NOTICE: GroupConnect is being transitioned to Open Source!

After long consideration, our team has decided to open source GroupConnect as our project comes to the end of its current development cycle. If you want to add to or fork from GroupConnect, the project repository is available at: Github

What is GroupConnect?

With the rise of social media, we have created a web of connections among one another that is more complex than anything ever seen by humankind. We have grown in connectivity; however, we have lost a sense of privacy, of individuality, and of identity. GroupConnect aims to solve these issues by acting as an ‘Anti-Social Social Media’. GroupConnect is a private, invite-only social media platform where users can share their memories with their families and groups of close friends. GroupConnect aims to create a sense of identity for users online with dynamically created data visualizations to summarize connections in groups.

Whether you are looking to create a group for your family, friends, or loved ones, GroupConnect is perfect for you. GroupConnect allows users to create customizable groups where they can invite others to join. On these group pages, members of the groups are able to post a wide range of different media including text, audio, images, or video. We aim to create a safe place for groups and families to save protect these precious artifact so that not a single memory will be lost.

GroupConnect prides itself on its high-grade security and privacy features. We understand that these memories and experiences mean a lot to you so we treat it the same way by encrypting all data posted within groups. We want our users to feel like their data and their privacy is protected; and we aim to acheive that everyday.

If you want a safe place to post your valuable memories so that they can be passed on and never lost, use the most trusted and most safe choice, use GroupConnect and relive your experiences.

Link to MVP of Our Produt:

GroupConnect

Screenshots of GroupConnect:

Homepage Screenshot

Key Features:

Here are some key features our product offers:

Group View

Group View

View all the groups you're a part of in a grid!

Recent Posts Feed

Recent Feed

View a feed of recent posts for the groups you're a part of!

Timeline

Timeline

View a historical timeline of memories and events that a group has posted!

Map View

Map View

View a map that contains the locations of media and events your group has uploaded!

Slideshow

Slideshow

View a slideshow of all the pictures and events your group has posted!

About Us

This project is a part of the Capstone Project course at the University of Washington Information School.

Jarett

Jarett L Lund-Hopkins,
PM / Full-Stack Developer
jarettlh@uw.edu

Akaash

Akaash Shah,
Full-Stack Developer
akaash19@uw.edu

Seth

Seth Anderson,
Full-Stack Developer
sda8@uw.edu

Marco

Marco A Punio,
Cloud Architect / UX Engineer
marpunio@uw.edu