Dalhousie - DalBuddy

DalBuddy

The main use of DalBuddy is to allow students to find buddies from Dalhousie community to meet in a sport, social, car share, or academic activity.

Use-cases:

Sports: John just started his undergrad at Dalhousie. He does not have many friends at the moment. He wants to find someone to play Badminton with him. He sets the time and location that suites him in case any of Dalhousie students community is interested.

Study: Susan is having difficulty with studying for her Math 101 test. She books a room in the library and posts a Math 101 study event in the evening, and sends invitation to her friends Adam and Peter.

Car-Share: It is a stormy day. Dalhousie cancelled classes after 1:00 pm. Owen want to find if anyone can give him a ride to home in Beechville. He searches the Car Share events and finds that Ali can drop 3 people to Beechville.

Social: Tuesday is the movies night discount. Anh wants to find if anyone want to join him to watch an exciting movie. He posts an event and send invitations to his friends.

Other: Ishan lives in India. He will join Dahousie this fall. He knew about DalBuddy from Dalhousie website. He used it to find some fellow students to join him in the orientation day. He posted a general event and some students from the department he is going to attend responded.