Our team was approached by the Design department at York University to create a new platform for their equipment rental program. The solution, called Toolbox, allows an easy equipment booking process for both students and staff, while creating a more informed and organized management system for administrators. Vimeo

The Problem

The YSDN equipment rental program at York University allows students to select and rent out equipment to help complete projects requiring additional resources such as cameras, tripods and audio equipment. However, this system and process has yet to be digitalized, resulting in confusion policies, ineffective methods of enforcement, and unreported damage to equipment. As a group, we were tasked with creating a digitalized system for not only the students to book online, but also help the staff (also called lab monitors) and administrators easily oversee and run the program.

The Solution

Toolbox is a fully online web platform designed for the YSDN program that allows an easy equipment booking process for students, a smoother check in and checkout experience for staff, and a more informed and easily run equipment system for administrators. The platform allows students to book items online in advance of pickup, eases the checkout and return flows for lab monitors, and creates an efficient and standardized system to ensure all equipment is accounted for administrators.

Toolbox Complete Walkthrough

If curious about Toolbox's full functionality, the video above is a walkthrough for the full platform. For full use cases and more animated flows of this project, please visit my portfolio!