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Pop Quiz

2010-02-20T23:13:02Z

Cheezmeister: Why wasn't the icon being shown? Fixed that :)

{{Pop_Quiz/Navigation}}

[[Image:Icon.svg]]

PopQuiz is a tool primarily for teachers, to allow informal testing of students in real-time. The teacher poses questions to students on-the-fly, students answer over the mesh, and results are immediately gathered and displayed to the teacher. The application might have several [[#Alternative Use|other uses]] but pop quizzes are the main focus.

{{TOCright}}

==Group Members==
[[user:acj3840|Alex Jones]] Founder 
[[user:modell|Michael O'Dell]] User Interfaces 
[[user:Cheezmeister|Brendan Luchen]] UI/Integration 
[[user:bisserlis|Ben Isserlis]] Networking

==Recent Updates==
====2/13/10====
We made some rapid progress in networking and packaging. Current action items:
*Work out remaining kinks
**SVG Icon isn't being picked up
**On starting activity PopQuiz appears to either freeze or take an unacceptably long time to load

====1/27/10====
We solidified our goals and plans for this quarter. Within the next week, we plan to have a minimal but functional application.
*The student interface will just show an image while waiting for an update from the teacher.
*The teacher's interface will first be assumed to be used on the XO. It will immediately open the question-creation dialog, followed by a waiting screen similar to the students'. When all students have responded, text statistics will be shown.
*The network backend will be kept as modular as possible to interface with other tools in the future.
*Question: will this tool be used for actual testing, or less formal evaluation?

==Pictures/Concept Art==
http://people.rit.edu/acj3840/ForDisplayOnly/Class%20Screen.png 
This is a concept for the final screen in the prototype. It will have the XO names right below the symbol, and the symbols will be highlighted red or green based on whether or not they answered correctly. Hovering over the XOs for a little bit will then show additional information like the last screen in the prototype. There should be back buttons added to go back to the previous screen as well as a 'ask another question' button and a 'end questioning' button.

 

http://www.cs.rit.edu/~bml4633/olpc/student_client.png 
The current interface for students is minimal but functional.

==Future goals==
Eventually, this project is going to be a program for the teacher to use to test students on their knowledge of math. The results will then be displayed to the teacher. The results will include things like % of users that answered the question correctly. A graphical display of what all of the submitted answers were and how many of each student picked that answer. The average time of student answers. And finally, a graphical display of all the students in the activity that when hovering over any particular student, will show the individual statistics about the student. This will help the teacher learn quickly what the weak points of the class as a whole are, as well as each individual student. With this knowledge the teacher easily determine what topics require more time for the students to learn. Teachers will be able to run the activity and students will be able to join. Hopefully we'll figure a way to efficiently connect somewhere between 10-15 students to each teacher. Also, currently the project will call for the teacher to input the question, answer, and amount of time to be given to the students to answer. Ideally the [[School Server/RIT|schoolserver.rit.edu]] will be able to host 'packets' of pre-made questions that the teacher can download and use.

==Alternative Use==
PopQuiz as a program also lends itself to quick tallies of opinion where a show of hands is unclear (do we play duck-duck-goose or dodgeball?) fun, impromptu polls between students, guessing games, etc. Other ideas?

==Download==
Git Public clone URL: git://git.sugarlabs.org/popquiz/mainline.git 

==Contacts==
IRC Server: irc.freenode.net 
IRC Channels: #popquiz, #sugar

[[user:acj3840|Alex Jones]] email: acj3840@rit.edu 
IRC: Boe08 

[[user:modell|Michael O'Dell]] email: michael.s.odell@gmail.com <br\>
IRC: modell <br\>

[[user:Cheezmeister|Brendan Luchen]] email: bml4633@rit.edu <br\>
IRC: Cheezmeister

[[user:bisserlis|Ben Isserlis]] E-mail: Google Mail account bisserlis.
IRC: bisserlis

Pop Quiz/Lesson Plan

2010-02-18T23:42:45Z

Cheezmeister:

{{Pop_Quiz/Navigation}}

Some dummy text here.

Pop Quiz/Development

2010-02-18T23:42:17Z

Cheezmeister: Adding navbar

{{Pop_Quiz/Navigation}}

Home base for hackers and devs.

