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Mission Statement

Our mission as college students during this pandemic is to make resources readily available to several children and adults across societies facing mental health, family, and personal issues during a difficult time like this. We are working with Sunshine Prevention Center in efforts to increase interactive activities on their  website. We are currently working on transforming “Javier’s Sister: A Family’s Struggle with Drug Addiction”, written by Dr. Carol Carter, into an interactive eBook readily available to all along with animations, activities, and interactive design. In addition, if time permits, we would love to brainstorm a few ideas for other interactive activities for the center.

About Our Team Members

Jahangir Riaz 

Junior at Stony Brook University

Admin Role in Team: Leader

Dev Role in Team: Presentation Layer + Network Layer

Contact Info: jahangir.riaz@stonybrook.edu

 

Andrew Tam

Junior at Stony Brook University

Admin Role in Team: Researcher

Dev Role in Team: Logic Layer + Network Layer

Contact Info: andrew.tam@stonybrook.edu

 

Nusrat Ria 

Senior at Stony Brook University

Admin Role in Team: Secretary

Dev Role in Team: Presentation Layer + Network Layer

Contact Info: nusrat.ria@stonybrook.edu

 

About Our Client

Dr. Carol Carter 

C.P.P., CEO/Co-founder of Sunshine 

Contact Info: shine1@optonline.net or 631-476-3099

It was, and is, Carol’s belief that prevention should be the first step in the war against drug and alcohol abuse for our children.  Carol became a co-founder of Sunshine due to her personal experiences with the effects of alcohol and drug addiction on her family and to be an advocate for the children facing these problems. Carol completed her graduate work in October 1998 through Nova Southeastern University earning a Master’s of Science degree.  In 2005 Carol earned her Doctorate of Education with her concentration in youth and family administration.  Carol also received her degree as an alcoholism counselor in 1994. in 2000 Carol earned her C.P.P. Credential (Credentialed Prevention Professional) through OASAS (NYS Office of Alcohol & Substance Abuse Services).  Carol handles all the administrative duties for Sunshine.  She works directly with all staff to ensure that the Sunshine Philosophy and Mission are being followed.  Carol continues to use her life experiences as her motivation for running Sunshine.  Her goal is to provide hope and inspiration to others.

Project Meeting #3

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Meeting Date: March 25, 2021

Meeting Time: 4:20 PM – 5:00 PM

Meeting Duration: 40 minutes

Place of Meeting: Zoom

Members in Attendance: Jahangir Riaz, Andrew Tam, Nusrat Ria

Milestones Established

  • Discussed the work that has already been started or completed, and established the work that has yet to be started.
  • Established each member’s role + assignment.
  • Wire Flow:
    • Will be created by Nusrat.
    • Is in the process of being developed using Lucidchart.
    • Will be using the Sunshine Prevention Center website that already exists as a wireframe since it is the website that the eBook will be uploaded on.
    • We will be unable to show all interactive activities being added to the eBook since there are too many pages in “Javier’s Sister: A Family’s Struggle with Drug Addiction”, so we will only show a few elements:
      • Buttons used to flip pages in the eBook.
      • Audio player with background music being played automatically.
      • Buttons that users can click on to play and engage in interactive activities.
      • Some activities we plan on adding: Breathing Exercises to Reduce Stress and Anxiety, Word Search Game, Comprehension Questions.
  • UI Mockup/Wireframe: 
    • Will be created by Jahangir and Andrew.
    • Will be developed using Figma.
    • Will also Sunshine Prevention Center website as a blueprint because it is where the eBook will be uploaded.
  • Will not be developing a Database Schema as our project will not require the implementation of databases.

Project Meeting #2

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Meeting Date: March 11, 2021

Meeting Time: 4:30 PM – 5:18 PM

Meeting Duration: 48 minutes

Place of Meeting: Zoom

Members in Attendance: Jahangir Riaz, Andrew Tam, Nusrat Ria, Dr. Carol Carter,                                                 Professor Anthony Scarlatos

Milestones Established

    • Held a meeting with Dr. Carter, who talked about how she would go to rehab centers like Seafield Center, have discussions with rehab patients about drug and alcohol addictions, read her books aloud, and even distribute some of her books to the patients. COVID-19 has hindered her ability to do this which is why she would like to put her book “Javier’s Sister: A Family’s Struggle with Drug Addiction” on the Sunshine Prevention Center website and have it accessible to more people during the pandemic.
    • Dr. Carter explained the message she wants to send through her book “Javier’s Sister: A Family’s Struggle with Drug Addiction”. She wants to relay the message:” We all have rainy days, but the sun will shine again.”
    • We discussed how we could upload the eBook onto the Sunshine Prevention Center website and also make it interactive for users.
      • Add background music to the eBook.
      • Dr. Carter can do voiceovers by reading out the dialog in the book, and we can add the audio to its respective page in the eBook.
      • Add visual effects and animations to specific aspects of the eBook to make it interactive and appealing to younger children.
      • Ask questions such as “What do you think about what you read?” or “How do you think this character should respond?” to the reader every couple of pages in order to make sure that the user is comprehending the material being presented.
    • Asked Dr. Carter about the demographic of this book.
      • As this book is a illustrated book with colorful images, it is mostly aimed at younger children (1st graders – 6th graders).
      • However, it is available for everyone as older readers such as teenagers and adults have found this book helpful. It helps them figure out how to approach the subject of drug addiction.
      • There isn’t one, singular socioeconomic group, gender, race, or ethic group that this book is aimed at. People of every type of social, cultural, financial, and age group is affected by drug addiction. Therefore, it is aimed at the general public.
    • Established that Dr. Carter will upload the PDF version of “Javier’s Sister: A Family’s Struggle with Drug Addiction”, the song titled “One Day the Sun Will Shine Again”, character pictures, and any other additional materials will be uploaded to the Google Drive Directory shared with her.
    • Team members will begin to work on the Use Cases/Personas, as well as Technology Assessment.

Project Meeting #1

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Meeting Date: March 2, 2021

Meeting Time: 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM

Meeting Duration: 30 minutes

Place of Meeting: Zoom

Members in Attendance: Jahangir Riaz, Andrew Tam, Nusrat Ria

Milestones Established

  • Established each members role in the team
    • Jahangir: Leader, in charge of Presentation & Network Layer
    • Andrew: Researcher, in charge of Logic & Network Layer
    • Nusrat: Secretary, in charge of Presentation & Network Layer
      • As all members are unsure of what the Network Layer entails and of our own networking skills, we decided to work on the Network Layer together.
  • Discussed Nusrat’s secretary responsibilities, and agreed to have the project website and Google Drive directory set up and running by the end of this week, March 5, 2021.
  • Agreed to hold a team meeting at least once each week for 30 minutes – one hour depending on the amount of work we have to plan out or have already completed.
  • Wrote and sent an email to Carol Carter from the Sunshine Prevention Center:
    • informing her about our team and that we have been assigned to assist her
    • asked her about her contact information
    • asked for further details about the project she has in mind
    • asked to meet via Zoom if possible
    • asked to provide a few sentences about herself that we can post on the project website under “About Our Client”.