This project was chosen in order to address an issue which I personally struggled with, which is choosing a college/university course. Course Critic a website is aimed at anyone who is preparing to enter third-level education and having difficulty finding a course that is suited to them. Rather than rely on the college/university to describe the course, these prospective students can visit the Course Critic website and look at the honest feedback from students who have experienced the course first-hand.
The reviews are broken down into several categories such as difficulty, inclusion, and career opportunities. Studies have shown that in Ireland, roughly 1 in every 4 college students will drop out of their course before completion. This can be largely attributed to a lack of available, objective information. The process of finding the right course can be extremely stressful, time-consuming, and can involve having to use several sources of information.
Course Critic looks to ease the stress of this process and offer students a one-stop-shop for all they need to know about a course so they can make an informed decision without the stress. Several requirements elicitation techniques were utilised to gather feedback from the stakeholders of this project which are used to shape the contents and features of the website. The data that was collected from students was visualised through Talend to ensure it was as easily comprehensible as possible.
Acer Swift Laptop, MS Teams, Dropbox to backup project related files and content, Draw.io to create website wireframes, Talend to visualise data, Survey Monkey to create surveys, MS PowerPoint for presentations, MS Excel for storing collected data, MS Wor
On track for first class honours (1.1) in Technology Management with great desire to further my career in Consulting/Business Analysis. Led team of 5 to first place in Dell’s 2021 “Dragon’s Den” Competition. Holder of FETAC level 5 certificates in Multimedia and Physiotherapy Assistance.
3 years’ experience working in retail while completing my bachelor’s degree. Volunteer basketball coach, experienced working with variety of demographics. Academic Experience in creating data regression models, using predictive data modelling, and analysing data mining algorithms.
Seeking graduate opportunities in business analysis, project management and consulting.