==Prototype==
If you are a teacher and want to evaluate my project, please either click
[http://people.rit.edu/acj3840/ForDisplayOnly/PythonPrototype_v0.5.swf here] or look just below to run the prototype. It will launch in the same window, so when you're done hit the back button to get back to this page. Please read the prototype notes as it explains what each screen is for. Once you're done running it, please go [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Talk:Teacher%27s_Tools here] to discuss it (or once again look below). The latest version is where you would add your input. If you need any help or would just prefer to individually contact me feel free to send me an email at acj3840@rit.edu
Discuss the prototype [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Talk:Pop_Quiz here] 
For a directory of the old versions look [http://people.rit.edu/acj3840/ForDisplayOnly/ here]

===Notes===
A few things about my prototype. The final program will be in Python; the prototype is in flash because I know Actionscript and I'm able to quickly make a prototype with it. It's designed to get across the ideas of possible functionality, not actually be a fully working completely accurate prototype. I've hard coded a lot of stuff which won't be in the actual program. Please evaluate it based on what it implies it would/could do, rather than what it actually does (example: numbers for percentage are wrong, but implies that they would be displayed and displayed correctly). Things to note about it are as follows: 
- The first screen is what the teacher would see, and have the opportunity to input a question, input up to 4 answers, as well as select the correct answer. They would then click on answer to send the question out to the students. 
- The second screen is what the student would see after the teacher submits a question. The teacher's question is displayed as well as a timer and all of the possible answers submitted by the teacher. It currently only supports 4 but I'd like to allow the teacher to determine how many possible choices there are. When the timer runs out, an answer is submitted regardless, otherwise the student can just input an answer and send/submit it. Currently I have the problem of the correct answer still being selected, I cannot figure out how to fix it in flash right now, but that won't be the case in the final version of the activity. 
- The 3rd and 4th screens are both for the teacher. The 3rd screen is the general statistics of the class: Percent that got it correct, the number of students that selected each answer, the average time it took them to answer. The 4th screen is a representation of the class room organized by the name of the XO per student. The teacher can hover over the XO symbol to see the XO's name immediately, and if they continue to hover over it (like in the XO user interface) more information about that particular XO will be displayed such as what answer was selected, and the exact time it took them to answer. 
Please see the related pictured below as well 

==Milestones==
<strike> 1) Learn Python/Get GroupMembers
Need
- Know python and have dev environment set up
- Get group members
Date
- To be done by end of RIT's winter break (1/4/2010)
</strike>

2) Create Student User Interface
Need
<strike>- Able to accept input from user </strike>
- Transition from screen to screen smoothly
<strike>- Gathers all of the desired information easily </strike>
Date
- Concurrent development with Teacher UI (2/14/10)

3) Create Teacher User Interface
Need
- Able to accept input from user
- Transitions from screen to screen smoothly
- Stores all the information in a format easily sent over networks
- Able to display all of the class information regardless of number of students (up to 15)
Date
- Concurrent development with Student UI (2/14/10)

4) Get Networking working
Need
- Teacher is able to create and share activity
- Students are able to join activity
- Information is able to be passed from student XO to teacher XO
Date
- To be as done as possible by end of class (Week of 2/14/2010)
5) Test
Need
- Multiple tests in many different situations
- Feedback from community on usefulness and what else is desired
Date
- As long as there is support for the project
6) Add features
Need
- Features to be added will determine needs
Date
- Needs will determine dates

Pop Quiz

2010-02-18T23:26:28Z

Cheezmeister: More overhaul, splitting off subarticles, adding icon

File:Icon.svg

2010-02-18T22:48:21Z

Cheezmeister: Pop Quiz icon

Pop Quiz icon

Pop Quiz/Development

2010-02-18T22:37:24Z

Cheezmeister: Created page with 'Home base for hackers and devs. ==Prototype== If you are a teacher and want to evaluate my project, please either click [http://people.rit.edu/acj3840/ForDisplayOnly/PythonProt…'

Home base for hackers and devs.

