📌 ECU Scholar - Project Overview

A student-made solution to streamline university life at my faculty.
This project was built to address common frustrations students face due to the lack of a proper mobile application.

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🔍 Problems & Solutions

Each section describes a problem I faced as a student and how I addressed it in ECU Scholar.

📅 Problem: Complicated University Schedule

Issue:

• The university provides a general schedule for all groups in my faculty.
• Students must manually find their group and subjects each semester, which is time-consuming and confusing.
• Mistakes in reading the schedule lead to missing lectures or incorrect timings.

My Solution:
✅ Fetch student schedules directly from the university website.
✅ Display only the student's relevant schedule, eliminating the need to search manually.
✅ Clean and readable UI, making it easy to check daily and weekly schedules.

📷 Before & After Images:

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📚 Problem: Learning Content Spread in Multiple Places

Issue:

• Lecture notes, tutorials, and lab materials are scattered across different platforms.
• Professors often send files in WhatsApp group chats, making them hard to find later.
• The university website has learning materials but isn't mobile-friendly.

My Solution:
✅ Centralized Content Tab in the app for all learning materials.
✅ Categorized by Lectures, Tutorials, and Labs, so students can quickly access what they need.
✅ Mobile-friendly display, unlike the university’s website.

📷 Content Tab:

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📝 Problem: No Proper Task Management for Students

Issue:

• Students struggle to keep track of assignments, deadlines, and tasks.
• Many rely on notes apps or WhatsApp messages, which lack structure and reminders.

My Solution:
✅ To-Do Tab where students can add tasks and set due dates.
✅ Organized interface for managing academic responsibilities.
✅ Potential future enhancement: Reminders/notifications for upcoming deadlines.

📷 To-Do Tab

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📊 Problem: No Mobile Access to Student Grades & Profile Info

Issue:

• Students can only check grades via the university website, which isn't mobile-friendly.
• No easy way to view personal academic details (e.g., ID, faculty, major).

My Solution:
✅ Profile Tab displaying:

• Student name, ID, faculty, major, and degree
• Semester grades in an easy-to-read format
  ✅ Potential future enhancement: GPA calculation & progress tracking.

📷 Before & After Images:

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🛠 Future Enhancements

💡 Push notifications for schedule updates & deadlines
💡 Dark mode for better readability
💡 AI-powered chatbot for FAQs

🚀 NFC-Based Attendance System

Problem:

• Currently, TAs call out student names manually and mark attendance, which is time-consuming and exhausting.

Planned Solution:
✅ Each TA will have an NFC tag.
✅ Students with the app installed scan the NFC tag to mark attendance.
✅ The app automatically records the student’s name & ID in an Excel sheet.
✅ The attendance record is easily accessible by the TA, making the process faster and more efficient.

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📥 TA Content Uploading from Mobile

Problem:

• TAs have expressed that it would be much easier for them to upload content from their mobile phones rather than a desktop.

Planned Solution:
✅ Implementing a TA-accessible section in the app where they can upload lecture slides, notes, and assignments directly from their mobile devices.

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🚀 Making Student & TAs Life Easier!

With ECU Scholar, I'm working to create a seamless university experience for students and teaching assistants alike. The goal is to simplify academic life by centralizing schedules, learning materials, tasks, and attendance in a mobile-first experience.

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