BCS$215$ Fall $2020$

Capstone Project Description

Project Title: College Student Time Management System

Business Requirements: The system manages and displays a college student's class schedule and assignments $($homework$)$ status. The objective of the application is to help the student efficiently manage his time in attending classes and doing course work.

The system should provide, at a minimum, class schedule lookup, incomplete assignments look up$,$ and assignments adding$/$updating functionalities.

It is a single$-$user application, not a multi$-$user application.

Technical Specifications:

General functional requirements:

The system includes two subsystems:

$1.$ Class schedule lookup

The class schedule may be based on date $($year$,$ month, date$)$ and time, or day$-$of$-$the$-$week $($Monday$,$ Tuesday, $...)$ and time.

$2.$ Homework management and lookup

The subsystem should provide "add", "update" functionalities. It is recommended that the system does not delete any assignment, but mark $$Completed$$ in the status of the assignment.

Detail functional requirements:

$1.$ Flowchart $(4$ points$)$

$2.$ Create two record files $(2$ point$)$:

$2\mathrm{.}1.$ A file contains class schedule $($time$,$ duration, date of the week,etc$)$

$2\mathrm{.}1\mathrm{.}1.$ Provide record layout

$2\mathrm{.}2.$ A file contains data of assignments$/$homework schedule and status

$2\mathrm{.}2\mathrm{.}1.$ Provide record layout $($See p$\mathrm{.}227$ textbook for more on record layout$)$

Fields may include: Due date$/$time$,$ Course, Difficulty level, Estimated time to complete, Status$($Open$,$ Completed$),$ etc.

$3.$ Create at least two bash shell script files: one acts as the main$()$ file where the program starts; the other acts as a library which contains all functions. $(4$ points$)$

$3\mathrm{.}1.$ If different students create different functions, instead of creating one library file, you may create several library files $($per student$).$

$4.$ Create at least four functions of the application. $(8$ points$)$

$5.$ Create a menu for lookup: $(2$ points$)$

$5\mathrm{.}1.$ Today$$s classes

$5\mathrm{.}2.$ Assignments due today

$5\mathrm{.}3.$ All incomplete assignments

$5\mathrm{.}4.$ Add an assignment $($consider creating an assignment ID$)$

$5\mathrm{.}5.$ Update an assignment $($You may need to update the assignment due date, status, etc.$)$

$5\mathrm{.}6....($if you want to add more$)$

Implementation suggestions:

$$ Standardizing date$/$time format

$$ Using $$clear$$ command to transit to next page$/$window

Extra credits:

$2$ extra credit for an excellent $($creativity$,$ professionalism$)$ GUI design

Group Presentation $(5$ points$)(15$ minutes per group$)$

General Guideline: Try to design a simple and easy$-$to$-$use system.

Submission requirements:

Please make a compressed file of the following files to submit.

$1.$ Team writeup $(3$ points$)$

a$.$ Team members

b$.$ Project Flow Chart

c$.$ Two record file layouts

d$.3$ screenshots of key application pages

$2.$ Bash Shell Scripts

$3.$ Two record files $($class schedule file, $($sample$)$ homework tracking file$)$

$4.$ Individual writeup $(2$ points$)$

Each member should write up a one$-$page document to describe his contribution to the project $($must include technical contribution$)$

a$.$ Design portion $($which part in the flow chart$)$ if applicable

b$.$ Coding portion $($what are the functions or statements$)$ if applicable

c$.$ Describe and explain your contributions