1. Registration Alert System (RAS)
Project Description by
Mark Bryant
Garron Moore

2. The UW Student’s Dilemma
The current registration system has no waiting list
A significant percentage of students eventually drop out of full classes
Students trying to get into classes have to constantly check the UW registration site to look for openings

3. RAS Operational Concept
Users sign up for alerts or automatic registration via a web interface
Active processes continuously check the status of the desired course
When an opening in the course appears, an alert is sent to the user or they are automatically registered

4. RAS System Requirements
Web Interface
Login, set preferences, create profiles, etc…
Notification
Mobile Notification
Via text messaging, and/or a mobile registration application
Automatic Registration

5. Tentative System Architecture

6. Stakeholders Now: Developers Soon: UW Students
Future: Minimal Support Staff

7. Feasible? Simple design Automatic Registration?
More time to focus on robustness
Automatic Registration?
Security concerns
Mobile registration application?
Depends on number of developers, available time, etc…
High load issues

8. JOIN US!
Use your skills to integrate multiple technologies in one system
Be involved on a project that will eventually have a user base of thousands of UW Students
Leave your legacy at the University of Washington