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Register BYU

Keith Halterman edited this page Jan 9, 2015 · 47 revisions

Class registration at BYU is a huge pain

Takes an average of 46 clicks, 12 page refreshes, 5 new windows to register for 15 credits. Even harder to find the class you want The interface is confusing and annoying

The Solution

With a team of CS 428 students we built RegisterBYU.com.

Average of 15 clicks, 0 page refreshes, 0 new windows to register for 15 credits.

Features

  • Quick and intuitive interface
  • Easily search catalog
  • Register for classes
  • Shows conflicts in schedule
  • Link to RateMyProfessor
  • Elastic load balancing keeps the website lightning fast This semester we launched and had over 11,000 page views. We've been working with the Registrar's office and OIT to get the system adopted by the University.

Built in AngularJS with a Java back-end

Currently hosted on AWS with elastic load balancing. (Amazon is sponsoring the project by giving us unlimited free AWS)

Work to be done

  • Modify for mobile
  • Show classes that meet graduation requirements
  • Support multiple semesters
  • Add links to Syllabus
  • 4 year planning
  • Brainstorm and make the registration experience even better

People Interested

  • Contact Keith Halterman - keithhalterman@gmail.com
  • Mario Garcia
  • Andrew Hyte
  • Dan Bunker
  • Joseph Hoehne
  • Sean Muir
  • Joseph Lyon

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