==Prototype==
If you are a teacher and want to evaluate my project, please either click
[http://people.rit.edu/acj3840/ForDisplayOnly/PythonPrototype_v0.5.swf here] or look just below to run the prototype. It will launch in the same window, so when you're done hit the back button to get back to this page. Please read the prototype notes as it explains what each screen is for. Once you're done running it, please go [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Talk:Teacher%27s_Tools here] to discuss it (or once again look below). The latest version is where you would add your input. If you need any help or would just prefer to individually contact me feel free to send me an email at acj3840@rit.edu
Discuss the prototype [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Talk:Pop_Quiz here] 
For a directory of the old versions look [http://people.rit.edu/acj3840/ForDisplayOnly/ here]

===Notes===
A few things about my prototype. The final program will be in Python; the prototype is in flash because I know Actionscript and I'm able to quickly make a prototype with it. It's designed to get across the ideas of possible functionality, not actually be a fully working completely accurate prototype. I've hard coded a lot of stuff which won't be in the actual program. Please evaluate it based on what it implies it would/could do, rather than what it actually does (example: numbers for percentage are wrong, but implies that they would be displayed and displayed correctly). Things to note about it are as follows: 
- The first screen is what the teacher would see, and have the opportunity to input a question, input up to 4 answers, as well as select the correct answer. They would then click on answer to send the question out to the students. 
- The second screen is what the student would see after the teacher submits a question. The teacher's question is displayed as well as a timer and all of the possible answers submitted by the teacher. It currently only supports 4 but I'd like to allow the teacher to determine how many possible choices there are. When the timer runs out, an answer is submitted regardless, otherwise the student can just input an answer and send/submit it. Currently I have the problem of the correct answer still being selected, I cannot figure out how to fix it in flash right now, but that won't be the case in the final version of the activity. 
- The 3rd and 4th screens are both for the teacher. The 3rd screen is the general statistics of the class: Percent that got it correct, the number of students that selected each answer, the average time it took them to answer. The 4th screen is a representation of the class room organized by the name of the XO per student. The teacher can hover over the XO symbol to see the XO's name immediately, and if they continue to hover over it (like in the XO user interface) more information about that particular XO will be displayed such as what answer was selected, and the exact time it took them to answer. 
Please see the related pictured below as well 

==Milestones==
<strike> 1) Learn Python/Get GroupMembers
Need
- Know python and have dev environment set up
- Get group members
Date
- To be done by end of RIT's winter break (1/4/2010)
</strike>

2) Create Student User Interface
Need
<strike>- Able to accept input from user </strike>
- Transition from screen to screen smoothly
<strike>- Gathers all of the desired information easily </strike>
Date
- Concurrent development with Teacher UI (2/14/10)

3) Create Teacher User Interface
Need
- Able to accept input from user
- Transitions from screen to screen smoothly
- Stores all the information in a format easily sent over networks
- Able to display all of the class information regardless of number of students (up to 15)
Date
- Concurrent development with Student UI (2/14/10)

4) Get Networking working
Need
- Teacher is able to create and share activity
- Students are able to join activity
- Information is able to be passed from student XO to teacher XO
Date
- To be as done as possible by end of class (Week of 2/14/2010)
5) Test
Need
- Multiple tests in many different situations
- Feedback from community on usefulness and what else is desired
Date
- As long as there is support for the project
6) Add features
Need
- Features to be added will determine needs
Date
- Needs will determine dates

Pop Quiz/Students

2010-02-18T22:34:10Z

Cheezmeister: Created page with '{{Pop_Quiz/Navigation}} ==How to use PopQuiz== *Click the "PQ" Icon *Answer questions! Hopefully the right answer!'

{{Pop_Quiz/Navigation}}

==How to use PopQuiz==
*Click the "PQ" Icon
*Answer questions! Hopefully the right answer!

Pop Quiz

2010-02-18T22:24:13Z

Cheezmeister: Overhaul/reformat in prep for final presentation

{{Pop_Quiz/Navigation}}

 
PopQuiz is a tool primarily for teachers, to allow informal testing of students in real-time. The teacher poses questions to students on-the-fly, students answer over the mesh, and results are immediately gathered and displayed to the teacher. The application might have several [[#Alternative Use|other uses]] but pop quizzes are the main focus.

