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Registration Alert System (RAS)
Project Description by
Mark Bryant
Garron Moore
The UW Student’s Dilemma
• The current registration system has no
waiting list
• A significant percentage of students
eventually drop out of full classes
• Students trying to get into classes have to
constantly check the UW registration site to
look for openings
RAS Operational Concept
• Users sign up for alerts or automatic
registration via a web interface
• Active processes continuously check the
status of the desired course
• When an opening in the course appears, an
alert is sent to the user or they are
automatically registered
RAS System Requirements
1. Web Interface
•
Login, set preferences, create profiles, etc…
2. Email Notification
3. Mobile Notification
•
Via text messaging, and/or a mobile
registration application
4. Automatic Registration
Tentative System Architecture
Stakeholders
• Now: Developers
• Soon: UW Students
• Future: Minimal Support Staff
Feasible?
• Simple design
– More time to focus on robustness
• Automatic Registration?
– Security concerns
• Mobile registration application?
– Depends on number of developers, available
time, etc…
• High load issues
JOIN US!
• Use your skills to integrate multiple
technologies in one system
• Be involved on a project that will eventually
have a user base of thousands of UW
Students
• Leave your legacy at the University of
Washington