The prototype is an app which is based on a community voting system:
[[File:Bild4.png|frame|center|Bild4.png]] ==== How to participate<br/> ==== Every student, staff or professor can log in with their university account and participate. Important is the inclusion of every member at the university. After logging in one has the possibility to post an idea or a problem which is bothering them on campus. Differing from “We don´t have a space for personal projects” to “University Mensa is to crowded to eat between lectures” and “I want to build a makerspace!”. The different ideas or problems are then listed in a feed and are presented to the community.When scrolling through the feed, the user can upvote oder downvote postings or comment them. ==== Not alone<br/> ====
The advantages are that people are not “alone” with their problems and when getting support from the community a highly voted problem might start a change making project.
==== Indicator<br/> ====
On the other side, it is a good indicator for decision makers what the actual atmosphere at the campus is.
==== Moderator<br/> ====
Important to mention is that the feed is moderated in order to maintain on a friendly basis, hence the platform does not become a place of hate speech.
==== Incentive<br/> ==== To incentivise the user a '''points account ''' is introduced which tracks their activity. For students, a good participation might then rewarded with credit points at the end of their studies.
=== Different categories:<br/> ===
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'''Problem:''' Identified problems on the campus -> Outcome: What bothers the university?
[[File:Bild2.svg|frame|center|Bild2.svg]]'''Idea: '''Ideas to solve or to improve -> Outcome: Source of innovative ideas for further projects
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'''Q&A: '''Asking question to experienced students -> Outcome: Collection of answers which help students improving their studies.