Android Application BITS NOW - a campus portal for wireless devices to cater the "on-the-move needs" of students and faculty. Implemented Google Cloud Messaging.

1. BITS now
Campus Portal for Wireless
Devices
Anand Goyal, Shiladitya Mandal, Kaustav Ghosh, Omkar Hande

2. Overview

3. Common features for Faculty and Student
• My schedule – shows the schedule for the current day with room number and time
• My courses – shows this semester’s registered courses for the student/teachers
• Faculty List – shows the list of all the faculties department wise
• Course List – shows all the courses in the semester department wise
• Student search – Like SWD, searching student on the basis of either name, ID, hostel or room (at least one)
Student specific features
• Mess option
• Check faculty’s chamber availability
• Instant call or message to faculty
Faculty specific features
• Setting chamber availability
• Sending Instant messages to all the students registered in the course taught by that particular faculty.

4. Metrics
Measured using – ProjectCodeMeter Pro v1.26
JAVA
LLOC : 2096
Files : 26
PHP
LLOC: 961
Files: 28
Database
Size: 272 KB

5. User Functionality
Students

6. • Login – authentication
• Faculty – Chamber availability of the faculty
- redirecting on faculty home page, can browse
- Long click to call or send message
• Mess Option – choose mess and once selected, doesn’t allow the student to re-enter the option, opens at
particular time of month
• My schedule – shows today’s schedule with class time and room number
• Student search
Main Features

11. User Functionality
Faculty

12. Login – authentication
My courses – registered courses for the teacher for the current semester
Course List – All registered courses for the semester
Faculty list – List of all faculties department wise, faculties can see each other’s chamber availability status
Chamber Availability – Set / Unset the chamber availability tab, as per convenience.
Instant Messages – can send instant messages to all the students in his course
Main features

18. Background Services

19. Notification service
• Pull based service
• Service started every hour to check for classes next hour.
• Phone set to silent if there is class.
• Set to normal ringing mode if no class.

20. Google Cloud
Messaging

21. Start GCM registration
Get GCM regid
Message pushed to device
GCM Workflow

22. Testing
White box unit testing.
Framework: Android JUnit
ActivityInstrumentationTestCase2<ClassToTest>
Classes tested:
• LoginPage
• MessOption
• StudentSearch