Speaker: Pratikshya Rijal
Candidate for Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Science
Time: 3:10 PM
Place: Trustee Hall 216
Supervisor: Dr. Anthony Cassandra and Dr. James McGuffee
Title: Database Application for Events Calendar

Abstract: In this talk we will discuss the problems of, and a solution for, the existing static events calendar that is used by St. Edward’s University. Events Calendar is a web based calendar that lists all events taking place at St. Edward’s University in a year. The main problem with the previous calendar was that it was a static page, which required tedious and error-prone manual updating. There is only one person who is responsible to update the website and, as a result, it was difficult to provide up-to-date information. In order to solve these problems we created a dynamically generated calendar. This authoring tool allows the administrator to update information in an effective and efficient way. We also updated the administrative section of the website with a security system. These changes to the calendar resulted in a productive calendar system that benefits both the administrator and the user.