UniNotes Study Platform | Joseph Wathika

The problem

University study materials are frequently scattered across chats, personal drives, and unstructured folders. Students need a predictable way to find material by institution structure while contributors need controlled upload and account workflows.

What I built

UniNotes is a Django application that models schools, departments, courses, units, notes, and users. It includes authenticated contribution flows, password recovery templates, admin-assisted CSV upload, search-friendly pages, migrations, tests, sitemaps, and a GitHub deployment workflow.

Engineering decisions

Domain-based models mirror how students actually navigate from a school to a unit and its resources.
Django authentication provides a mature foundation for account and contribution flows.
Server-rendered pages keep the interface simple and usable without a complex client application.
Migrations and a deployment workflow make changes more repeatable than manual updates.
Sitemaps and structured routes improve discovery for a content-heavy product.

What this demonstrates

Full-stack ownership, domain modelling, authentication, content management, Django delivery, and the ability to turn a familiar user problem into a maintainable product structure.

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