BITS Course Management Tool

The project aims at replacing the current FTP based Academic Server used for hosting all the course material with a online http based applcation. Things like uploading course material, email , grade analysis will be done through it.

Cerebrum:
The project aims at making a web site on which project reports can be uploaded. The collection of these project reports from respective departments is also a part of this project. The project reports will include those submitted by students as a part of their COP, LOP, SOP, PPL, BPL, CPL or Special Project. Quark/Apogee project abstracts (if reports are not available) can also be uploaded.

BITS Yearbook - Melange 2004 Online Website:
The BITS YEarbook website is online and running successfully to collect yearbook data for the outgoing batch students. The website is developed and managed by: PrakharPrakash (ID : 2005T6PS435).

Glimpses 2007:
The project aims at continuing the Glimpses 2006 project to develop the updated version of Glimpses in the form of CD.

Maintaining Details of CoPs done as Courses:
The project aims at continuing the Glimpses 2006 project to develop the updated version of Glimpses in the form of CD.

BITS oLive (BITS Online Archive):
The project aims at developing an Orkut-like networking portal for BITS, Pilani students containing all public information regarding any student/faculty/alumni for central organized storage and easy retrieval by everyone from anywhere in the world. The data will be fed in by students on campus and by passouts/trainees from their respective work destinations. The project aims at providing access to information about anyone associated with BITS at every other person’s fingertips.

Event Scheduler 2007:
The web-based system will ensure that all student/faculty events that are planned in the campus get listed on this system to let others know as well as to make sure no other event gets scheduled for that time slot. The ARC can book directly or update events/booking of LTs or classrooms on this central website and hence, the clash of timings and days for major events can be avoided. The system can be checked by students for a free slot before booking a venue on a particular day.

BITS RSS Feeds:
The RSS Feed server from BITS, Pilani – Goa Campus that enables people interested in receiving news updates from the campus, to get it right on their desktops or email inboxes.

BITS Virtual Crossroads:
The online marketplace of the campus where students can buy and sell items to/from each other. Institute publications like the extra CDs, DVDs, Magazines, old library books/magazines for sale as well as student items like hostel t-shirts, event t-shirts, computers, accessories, used books etc can be auctioned/sold and bought.

Faculty Attendance Service:
Faculty members can mark their attendances from their cubicle itself without coming to the room to sign off against their names.

Technical Support for Events:
CSD in addition to individual projects also supports events in technical issues. For example:
Waves 2007
Quark 2007
International Workshop on Biosensors 2007.