Project Description:
Our awesome client, Gretchen McCallister, Ph.D., works hard to
coordinate the C & I Ph.D. program and ensure that proper educators
emerge from the program. A masters graduate student has 8 years to
complete a plethora of milestones until they reach candidacy:
- 60 graduate level course units
- A Qualifying Research Paper
- Two Comprehensive Exams
- Other Professional Development
- Dissertation
Currently, all the graduate students' completed milestones
are being stored locally on one computer. If a graduate student
wants to inquire about a completed milestone, they must email the
faculty member managing all the local data which can be a time
consuming and stressful interaction for both parties involved.
Team What's Up Doc is aiming to alleviate the stress of both
students and faculty by creating a faculty accessible desktop app
intended for data entry that will ultimately interface with each
graduate student through an intuitive and approachable website
application. Through this website application, graduate students
will have access to instant feedback on their progress in the Ph.D.
program and be able to view milestones in progress, view milestones
completed and receive notes of encouragement along the way.