{{TOCright}}

==Group Members==
[[user:acj3840|Alex Jones]] Founder 
[[user:modell|Michael O'Dell]] User Interfaces 
[[user:Cheezmeister|Brendan Luchen]] UI/Integration 
[[user:bisserlis|Ben Isserlis]] Networking

==Recent Updates==
====2/13/10====
We made some rapid progress in networking and packaging. Current action items:
*Work out remaining kinks
**SVG Icon isn't being picked up
**On starting activity PopQuiz appears to either freeze or take an unacceptably long time to load

====1/27/10====
We solidified our goals and plans for this quarter. Within the next week, we plan to have a minimal but functional application.
*The student interface will just show an image while waiting for an update from the teacher.
*The teacher's interface will first be assumed to be used on the XO. It will immediately open the question-creation dialog, followed by a waiting screen similar to the students'. When all students have responded, text statistics will be shown.
*The network backend will be kept as modular as possible to interface with other tools in the future.
*Question: will this tool be used for actual testing, or less formal evaluation?

==Prototype==
If you are a teacher and want to evaluate my project, please either click
[http://people.rit.edu/acj3840/ForDisplayOnly/PythonPrototype_v0.5.swf here] or look just below to run the prototype. It will launch in the same window, so when you're done hit the back button to get back to this page. Please read the prototype notes as it explains what each screen is for. Once you're done running it, please go [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Talk:Teacher%27s_Tools here] to discuss it (or once again look below). The latest version is where you would add your input. If you need any help or would just prefer to individually contact me feel free to send me an email at acj3840@rit.edu
Discuss the prototype [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Talk:Pop_Quiz here] 
For a directory of the old versions look [http://people.rit.edu/acj3840/ForDisplayOnly/ here]

===Notes===
A few things about my prototype. The final program will be in Python; the prototype is in flash because I know Actionscript and I'm able to quickly make a prototype with it. It's designed to get across the ideas of possible functionality, not actually be a fully working completely accurate prototype. I've hard coded a lot of stuff which won't be in the actual program. Please evaluate it based on what it implies it would/could do, rather than what it actually does (example: numbers for percentage are wrong, but implies that they would be displayed and displayed correctly). Things to note about it are as follows: 
- The first screen is what the teacher would see, and have the opportunity to input a question, input up to 4 answers, as well as select the correct answer. They would then click on answer to send the question out to the students. 
- The second screen is what the student would see after the teacher submits a question. The teacher's question is displayed as well as a timer and all of the possible answers submitted by the teacher. It currently only supports 4 but I'd like to allow the teacher to determine how many possible choices there are. When the timer runs out, an answer is submitted regardless, otherwise the student can just input an answer and send/submit it. Currently I have the problem of the correct answer still being selected, I cannot figure out how to fix it in flash right now, but that won't be the case in the final version of the activity. 
- The 3rd and 4th screens are both for the teacher. The 3rd screen is the general statistics of the class: Percent that got it correct, the number of students that selected each answer, the average time it took them to answer. The 4th screen is a representation of the class room organized by the name of the XO per student. The teacher can hover over the XO symbol to see the XO's name immediately, and if they continue to hover over it (like in the XO user interface) more information about that particular XO will be displayed such as what answer was selected, and the exact time it took them to answer. 
Please see the related pictured below as well 

==Pictures/Concept Art==
http://people.rit.edu/acj3840/ForDisplayOnly/Class%20Screen.png 
^^This is a concept for the final screen in the prototype. It will have the XO names right below the symbol, and the symbols will be highlighted red or green based on whether or not they answered correctly. Hovering over the XOs for a little bit will then show additional information like the last screen in the prototype. There should be back buttons added to go back to the previous screen as well as a 'ask another question' button and a 'end questioning' button.

 

http://www.cs.rit.edu/~bml4633/olpc/student_client.png 
The current interface for students is minimal but functional.

==Milestones==
<strike> 1) Learn Python/Get GroupMembers
Need
- Know python and have dev environment set up
- Get group members
Date
- To be done by end of RIT's winter break (1/4/2010)
</strike>

2) Create Student User Interface
Need
<strike>- Able to accept input from user </strike>
- Transition from screen to screen smoothly
<strike>- Gathers all of the desired information easily </strike>
Date
- Concurrent development with Teacher UI (2/14/10)

3) Create Teacher User Interface
Need
- Able to accept input from user
- Transitions from screen to screen smoothly
- Stores all the information in a format easily sent over networks
- Able to display all of the class information regardless of number of students (up to 15)
Date
- Concurrent development with Student UI (2/14/10)

