BMOBI

bMobi for Android is a senior project of Information Systems Engineering seniors Sinan Deniz, Ilkin Artuc and Zekeriya Demir.

History

bMobi for Android is developed by being inspired from iPhone's bMobi application for Binghamton University. bMobi application is first released by Blackboard for iPhone user in Binghamton University. Then Blackberry version of the application is released. In late 2010, the Blackboard released the first version of bMobi for Android for Binghamton University. In this version only limited number of applications are presented to the users:

• DIRECTORY
• ATHLETICS
• COURSES
• MAPS
• NEWS

bMobi for Android

bMobi for Android is an application that gives an access to Binghamton University information you want. The application user will be able to;

• Find contact information
• Access to Athletics
• Look for Events
• Read about the News
• Look for Courses
• See the Daily Photo
• Watch Binghamton University videos on YouTube
• Access to Blackboard at Binghamton University

bMobi for Android has 8 main features that will help Android users to access any Binghamton University information they want. These 8 main categories are;

• DIRECTORY
• ATHLETICS
• EVENTS
• NEWS
• COURSES
• IMAGES
• VIDEOS
• BLACKBOARD @BU

DIRECTORY

bMobi for Android helps Android users to find any contact information about Binghamton University faculty, staff and students. Using the related search results the user is able to send an email to any contact. The DIRECTORY application includes 3 main screens;

• Search Interface
• Search Results
• Result Details

Search Interface

• This screen is the main screen that comes up when the DIRECTORY application is opened.
• It includes two EditText controls and a Button control that will enable the users to make a search.
• In the first EditText control which is under the "First Name" label the user will enter the first name of the contact that he/she looks for.
• In the second EditText control which is under the "Last Name" label the user will enter the last name of the contact that he/she looks for.
• After the EditText controls are filled the user should click on the "Search the Directory" button to start the search process.

Search Results

• This screen is related with showing the search results.
• The search results, if exist any, are shown in this screen.
• ListView control is used while presenting the search results to the user.

Result Details

• This screen is related with the detailed information for the contact that is chosen from the Search Results interface.
• If the search result is a faculty member/staff;

     - Name 
     - Directory Number
     - Title
     - Location
     - Department Name
     - Email

information of the faculty member/staff is shown on the screen.

• If the search result is a student;

     - Name 
     - Email

information of the student is shown on the screen.

• If the user wants to send an email to any of the contacts, the user just need to click on the email address of the desired contact and he/she will be directed to the "Send Email" screen and will be able to send an email to this person.

ATHLETICS

bMobi for Android enables Android user to access Binghamton University Athletics. The users are able to read sports news both for men' and women' teams, access schedules, and see late-breaking news. The ATHLETICS application includes the following main screens;

• Athletics Screen
• Men and Women Categories
• News and Scores
• Schedules

Athletics Screen

• This screen is the main screen that comes up when the ATHLETICS application is started.
• It has three main categories, listed on ListView control, named;

   - Men
   - Women
   - Schedules

Men and Women Categories

• Since the Men and Women categories are similar, I will explain only Men category.
• When the user clicks on Men category, the related activity is run and Men' sports categories are shown;

   - Baseball
   - Basketball
   - Cross Country
   - Golf
   - Lacrosse
   - Soccer
   - Swimming and Diving
   - Tennis
   - Track and Field
   - Wrestling

News and Scores

• After the user clicks on Men, the related sports categories are shown as explained above.
• If the user wants to read news or view the scores about Men's Basketball team, the user need to clicks on Basketball part.
• After click on Basketball part, two related parts are listed, named;

   - News
   - Scores

• If the user wants to read news about Men's Basketball team, the user needs to click on News part, and news headers related to Men's basketball

team is listed on ListView control. If the user clicks on one of the news header, the news related with this header is viewed on WebView control.

• Similarly, if the user wants to view scores about Men's Basketball team, the user needs to click on Scores part, and score headers related to Men's basketball team is listed on ListView control. If the user clicks on one of the score header, the score news related with this header is viewed on WebView control.