Though things have been somewhat inactive these last few months, we’re still working to slowly upgrade some things with BUSIPlus. We have some smaller projects we’re going to take care of at this time, which will help us speed up administration of the site. Some of the things we have in mind are:

  • Upgraded Email System: We will be making modifications to the way we send out announcements in order to decrease the load on our email servers and get you messages faster. This is now necessary as we can no longer post messages to the B-Line. As part of this effort, we will also provide the ability for users to opt out of email notifications. In order to do this, please make sure to add busiplus@gmail.com to your address book so the messages don’t get marked as spam.
  • Banner Schedule Updates: One of the remaining items left from our upgrade this spring is to setup an efficient course updater. This will hopefully allow us to increase the frequency at which we update enrollments.
  • User System Upgrade: As the number of BUSIPlus users has grown steadily, the organizational structures we created are getting a bit clunky. We will revamp this so we can support expected growth throughout the years. As part of this, we will begin collecting graduation dates from users so we can clean out old accounts. Improving this part of BUSIPlus will also allow us to perform efficient data backups.
  • Login Page Overhaul: One of our goals for the coming months is to upgrade the BUSIPlus site with a new interface with a sleek look that still keeps page load times down. The first phase in this will be to update the login page with an improved layout. In addition, we will provide information for first-time users about BUSIPlus.

Is there anything we’ve missed that you’d like to see? Let us know. We will try to perform these tasks as soon as we can, and aim to perform much of the work over the summer to minimize disruptions. Hopefully, by taking care of the above, BUSIPlus will have the first part of a much-needed upgrade in order to ensure its viability in the coming years.