4) Get Networking working
Need
- Teacher is able to create and share activity
- Students are able to join activity
- Information is able to be passed from student XO to teacher XO
Date
- To be as done as possible by end of class (Week of 2/14/2010)
5) Test
Need
- Multiple tests in many different situations
- Feedback from community on usefulness and what else is desired
Date
- As long as there is support for the project
6) Add features
Need
- Features to be added will determine needs
Date
- Needs will determine dates

==Future goals==
Eventually, this project is going to be a program for the teacher to use to test students on their knowledge of math. The results will then be displayed to the teacher. The results will include things like % of users that answered the question correctly. A graphical display of what all of the submitted answers were and how many of each student picked that answer. The average time of student answers. And finally, a graphical display of all the students in the activity that when hovering over any particular student, will show the individual statistics about the student. This will help the teacher learn quickly what the weak points of the class as a whole are, as well as each individual student. With this knowledge the teacher easily determine what topics require more time for the students to learn. Teachers will be able to run the activity and students will be able to join. Hopefully we'll figure a way to efficiently connect somewhere between 10-15 students to each teacher. Also, currently the project will call for the teacher to input the question, answer, and amount of time to be given to the students to answer. Ideally the [[School Server/RIT|schoolserver.rit.edu]] will be able to host 'packets' of pre-made questions that the teacher can download and use.

==Alternative Use==
PopQuiz as a program also lends itself to quick tallies of opinion where a show of hands is unclear (do we play duck-duck-goose or dodgeball?) fun, impromptu polls between students, guessing games, etc. Other ideas?

==Download==
Git Public clone URL: git://git.sugarlabs.org/popquiz/mainline.git 

==Contacts==
IRC Server: irc.freenode.net 
IRC Channels: #popquiz, #sugar

[[user:acj3840|Alex Jones]] email: acj3840@rit.edu 
IRC: Boe08 

[[user:modell|Michael O'Dell]] email: michael.s.odell@gmail.com <br\>
IRC: modell <br\>

[[user:Cheezmeister|Brendan Luchen]] email: bml4633@rit.edu <br\>
IRC: Cheezmeister

[[user:bisserlis|Ben Isserlis]] E-mail: Google Mail account bisserlis.
IRC: bisserlis

Template:Pop Quiz/Navigation

2010-02-18T21:28:09Z

Cheezmeister: Student section added

Template:Pop Quiz/Navigation

2010-02-18T21:13:39Z

Cheezmeister: Shamelessly copying Fortune Hunter/Blocku navigation

<div>[[Pop_Quiz|Home]] | [[Pop_Quiz/Development|Development]] [[Pop_Quiz/Lesson_Plan|Lesson Plan]]</div>

Pop Quiz/Lesson Plan

2010-02-18T21:04:00Z

Cheezmeister: Creating subpage for lesson plan...

Some dummy text here.

Pop Quiz

2010-02-18T20:54:48Z

Cheezmeister: /* Group Members */

==Group Members==
[[user:acj3840|Alex Jones]] Founder 
[[user:modell|Michael O'Dell]] User Interfaces 
[[user:Cheezmeister|Brendan Luchen]] UI/Integration 
[[user:bisserlis|Ben Isserlis]] Networking

==Project Description==
My goal for this project is to create and distribute a prototype for a project idea that I have. I'm hoping to get feedback and functionality requests in regards to the prototype. In the end, I hope to create a final design document that will be able to be used along with my prototype to create a useful teacher tool that will assist teachers in understanding more about their students knowledge.

==For Teachers==
If you are a teacher and want to evaluate my project, please either click
[http://people.rit.edu/acj3840/ForDisplayOnly/PythonPrototype_v0.5.swf here] or look just below to run the prototype. It will launch in the same window, so when you're done hit the back button to get back to this page. Please read the prototype notes as it explains what each screen is for. Once you're done running it, please go [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Talk:Teacher%27s_Tools here] to discuss it (or once again look below). The latest version is where you would add your input. If you need any help or would just prefer to individually contact me feel free to send me an email at acj3840@rit.edu

==Recent Updates==
====1/27/10====
We solidified our goals and plans for this quarter. Within the next week, we plan to have a minimal but functional application.
*The student interface will just show an image while waiting for an update from the teacher.
*The teacher's interface will first be assumed to be used on the XO. It will immediately open the question-creation dialog, followed by a waiting screen similar to the students'. When all students have responded, text statistics will be shown.
*The network backend will be kept as modular as possible to interface with other tools in the future.
*Question: will this tool be used for actual testing, or less formal evaluation?

