Context
This is the official Alumni Portal for Beijing City International School (my high school) that aims to support the connection between current students, withdrawn students, alumni, teachers. This is a collaborative project in which I was in charge of the UI design, while the other 3 alumni studying computer science are in charge of frontend coding and database coding.
The portal is currently used by over 100 alumni and 100 current high school students as a platform to build deeper connection through supporting and communicate with each other.
Launched in Apr.2023. Untill now, there are over 100+ alumni signup for the portal and 100+ current high school students start to use the portal.
Process
" Once a BCISer, Always a BCISer! "
But, there's no way to connect students who have left the school with each other. How can we maintain the long lasting connection?
Alumni data collection must be done manually using forms
Collected data is inserted into PowerSchool by a single teacher
When a student requests for connections, a query to the database is executed, and the result is downloaded as Excel and sent to the student via email
No one can see each other's information and build a connection
The original alumni data
Updated and complete alumni data
Alumni can access their data on their own, edit data, and sync to the PowerSchool alumni database.
Alumni data indexed and visible to BCIS community members
Active alumni members (volunteers) will be able to support students
A logistic system for alumni to engage with students
Recent design modifications
Impacts
