This week we discussed two polar topics: the greatest weakness of social media, privacy, and possibly one of the most helpful softwares, Excel. Both of these aspects can be applied to my idea to further enhance the performance of the application as well as its convenience and effectiveness. Paying special attention to privacy will assure users their information is safe from prying eyes, and the use of Excel can provide professors and students with quick and accurate data of grades and class statistics.
By ensuring privacy, more users will be feel comfortable using the application. Since GPA or grades in general is a topic some are very private about while others are open about, grades will remain private, and only private, much like on Blackboard. There will not be superfluous privacy options like on Facebook, where such options can get confusing and misleading. Grades will be private, personal messages will be private, and all other aspects such as assignment posts, daily to-dues (assignments due), etc. will remain visible to all who are enrolled in the same class as the user. Also, the user will have a username and password that allows them to access their courses. To ensure full privacy, the user will need to input their password after a certain period of time (ex. 4 hours), but they will not be logged out.
The other topic we discussed last week in class was Excel and spreadsheets. The obvious advantages can be seen in this software to be integrated with my app. It can be as obvious as using the spreadsheet and predetermined equations to calculate and keep updated the grades of each student. Functions such as the average function, and "if" conditions, can be used to easily calculate class averages and "pass" or "fail". Professors can also use Excel to organize and upload assignments and their due-dates, which the application and software will use to transfer the information to students in to-do form. All this can be combined into one Excel spreadsheet for easy organization for professors.
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