==Prototype/Project Files/Git==
Git Public clone URL: git://git.sugarlabs.org/popquiz/mainline.git 
[http://people.rit.edu/acj3840/ForDisplayOnly/PythonPrototype_v0.5.swf Latest Flash Prototype] 
Discuss the prototype [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Talk:Pop_Quiz here] 
For a directory of the old versions look [http://people.rit.edu/acj3840/ForDisplayOnly/ here]

==Prototype Notes==
A few things about my prototype. The final program will be in Python; the prototype is in flash because I know Actionscript and I'm able to quickly make a prototype with it. It's designed to get across the ideas of possible functionality, not actually be a fully working completely accurate prototype. I've hard coded a lot of stuff which won't be in the actual program. Please evaluate it based on what it implies it would/could do, rather than what it actually does (example: numbers for percentage are wrong, but implies that they would be displayed and displayed correctly). Things to note about it are as follows: 
- The first screen is what the teacher would see, and have the opportunity to input a question, input up to 4 answers, as well as select the correct answer. They would then click on answer to send the question out to the students. 
- The second screen is what the student would see after the teacher submits a question. The teacher's question is displayed as well as a timer and all of the possible answers submitted by the teacher. It currently only supports 4 but I'd like to allow the teacher to determine how many possible choices there are. When the timer runs out, an answer is submitted regardless, otherwise the student can just input an answer and send/submit it. Currently I have the problem of the correct answer still being selected, I cannot figure out how to fix it in flash right now, but that won't be the case in the final version of the activity. 
- The 3rd and 4th screens are both for the teacher. The 3rd screen is the general statistics of the class: Percent that got it correct, the number of students that selected each answer, the average time it took them to answer. The 4th screen is a representation of the class room organized by the name of the XO per student. The teacher can hover over the XO symbol to see the XO's name immediately, and if they continue to hover over it (like in the XO user interface) more information about that particular XO will be displayed such as what answer was selected, and the exact time it took them to answer. 
Please see the related pictured below as well 

==Pictures/Concept Art==

http://people.rit.edu/acj3840/ForDisplayOnly/Class%20Screen.png 
^^This is a concept for the final screen in the prototype. It will have the XO names right below the symbol, and the symbols will be highlighted red or green based on whether or not they answered correctly. Hovering over the XOs for a little bit will then show additional information like the last screen in the prototype. There should be back buttons added to go back to the previous screen as well as a 'ask another question' button and a 'end questioning' button.

 

http://www.cs.rit.edu/~bml4633/olpc/student_client.png 
The current interface for students is minimal but functional.

==Milestones==
<strike> 1) Learn Python/Get GroupMembers
Need
- Know python and have dev environment set up
- Get group members
Date
- To be done by end of RIT's winter break (1/4/2010)
</strike>

2) Create Student User Interface
Need
<strike>- Able to accept input from user </strike>
- Transition from screen to screen smoothly
<strike>- Gathers all of the desired information easily </strike>
Date
- Concurrent development with Teacher UI (2/14/10)

3) Create Teacher User Interface
Need
- Able to accept input from user
- Transitions from screen to screen smoothly
- Stores all the information in a format easily sent over networks
- Able to display all of the class information regardless of number of students (up to 15)
Date
- Concurrent development with Student UI (2/14/10)

4) Get Networking working
Need
- Teacher is able to create and share activity
- Students are able to join activity
- Information is able to be passed from student XO to teacher XO
Date
- To be as done as possible by end of class (Week of 2/14/2010)
5) Test
Need
- Multiple tests in many different situations
- Feedback from community on usefulness and what else is desired
Date
- As long as there is support for the project
6) Add features
Need
- Features to be added will determine needs
Date
- Needs will determine dates

==Other notes==
The end goal for this project currently (for me) is to end up with a final design document for a project that the community has deemed useful and necessary. If you're interested in helping me, or working on the actual implementation after the design doc has been created, let me know. If you have any questions or concerns or requests please please PLEASE let me know so I can address them as quickly as possible.

