Campus Connect Client 🎓

Campus Connect is a role-based desktop GUI application designed to streamline campus interactions among Admins, Faculty, and Students. Built using Java AWT/Swing, it offers modular dashboards, event management, notice boards, and feedback systems — ideal for second-year DBMS/PBL projects.

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📦 Setup Guide

To get started with the CampusConnect Client, check out the SETUP.md for full installation and configuration instructions.

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🚀 Features

• 🔐 Login System with role-based redirection (Admin, Faculty, Student)
• 🗂️ Modular Dashboards for each role
  • Admin: Manage events, Post notices, View feedback
  • Faculty: Post notices, Post Events, View/submit feedback
  • Student: View notices/events, submit feedback
• 📢 Notice Board with role-based posting
• 📅 Event Manager & Viewer
• 💬 Feedback Panel with role-aware access
• ✅ Designed for clarity, modularity, and 3rd Normal Form (3NF) DBMS compliance

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🛠️ Technologies Used

• Java AWT/Swing for GUI
• MySQL for backend database
• JDBC for database connectivity
• GitHub for version control and collaboration

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📦 Folder Structure

frontend/
└── src/
    └── main/
        ├── CampusConnect.java
        └── ui/
            ├── LoginScreen.java
            ├── AdminDashboard.java
            ├── FacultyDashboard.java
            ├── StudentDashboard.java
            ├── NoticeBoard.java
            ├── FeedbackPanel.java
            ├── EventManager.java
            └── EventViewer.java

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🧩 Database Schema (3 -Normal Forms) [under Development..]

• users(user_id, username, password, role)
• feedback(feedback_id, user_id, feedback_text, submitted_at)
• notices(notice_id, posted_by, notice_text, posted_at)
• events(event_id, title, description, created_by, created_at)

All tables are normalized to Third Normal Form (3NF) for DBMS compliance.

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🧪 Setup Instructions

1. Clone the repo:

   git clone https://github.com/CampusConnectHub/campus-connect-client.git

2. Add MySQL Connector/J .jar to your classpath

3. Create the MySQL database:

   CREATE DATABASE campusconnect;

4. Run CampusConnect.java to launch the GUI

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📚 Academic Scope

This project is designed for:

• DBMS Lab (3NF schema design)
• PBL (Project-Based Learning)
• Java GUI development
• Full-stack integration (Java + MySQL)

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📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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🤝 Contributors

• Rishit Ghosh, Shaik Zaheer Abbas (Lead Developer)
• Md. Abdul Rayain
• Sitha Sai Kumar
• CampusConnectHub Team

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🌐 Repository

Campus Connect Client on GitHub