(Logo created by me using Photoshop)
Introduction
Our app was an idea created by my teammate Hodan linking to her personal experience in finding a placement. She found that it was hard to find a media-related job. Please go to her blog post (Click Here) to read the Business plan for Shuplace Placement App and further developments are planned for the prototype while I will be focusing mainly on Tetrad, Data Management and Costings of the app.
(Video of Shuplace Placement app created by Adobe XD to show all its features)
(Janet, 2019)
Tetrad
(Nurul, 2007)
Marshall McLuhan developed the idea of using tetrads to apply a consistent mode of analysis to different media. Therefore, we used his effects model to create our app and generate positive and negative outcomes.
The “Shuplace placement app” enhances accessibility and convenience for the students. User Interface (UI) focuses on what users might need to do and ensuring the interface is easy to facilitate those actions. However, it makes particular mediums out-dated, obsolesces such as the UniHub platform and The Guardian Jobs where the platform used to offer work experiences and job opportunities to students. Also, this app would reverse personal security. In fact, at the touch of a button, it makes people easier to get all the information they want. Finally, it would retrieve work experience and job opportunities for students in higher education through invisible technologies.
Data Management
Through data management, we will get to know the best position to store the data in the database and provide a dashboard where we can see some basic information about user behaviour in the app. This app attempt at collecting data when the users create an account and provide data opportunities where we can obtain personal data. In fact, Google Sheets would be a useful feature to allow us to look into what data is going to collect and it is convenient and easy to use as everything is updated in real-time. The best part about Google Sheets is that it is free and it works on any device. For Data privacy follow the link to Hodan (Click Here)
Costings of the app
We have calculated the estimated costing of the app using “app cost calculator” at http://howmuchtomakeanapp.com and this could cost £36,400 to build our prototype. However, Shuplace Placement app will be free for users to download but students could pay £5 for premium access where they can get job alerts whenever there are updated jobs available and suitable for their profession. This money can then aid the further development of Shuplace Placement app which can increase user engagement and allow them to do quickly and efficiently with the interface.
Conclusion
Overall, these are the main parts I focus on my blog post. Shuplace Placement app would be a useful app of filtering jobs for the media student at different universities. Students would be able to search for jobs having all the tools in one place. For a better understanding of the business plan, usage of the app, research and data privacy, please go to Hodan’s blog post (Click Here)
References
1) Nurul, (2007). Retrieved 17 December 2019, from https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjv6ICry73mAhWMDWMBHb2XDuMQjRx6BAgBEAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnurulsyaqirahblogger.blogspot.com%2F2017%2F09%2Finterpretation-on-marshall-mcluhans.html&psig=AOvVaw1ubyW6ax_0g_MaGm1T-roB&ust=1576703216581464
2) Janet, (2019). Retrieved 17 December 2019, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBmqbW5zdEs
Janet Lee Ker Ming 