WPI’s project-based learning curriculum frequently requires students to collect primary data through surveys. This task can present challenges due to the lack of a centralized platform for survey distribution. To address this problem, our team developed a prototype WPI Project Engagement Portal (WPI PEP) using Mendix, a low-code application development platform. The WPI PEP aims to facilitate survey distribution for student projects, allowing WPI students to collect high-quality data and contribute to their peers’ academic endeavors by responding to surveys. Our project details the planning, analysis, and development process of creating the prototype WPI PEP along with a set of next steps that offer guidance for future work on the portal. As part of an interdisciplinary Professional Writing MQP, one student created an accompanying marketing plan for the WPI PEP following a literature review of marketing plan research, an analysis of sample marketing plans, and a survey of WPI students to identify effective communication channels and engagement incentives.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• McLaughlin, Caroline
• Fox, Brian

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042424-160105
• 121553

Keyword

• Project Engagement Portal
• Marketing plan
• Management Information Systems
• Professional Writing
• Low code

Advisor

• Lewis, Kevin
• Fontenot, Kara
• Ryan, Jim

Year

• 2024

Date created

• 2024-04-24

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Management Information Systems

Source

• E-project-042424-160105

Rights statement

• In Copyright