“You-PASS”

The challenge our app defeats is overcrowding in school hallways, and becoming tardy because of it. This is a big problem in our community because where the 6th graders are housed, the hallways are tighter than the main building, causing major hall congestion, eventually leading to students being late. So, we came up with a solution. You-PASS is an app where students can request a late-pass from teachers in the building for many reasons, the main one being hallway congestion. Our app has a few other features that are equally as important such as: Crowded Percentage : This tells you how crowded the hallway is, and if it’s safe or even useful to leave the classroom. Expired passes : This allows students, teachers, and even parents to reflect on how many times they needed a pass, causing them to brainstorm ideas on how to use passes less.
Creating this app was a long, and thoughtful process. Here are the steps we took in creating You-PASS:
Interview people in the community & thinking about our past experiences as students.
Decide on an issue in the community and create a rough outline of the app and its purpose.
Create multiple and different types of wireframes.
Add other features based off peer feedback.
Make sure students can’t exploit the app / look for flaws
Create a logo.
If we had the opportunity to make You-PASS a reality in schools, we would start by installing motion-sensing cameras to detect how crowded the halls are at a given time. Then, we would be contacting teachers at our school who specialize in Computer Science to teach us how to code. Lastly, we would send a message out to students, teachers, and parents informing them off the new app and how to use i