I’m really proud to say that the UGA Key is back online at UGAKey.com. The Key is a database of grades given out in University of Georgia courses since 1999.

The Key was originally published by UGA’s Office of Institutional Effectiveness, but was taken down in March of 2006 (for the full history, see here). The University of Georgia Student Government Association originally did not fight to keep The Key online, but later told students they had worked with the University to ensure that The Key would be made available to the student body by SGA.

The Key was never fully put online by SGA. Parts of The Key were placed online at three different websites, each with a different format, thus incredibly hard to use and be useful.

I worked with my two friends, Noah Mink and Paul Ruddle, to put The Key back online in a usable form. I think it can be considered the first web app any of us has created, and I think it has turned out pretty well.

So, if you have been wondering why I have been quiet lately (here and in my offline life), it is because I have been putting this together.

Here’s the press release regarding the new website:
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