University Room Reservation System

Project Overview

The University Room Reservation System is a web application that facilitates room reservations and management for university users. It offers two user types: clients (students and faculty) and admins (administrative staff). Users can create accounts, log in, and perform various actions based on their roles.

Login Page

• Users can log in with existing accounts or create new ones.
• Required information for account creation:
  • First and last name
  • Email address
  • Password
  • Account type (client/admin)

Client Panel

• Logged-in client users access this panel.
• Logging out redirects users to the login page.
• Key pages/menus within the client panel include:

Profile Page

• Displays client profile information.

Rooms Page

• Lists all available rooms (not reservations).
• Allows searching/filtering rooms by date availability, projector availability, speaker system availability, etc.
• Enables marking rooms as favorites.
• Allows room reservation, including:
  • Reservation date and time (start and end times).
  • Reservation type (meeting/exam/classroom).
  • Number of attendees.
  • Reservation notes (special requests such as refreshments).
• Sends a confirmation email after reservation.
• Allows clients to provide feedback after using a room.

Reservations Page

• Displays both past and future reservations with detailed information.
• Allows modification/cancellation of future reservations.

Favorite Rooms Page

• Displays all favorited rooms.
• Allows room reservation directly from this page.

Messages Page

• Allows clients to send messages to admins regarding reservations.
• Displays incoming and outgoing messages to/from admins.
• Supports replying to incoming messages.
• Allows message deletion.

Admin Panel

• Logged-in admin users access this panel.
• Logging out redirects users to the login page.
• Key pages/menus within the admin panel include:

Profile Page

• Displays admin profile information.

Rooms Page

• Lists all rooms (not reservations).
• Allows filtering rooms by utilities (e.g., projector, speaker system).
• Enables changing room status (available/unavailable).
• Allows adding new rooms with the following details:
  • Room number
  • Room floor
  • Room capacity
  • Room utilities (e.g., projector, microphone).

Reservations Page

• Lists all room reservations and their details.
• Supports modification/cancellation of room reservations due to issues.

Messages Page

• Allows admins to send messages to clients regarding their reservations.
• Displays incoming and outgoing messages to/from clients.
• Supports replying to incoming messages.
• Allows message deletion.

Implementation

• Develop a web application using appropriate web technologies (e.g., HTML, CSS, JavaScript, a backend framework like Django, Ruby on Rails, or Express.js).
• Implement user authentication and session management for secure login/logout.
• Create database schemas to store user profiles, rooms, reservations, and messages.
• Develop interactive pages for profile management, room listing, reservation, feedback, and messaging.
• Implement filtering, searching, and sorting functionalities where needed.
• Set up email notifications for reservation confirmations.
• Ensure data validation and error handling.
• Deploy the application on a web server.