Running Head: MARYNET MARYNET 2MARYNET Table of contents 1. Introduction 2. MU Alerts App 3. MU alerts 3.1 input 4. 3.1.1 Students Download the App 3.1.2 Students Report Suspicious Activity Meal plan App 4.1 Input 4.1.1 Student Adds Credit/Debit and Chooses Amount 4.1.2 Student Clicks on Pay 4.2 Output process 5. 4.2.1 Student Account is credited 4.2.2 QR Code is shown for Cashier to Scan and Deduct from Account Conclusion 3MARYNET Marynet 1.0 Introduction Marymount University offers many tools to its students; however, most of those tools are outdated and require improvements. If modern day technology is used that could make students and faculty lives more comfortable. In this paper, I will focus on analyzing MU alerts, and MU meal plans to see what they offer, detect any flaws that the software has, and in what ways I could help to make this two software useful and more helpful to students and faculty. MU Alerts is a text-messaging and e-mail system that enables Marymount to notify members of the campus community quickly in the event of an emergency. It’s a helpful tool, which needs improvement to benefit all stakeholders who are the students and faculty members. Users, for instance, can easily miss a text message and an e-mail if MU is closing due to a weather condition. Similarly, in the event where a text message or an e-mail is sent, there is a big chance that students and faculty won’t check the alert hence being misinformed. 2.0 MU Alerts App MU should design an app that could bring so much to the table and help students and faculty stay alert and on track. The app should comprise both IOS and Android. Students can log in to the app to check if there is an upcoming alert or event. For example, if someday MU decides to do a Fire drill or an Active Shooter drill students can see that through the app when and where will the drill take place or happen, even if the students or faculty didn’t check the app, it will send a notification to their phone which will pop-up on their home screen. That guarantees more than %99 of the users who will have the app downloaded have seen the notification and are informed of what’s about to happen. 4MARYNET 3.0 MU alerts On the same note, there are more ways of helping MU alerts evolve and become better. One of the techniques include MU allowing students to help out and make the campus a safer place for everyone, and this would roll out similarly like the app. MU alerts could give the students a possibility to report any suspicious activity done in-campus. If the software is appropriately designed everything should run smoothly. 3.1 input 3.1.1 Students Download the App The input and output process for the two ideas would be simple. To sign in to the app is with the student/faculty MU account, and the app works like a blog, homepage divided into multiple section weather, drills, and holidays after down loading. 3.1.2 Students Report Suspicious Activity The way students see it is like canvas announcements, once they're in the homepage they’ll see a small preview, and after clicking it they see the full details to that drill, and the suspicious activity is a button located at the top right corner once the user clicks the button it will transfer him/her into another page, and the user can submit a ticket to the suspicious activity that was seen in campus, once submitted, the MU alerts team reviews the ticket and then decide whether to send an alert to the students or not. 4.0 Meal plan App The meal plans at MU needs a lot of changes mainly because there isn’t a user-friendly software that helps the students navigate their plan. The first problem is that MU doesn’t have a specific website for the meal plans, the only thing that was found in their website was just the pricing for the meal plans, MU could invest in their meal plans with a software that gives the 5MARYNET students options and persuade student to see that the meal plan is a savvy choice and the easiest way to go about it is with a software that shows students the options they have. 4.1 Input 4.1.1 Student Adds Credit/Debit and Chooses Amount On the other hand instead of offering annually fees for students to pay there should be an app designed for that show the same. The most common device used by students is their mobile phones. The app so be easy and user interface should be easy such that students are able to monitor their accounts balance by a click of a button. The main goal of the app is to provide comfort to its users and make their lives easier. 4.1.2 Student Clicks on Pay The first thing that the app provides is instead of paying annually students can add money to their accounts whenever they decide to buy a meal, all they have to do is add a debit or a credit to their account and when the student is going to buy a meal all they have to do is click on the (add money) button and the amount that the student decided to put will be in his account, once he proceeds to the cashier the student can click on the Pay button which will show a QR code on his mobile device and the cashier can scan that code and deduct the amount of money for his meal. 4.2 Output process 4.2.1 Student Account is credited In addition, MU could show students that using this app is rewarding for example for every purchase the app adds a certain amount of points depending on how much money was spent after the student reaches a certain amount of points the app sends a notification showing the student that he could claim a free reward, the free reward could be something as simple as 6MARYNET cupcake, chips, or a free drink. Also, students can send each other gift cards throughout the app, this feature will be used a lot between friends and it could make the process of using the app entertaining. Therefore, MU should use this feature to encourage its student to use the app. 4.2.2 QR Code is shown for Cashier to Scan and Deduct from Account The input and output process for this app is as the following, the app is a single page that shows today’s menu and at the bottom right corner there is a button that shows the balance in the account once clicked on the user is offered two choices pay and reload, if pay is chosen then the user is transferred to a QR code for the cashier to scan and deduct from the account balance, if reload is chosen then the user is transferred to another page where he/she has the option of the amount to add to the account and which debit/credit the user wishes to use, the reward claim is similar to the pay option, once the user has enough points he/she can click on (claim reward) and the QR code will show for the cashier to scan, for gift card the user could chose the amount of money he/she wishes to send and that amount will be deducted from the account balance, after the purchase is done the user can enter the recipient’s email for him/her to receive their gift. 5.0 Conclusion In conclusion people today mostly use apps and if universities use that tool to their advantage that could provide a lot of help to students and faculty. It’s evident that application work more effectively than sites. Therefore there is a need to invest in a good infrastructure which will not only help students and the faculty but also make activities more efficient. The MU alerts app brings recognition to students and safety to the campus, The MU meal plans helps students save and manage their money and it provides easier ways of paying for their meals and provides rewards for the MU users. 7MARYNET MU Alerts App Input Students Download the App Output Students Receive Alerts Students Report Suspicious Activity Students Receive Warning Alerts MU Meal Plans Input Output Student Adds Credit/Debit and Chooses Student Account is Credited Amount Student Clicks on Pay QR Code is Shown for Cashier to Scan and Deduct from Account
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