Contents Of Union’s Registry. Presentation Outline. Main Objectives System Overview and Purpose SCOUR USE Functionality Current State of Project Future Work. Main Objectives.

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The SCOUR Project

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  1. The SCOUR Project Search Contents Of Union’s Registry

  2. Presentation Outline • Main Objectives • System Overview and Purpose • SCOUR • USE • Functionality • Current State of Project • Future Work

  3. Main Objectives • Create an efficient system to facilitate scheduling meetings within the Union College Community • Successfully implement SCOUR into the Union College Community • SCOUR must be extremely stable and able to recover from a unpreventable crash

  4. Current System • Doesn’t exist! • Professors must e-mail students and correlate an appropriate meeting time • Current process can take hours

  5. Benefits of an Electronic Scheduling System • Saves time and aggravation • Provides one medium for scheduling meetings rather than many different processes

  6. System Overview • Composed of two different programs • SCOUR- a program that parses Union’s class roster pages and creates a database • USE- a program that allows users to schedule meetings and search SCOUR (search contents of union’s registry)

  7. SCOUR – Purpose • Create a database based on the results of scouring through union’s class roster web pages • Should run automatically with little or no human interaction • Constantly run in order to keep database up to date with current class schedules • Will provide vast amounts of data that can be used for various queries • Class Roster Pages

  8. USE- Purpose • USE is a web-based application that allows users to interact with the SCOUR database • Allows users to interact without any knowledge of SQL • Comfortable GUI for computer illiterate users • Example

  9. Functional Requirements • Reliable database system • Back-up system if primary server goes down • Backbone of my project • Up to date information • Easy to use web interface • Intuitive navigation

  10. Queries • Stored Procedures • Look up a students schedule • Find an optimal meeting time for a group of users • Find an open class room and reserve a time • Must implement with current system • Print a transcript with out grades • Endless Possibilities • Can search to see if anyone has the same class schedule as you, etc. • Find a list of students who have already taken a class you are in

  11. Technology Implemented • Red Hat Linux • Java SDK 1.4.01 • Applets • ACME GIF Encoder • MySQL • PHP

  12. Current State of Project • SCOUR complete • All the data can be obtained through SQL queries • Thoroughly tested and all the bugs have been worked out • Slow query problems solved with more advanced indexing system • Average query time .01 seconds

  13. Current State of Project (cont.) • Currently working on USE system • Successfully implemented raster graphics to display complicated query results • Need to work on developing more queries to interact with the database • Graphical • Text Based

  14. Future Work • Database can serve as backbone for online advising system • Contains information on classes taken and gened credit • Can serve as an e-mail host • Teacher and students can send out e-mails to other users in a certain class • Serve as an online calendar for users • Calendar like interface • Would help users manage time

  15. Conclusion • For the system to be fully functional and efficient • SCOUR must be up to date • Users must accept it and make it their primary way of scheduling • Must interact with other systems successfully such as Union’s web pages and room scheduling • Union’s web pages must be correct and current • Must be reliable and fast

  16. Questions? • Any comments or suggestions about SCOUR or USE? • Any comments or suggestions about presentation? • Thank you for your time

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