Bucca-near-U

Bucca-near-u, this was a great app, that thought about the safety of students. What was great is that we got to see a somewhat functioning app though it would have been nice if we could have downloaded it and seen it work from our phone, it was still very cool. The group did a great job of conveying their information, statistic and other facts. The stats on campus crime levels was disturbing and even though CBU is a relatively safe campus it does not exempt if from being susceptible to crimes. The group thought about the safety of other students and created something that I think could be used on campuses worldwide. With just a changing the setting to where ever you are, this could be a future feature that you might be able to download different campuses to the map. I thought the GPS feature was amazing just having the app on your phone could make you feel safer. Also being able to report crimes anonymously was also a great feature, simply because you may be frighten of the consequences or just wanting to help out with our being known. I feel like the interaction with the campus security is a great feature, but that the email might need 24 hour operation to ensure safety. I feel the group presentation was one of the best ideas in class it thought about technology, about safety, and about staying user friendly. The great thing about the app is that it not to complicated that anyone would be able to use it. In the future I could see the app evolving to add contacts that could be contacting if the user found themselves in an unfriendly environment but not a dangerous one that would require police involvement. The great thing about this is that this is an app that could be full functional today and could be downloaded and put into affect today. The main things it need to be fully functional is not a programing that is not available yet, it is something that could be developed and released today. I truly hope that on Saturday when this group is giving their presentation that they are able to have a working app that everyone can try on their phone. I also hope that they are able to get their message out there and people are able to see all of the positives that they were able to convey in class. Good luck Guys..