Project: Bugle



Making a Difference Just Got Easier!

Bugle is a mobile website that helps bridge the disconnect between volunteers and volunteering organizations. It provides a platform for volunteers interested to participate in volunteering events that suit their interests. It also helps organizations searching for the enthusiastic volunteers who share their passion.

Features:

  • Mobile website – works on both iOS and Android.
  • Users can sign up and create a profile using their email, or they can Sign up using their Google account (extra credit).
  • Users can create profiles by adding user details and a short description about themselves.
  • Organizations can host new volunteering events.
  • Volunteers can view organization profiles.
  • Volunteers can view different volunteering events categorized by Organizations and apply for events that they are interested in.
  • Organizations can view profiles of volunteers who have applied to their events.
  • Organizers can view a list of volunteers who have applied and approve/reject volunteers.
  • Google Maps Integration for adding and viewing event locations (extra credit).
  • Real time Chats for volunteers to communicate with organizers and other volunteers for an event.


Unfinished Work:
None.


Future Work:
  • Integration with Been Verified for background verification.
  • Profile Rating system and adding Profile Pictures in User profile.
  • Facebook integration (sharing events to Facebook and Login using Facebook).
  • Push Notifications for chat messages on mobile devices.
  • Email verification and Captcha integration to enable password reset using email.

Team:
Sumit Srivastava, Pooja Gosavi, Sachin Kumar, Shyam Ramakrishnan, Cameron Harris, Lin Zhu, Nida Syed.


Live Website (mobile website): Bugle
Sample Users:
Organization- email: org1@org.com, password: o1
Volunteer- email: usr1@vol.com, password: v1


Video Demo (YouTube video): Bugle Demo


GitHub: Bugle