This is an IOS app designed to connect students and mentors to discuss helpful tips regarding classes, professors, interviews and more.
- Category: Productivity, Education.
- Mobile: Designed for IOS.
- Story: This app functions as a way to connect students and mentors using threads and messaging to discuss helpful tips about classes.
- Market: Students ranging from high school through college.
- Habit: This app can be used multiple times a day whenever help is needed such as for homework, class registration, etc.
- Scope: First we will have a thread board users will be able to follow and comment in. Users can also create their own threads and navigate to user profiles to reach out and connect.
The following required functionality is completed:
- User can log in & register an account.
- User can create a profile containing classes taken, bio, classification, etc.
- [] Users can direct message other students and mentors
- [] Users can post on a discussion board about a class
The following bonus features are implemented:
- [] User can schedule meetings with other people
- Login
- User can login to their account
- Register
- User can set up profile information
- Messaging
- User can direct message mentors and other students
- Profile
- User can view authored threads and view personal info
- Discussion/Thread Board
- User can view threads and create new ones
Flow Navigation
- Login Screen => Thread Board (Stream Screen)
- Thread Board (Stream Screen) => Detail Screen / Creation Screen
- Creation Screen => Stream Screen / Detail Screen
- Detail Screen => Stream Screen
Tab Navigation
- Discussion Board
- Profile
- Messaging
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| objectId | String | unique id for the thread (default field) |
| author | Pointer to User | image author |
| image | File | image that user posts |
| title | String | title that user writes |
| commentsCount | Number | number of comments that has been posted to a thread |
| description | String | text description of the thread |
| createdAt | DateTime | date when post is created (default field) |
| updatedAt | DateTime | date when post is last updated (default field) |
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| username | String | username user chooses |
| name | String | actual name |
| image | File | profile image |
| password | String | password |
| String | email associated with account | |
| bio | String | biographic info |
| classification | String | year classification for user |
| school | String | name of school user is attending |
| major | String | user's major |
| classList | String List | list of classes taken |
- Profile Screen
- (Read/GET) Query all threads where user is author
- (Create/POST) Create a new thread
- (Delete) Delete existing thread
- Create Thread Screen
- (Create/POST) Create a new thread
- Home Screen
- (Read/GET) Query all threads user is following
- Messaging Screen
- (Read/GET) Query all recent user contacts & messages
- (Create) New text messages
Here's a walkthrough of implemented user stories: Sprint 1:
Sprint 2&3:
