UC Campus Visit Scheduler
The campus visit scheduling application is an interactive tool that prospective students use to make a visit appointment online. The user picks his or her major of interest and is presented with a calendar of available dates to choose from. Based on the user’s selections, the system builds a customized schedule based on availability in real time. Try it online now.
When the user finalizes his or her appointment, the wizard prints a barcoded confirmation sheet. The prospective student brings this sheet to campus and checks in with it. Front desk staff need only zap the barcode for the system to capture accurate tracking data.
This web-based front end is only a small part of the event planning, registration, and tracking system I designed. The system replaced a cumbersome series of manual tasks and Excel-based tracking procedures the office had been using.
The ‘behind-the-scenes’ applications all run on the desktop. They allow staff to manage and track the event schedule (such as on-campus events, off-campus college fairs, and high school visits), look at and edit registration, do efficient data entry, and check students in.
The web registration wizard was written in Notepad and makes heavy use of JavaScript and AJAX. It is compatible with all major browsers. The server-side components were written in VB/ASP; the system runs against a Microsoft SQL Server database. The administrative desktop applications were written in Microsoft Visual Studio using VB.NET and C#.