Inheritance 2020

VJTI CONNECT APP

Team name: SOFTWARE CHASERS

Team members

  • SAMINA ATTARI - sameenaattari7860@gmail.com
  • VRIDDHI GUPTA - vriddhigupta898@gmail.com
  • KRISHNA ASHER- krishnaashar20@gmail.com
  • SHREYANSH SHARMA- shreyansh238hwr@gmail.com

Mentors

  • ATHARVA THORVE
  • SEJAL AGGRAWAL

Project Description

  • Outline of the Project: This projects concentrates on the latest updates about the academic and extracurricular activities of VJTI.It also helps you caculate your CGPA and helps you to connect with your teachers through a virtual classroom.
    • Working of the Project:The main features of the VJTI Connect are:
    • Academic Section: The academic section is divided into four parts for First to Fourth Year and further each year is divided for each branches.Each part consist of: * The Timetable of the respective branch(Downloadable). * The syllabus for the respective branch(Downloadable). * A section for uploading grades and displaying them. * A virtual classroom for connecting with the teacher and also posting study material.
    • The CGPA Calculator: The CGPA calculator helps you calculate your cgpa for the semsister based on your grades and credit.It also saves all your CGPA semister wise.
    • Events: The apps gives you information about the latest events organized by various committees like Technovanza,Pratibimb,Ranghawardan,E-cell and Enthusia.
    • Clubs: The apps gives you information about the various clubs of VJTI which are COC, DLA, Aero ,Racing ,IEEE, SRA.
    • E-Resources: This section provide you wwith all the recommended books and study material ,for all the students of all the four years of various branches,compiled in a single place.

OUR GITHUB REPOSITORY AND DRIVE LINK:-

Technology stack

Tools and technologies that you learnt and used in the project.

  1. Java
  2. Firebase
  3. Android Studio

Project Setup

  1. JAVA JDK DOWNLOAD :- For coding in java initially setup the jdk environment . For installing jdk you can visit JDK SETUP .

  2. ANDROID STUDIO:- For setting up android studio environment you can visit the Android Studio Website. You can visit Android Studio Website

  3. FIREBASE:-Firebase storage setup on the app. You can visit this website Firebase Website to know how to setup firebase storage on your app.

Usage

  • After setting up the project we first install it on the device with the help of run option in android studio.After that we created an APK of our app so that it can be installed in various other devices as well.
  • The user can first install the app on the device.
  • The user can use this app to know more about VJTI,it’s latest updates about fests,clubs,etc.
  • The user can click on academic section provided on the dashboard to see timetable,syllabus,grade list of their respective years and branches.
  • Also there is a login feature where user has to enter the username and password provided to them by us. This is to avoid any outer disturbance in the academic section of VJTI.
  • User can use classroom to clear their doubts with teachers .After clicking on classroom,user can create it’s own chatroom of respective subjects.
  • Chatroom can be used to send and receive messages. With this, user(teacher) can upload study materials and assignments by clicking on assignment button provided in the chatroom itself .
  • CGPA calculator is available on the dashboard and clicking on that the user will be directed to the page where they can calculate their pointers and also save that for respective semesters.
  • E-resources can be found on the dashboard,from there user can go to its particular year and branch and get pdfs and past year question papers to refer during exams.

Applications

  • The app focuses on minimising the distance between the college and the students.
  • This app can be useful for people who want to know more about VJTI through its events and clubs.
  • The grade lists which are send on WhatsApp groups, gets misplaced sometimes or sometimes students can’t find it. So for that we have made a separate section for uploading grades in all years and in all branches . So the teacher can upload the grades directly on the app which will make it easier for students since there would be a grade list for each subject at one place.
  • Timetables and syllabus are downloadable so the students can view it whenever they want and they don’t have go through their WhatsApp pdfs to search for timetable or syllabus.
  • Students hesitating to ask doubts to teachers in class can ask here in the chatroom. Also we have provided option to upload assignments and study materials so that everything is in one place.
  • CGPA calculator will be very useful for students to calculate their pointers and also save that for respective semesters making it easy to have all the pointers of all semester at one place.
  • Application of E-resources is to make book pdfs and past year question papers available for students to study and refer during their exams. Each year have their own E-resources page where they can get and upload pdfs and question papers.
  • Pdfs and question papers are downloadable as you click on it.

Future scope

We have decided to improve and implement the things below :-

  • Add a library section. To check the availability of books.
  • Add a news and notifications column.
  • Implement classroom in all the 4 Btech Academic years section.
  • Implement logins for all the academics sub sections.
  • Add a feedback and contact us part.

Screenshots and Taking a tiny view through the insights of the app:-

Hey All! Here we are giving you a trailer of what exactly our app looks like . Through the pictures you all will get a basic idea of the features of our app .

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