Sugar Network/1.0/Todo

Smoke tests

Requirements

• Puno Sugar XO distribution on SD card or USB stick,
• Sugar Network SD cards, regular SD cards formated for using as a storage space for Sugar Network node servers.
• Repository with packages for master server.

All Users

1. User registration.

   To do:

   • on XO #1, open Users list in the Browser and make sure you don't see XO #2's user;
   • reflash XO #2 with Puno Sugar distribution;
   • start XO #2 and open the Browser.

   Expected results:

   • on XO #1, open Users list in the Browser and make sure you see XO #2's user.

2. Create a new Context.

   To do:

   • click Upload button in the Browser;
   • in popped up Journal objects chooser, select a .xo(l) bundle for Activity or Content Library that was not yet uploaded to the Network.

   Expected results:

   • new Context will be created and accessible in Contexts full list;
   • new Context will be accessible via Browser's search bar after some timeout;
   • if uploaded bundle has an inappropriate license, Browser should complain.

3. Update Version for the existing Context.

   To do:

   • click Upload button in the Browser;
   • in popped up Journal objects chooser, select a .xo(l) bundle with newer version.

   Expected results:

   • find the Context you uploaded new Version for;
   • make sure that version is exactly what was uploaded recently.
   • if uploaded bundle has an inappropriate license, Browser should complain.

4. Launch a Context.

   To do:

   • find the Context to activate;
   • click the Context's preview or Launch button.

   Expected results:

   • if Context is an Activity, it should be launched with;
   • if Context is a Content bundle, Browse Activity should be launched with the content of chosen bundle.

5. Initiate a discussion.

   To do:

   • chooses a Context in the Browser;
   • click button to create a new Question|Idea|Problem|Review and type the description.

   Expected results:

   • new Question|Idea|Problem|Review should appear at the bottom of the Context page;
   • new Question|Idea|Problem|Review should be findable from the Browser's search bar after some timeout.

6. Create a Solution for Question|Idea|Problem.

   To do:

   • Find a Question|Idea|Problem using Browser's search bar or selecting it from the Context;
   • click a button to create new Solution and type its description.

   Expected results:

   • new Solution should appear at the bottom of the Question|Idea|Problem page;
   • new Solution should be findable from the Browser's search bar after some timeout.

7. Share a Sugar Activity object, an Artifact.

   To do:

   • find the Context to share object of;
   • click the button and select the appropriate Journal object;

   Expected results:

   • new Artifact should appear at the bottom of the Artifacts page;
   • new Artifact should be findable from the Browser's search bar after some timeout.

8. Restore an Artifact.

   To do:

   • find an Context to restore Artifact of;
   • find an Artifact to restore;
   • click the Artifact preview;

   Expected results:

   • the chosen Context Activity should be launched with chosen Artifact.

9. Comment an object.

   To do:

   • find a Question|Idea|Problem|Solution|Review|Artifact in the Browser;
   • click the button to create new Comment and type its description.

   Expected results:

   • new Comment should appear at the bottom of selected Sugar Network object;
   • new Comment should be findable from the Browser's search bar after some timeout.

10. Vote/unvote for an object.

    To do:

    • find a Question|Idea|Problem|Solution|Review|Artifact|Context in the Browser;
    • click the star button.

    Expected results:

    • star for chosen object should be inverted after re-finding the same object;
    • the rating of chosen object should be increased/decreased by one.

11. Change the description of Context|Question|Idea|Problem|Review|Solution|Artifact.

    To do:

    • find an object to change its description;
    • click Edit button and change the description;
    • click Apply button

    Expected results:

    • object's description should be changed even after re-finding.
    • object should be findable, using newly typed description, from the Browser's search bar after some timeout.

12. Change the existing Artifact.

    To do:

    • find an Artifact to change;
    • click the button and select the appropriate Journal object;

    Expected results:

    • existing Artifact's preview should be changed;
    • clicking on Artifact will restore new Activity object.

13. Going offline.

    To do:

    • being connected to school server or Internet;
    • find the Context that should be accessible offline;
    • pin it to make the Context accessible offline.

    Expected results:

    • make sure you are not connected to the server anymore;
    • in the Browser, you should see only Contexts you pinned being connected;
    • all pinned Contexts should be launchable;
    • it should be possible to create new Question|Idea|Problem|Review|Artifact|Comment associated with pinned Contexts;
    • it should be possible to update Version for pinned Contexts;
    • it should be possible to create new Contexts by uploading bundles.

14. Going online.

    To do:

    • follow the Going online workflow and make as many as possible changes;

    Expected results:

    • make sure are connected to the server;
    • make sure that other people see all changes you made being offline.

School teachers

1. Turn regular XO to a Sugar Network server.

   To do:

   • reflash a XO #1 with Puno Sugar distribution;
   • attach Sugar Network SD card;
   • reboot the XO #1.

   Expected results:

   • after starting the Browser on XO #1, you should see the Sugar Network content initially placed to attached SD card;
   • reflash XO #2 with Puno Sugar distribution;
   • after rebooting XO #2; it should automatically connect to XO #1 via Adhoc;
   • the Browser on XO #2 should show the same Sugar Network content as on XO #1.

2. Switch Sugar Network server to a different XO.

   To do:

   • shutdown XO #1, the previous Sugar Network server;
   • unplug Sugar Network SD card from XO #1 and plugin it to XO #2 that is flashed to Puno Sugar distribution;
   • boot XO #2;
   • reboot all client XOs.

   Expected results:

   • after booting, Browsers on all client XOs should behave like Sugar Network server was not changed.

Chaski

• Chaskis can create a USB stick that will syncronize the

Technical support

1. Create Puno distribution XO image.

   TODO

2. Format Sugar Network SD card.

   TODO

Inventory of technical issues outside Client and Server

• How will students register with a teacher
• How will teachers turn their laptop into servers
• What are the constraints of the syncronization mechanism
• Patch to Journal for sharing in SN

Questions for expert

• Should students and teachers be clearly separated in the GUI?
• Should teachers track what their students do within the Network?
• Should teachers moderate what their students do within the Network?
• What kind of users' statistics will be useful for educators/researchers?
  See the current implementation of Australian request. The collected data are being stored in RRD format and might be represented in graphics.