CONCLUSION

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The University of Nevada, Reno is host to a
large, dynamic campus, undergoing perpetual
growth. Such growth brings new buildings,
faculty, students and courses. Our team has
proposed an iPhone application (iPack) designed
to enhance the campus experience of students and
faculty at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR).
The application shall provide users with an
intuitive, mobile interface, which aids in
navigation of both the campus as well as various
directories of the university. iPack is designed
to essentially act as a small-scale version of
the iPhones native operating system (iPhone OS
X), incorporating several UNR-specific
sub-applications into a central user-interface.
UNR Life Courses Faculty Map
The UNR Life subsection consists of a news section, an events section, an an athletic section and several other UNR-related RSS feeds. The course index feature of iPack will consist of an interface, allowing users to search current course schedules and view information specific to each course such as time, location, instructor, description and prerequisites. The faculty directory in iPack shall allow users to view certain information about members of UNRs faculty (office location, current teaching schedule, contact information, etc.) in a searchable user-interface. iPacks map feature should function like a microcosmic version of the iPhones built-in Google Maps application, with GPS navigation and detailed mapping of UNRs campus. Specific locations and buildings shall be clearly marked and information about them stored.
CONCLUSION
FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
USER INTERFACE
The concept behind iPack contains myriad
potential for expansion beyond currently proposed
functionality. One can simply look at the UNR
website to obtain ideas for further development.
Future additions to the application could include
functionality for class registration, viewing of
course grades, payment of fees, feeds of
University-related news, and possibly even some
form of an interactive classroom application
analogous to Blackboard or Web CT.
CONCLUSION
iPack will benefit anyone who accesses the UNR
campus on a regular basis. Such a group would
consist mainly of students and faculty among a
few others. The application will provide iPhone
owners with a quick and easy way to look up
information on campus related things. Mobile
computing is an incredibly fast-growing field in
software engineering and the iPhone is currently
the ultimate symbol of progress in this field.
The familiarity gained through developing on both
the iPhone platform as well as under the Apple OS
X environment will most definitely prove to be a
valuable experience in the professional
development of team members.
Course Directory
Faculty Directory
Map
Home Screen
UNR LIfe
This project was developed in Spring 2009 as part
of the course CS426 Senior Projects