Meal Plan Manager Tyler Herzog Maia Kavoures Bryan Leuszler Carl Smith Matt Smith Jordan Ternes

The Assignment Do something... Together Strangers at first Use what you learn in class to benefit the students or society as a whole This should be an extension of the class Deadline – end of semester

Idea #1 Craigslist for students Dr. Steinberg advised to change projects – Too much work for one course Agreed with Dr. Steinberg

Idea #2 Dining Plan Evaluation? Dining Services lacks necessary tools for students Microsoft Excel Exact calculations Graphs Dynamic Representation

First Meetings The Idea Finished product

First Meetings Opened a communication channel – Established weekly meeting times Daily TO DO lists

Delegation Broke into groups Divided tasks between groups Based tasks on skill sets

Collaboration Already had contact via Utilized Dropbox tool Brought progress together

Challenges Formatting the data Learning Macros Working with graphs User friendly – instructions – Carl’s Video Working with Dining Services – October madness Data from Dining Services Understandable meal plan information Calculations on the formatted data Formatting via the macro

Testing Select target audience Self-tests Distributing project – 3 tiered testing – First friends, then random students Considered feedback for improvement

Future Aspirations Dynamic location adjustment Percent spent by location Self-sufficiency – incorporation with Dining Services