==Future goals==
Eventually, this project is going to be a program for the teacher to use to test students on their knowledge of math. The results will then be displayed to the teacher. The results will include things like % of users that answered the question correctly. A graphical display of what all of the submitted answers were and how many of each student picked that answer. The average time of student answers. And finally, a graphical display of all the students in the activity that when hovering over any particular student, will show the individual statistics about the student. This will help the teacher learn quickly what the weak points of the class as a whole are, as well as each individual student. With this knowledge the teacher easily determine what topics require more time for the students to learn. Teachers will be able to run the activity and students will be able to join. Hopefully we'll figure a way to efficiently connect somewhere between 10-15 students to each teacher. Also, currently the project will call for the teacher to input the question, answer, and amount of time to be given to the students to answer. Ideally the [[School Server/RIT|schoolserver.rit.edu]] will be able to host 'packets' of pre-made questions that the teacher can download and use.

==Contacts==
IRC Server: irc.freenode.net 
IRC Channel: #popquiz

[[user:acj3840|Alex Jones]] email: acj3840@rit.edu 
IRC: Boe08 
^^frequently on #sugar

[[user:modell|Michael O'Dell]] email: michael.s.odell@gmail.com <br\>
IRC: modell <br\>

[[user:Cheezmeister|Brendan Luchen]] email: bml4633@rit.edu <br\>
IRC: Cheezmeister

[[user:bisserlis|Ben Isserlis]] E-mail: Google Mail account bisserlis.
IRC: bisserlis

User:Cheezmeister

2010-01-29T21:06:58Z

Cheezmeister:

Hey there! Brendan Luchen* here, from the Winter '09 [[Math4Team|Seminar in OLPC Development]] here at RIT. I love coding, and I love kids. I've worked primarily in C and C++ with SDL, but I've also tinkered with Java, C#/XNA, Perl, OpenGL, and other tidbits. In short, I'll try anything if there's a reason to.

I was one of those kids who couldn't stand sitting through a perfectly intuitive mathematical idea explained for the fifth time in painful detail. My school days were not fun. I spent most of my time either sleeping or otherwise keeping myself occupied, and it was in 7th grade that I happily stumbled upon ancient BASIC tutorials in the back of my math text. As soon as I got my hands on a C compiler, I was hooked. FIRST robotics strengthened my interest in computer science, and I haven't looked back since :)

==Projects==
[[Teacher's Tools]] (my main focus for the winter seminar)

[[Ebook Reading And Distribution]]

==Contact==
Email: my username at gmail.com

AIM: HeWhoLikethCheez

IRC: Cheezmeister

http://www.cs.rit.edu/~bml4633

* It rhymes with "smoochin' "

Pop Quiz

2010-01-29T00:54:40Z

Cheezmeister: /* Pictures/Concept Art */

==Group Members==
[[user:acj3840|Alex Jones]] Founder 
[[user:modell|Michael O'Dell]] Teachers' client 
[[user:Cheezmeister|Brendan Luchen]] Students' client 
[[user:bisserlis|Ben Isserlis]] Network backend

==Project Description==
My goal for this project is to create and distribute a prototype for a project idea that I have. I'm hoping to get feedback and functionality requests in regards to the prototype. In the end, I hope to create a final design document that will be able to be used along with my prototype to create a useful teacher tool that will assist teachers in understanding more about their students knowledge.

==Future goals==
Eventually, this project is going to be a program for the teacher to use to test students on their knowledge of math. The results will then be displayed to the teacher. The results will include things like % of users that answered the question correctly. A graphical display of what all of the submitted answers were and how many of each student picked that answer. The average time of student answers. And finally, a graphical display of all the students in the activity that when hovering over any particular student, will show the individual statistics about the student. This will help the teacher learn quickly what the weak points of the class as a whole are, as well as each individual student. With this knowledge the teacher easily determine what topics require more time for the students to learn. Teachers will be able to run the activity and students will be able to join. Hopefully we'll figure a way to efficiently connect somewhere between 10-15 students to each teacher. Also, currently the project will call for the teacher to input the question, answer, and amount of time to be given to the students to answer. Ideally the [[School Server/RIT|schoolserver.rit.edu]] will be able to host 'packets' of pre-made questions that the teacher can download and use.

==For Teachers==
If you are a teacher and want to evaluate my project, please either click
[http://people.rit.edu/acj3840/ForDisplayOnly/PythonPrototype_v0.5.swf here] or look just below to run the prototype. It will launch in the same window, so when you're done hit the back button to get back to this page. Please read the prototype notes as it explains what each screen is for. Once you're done running it, please go [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Talk:Teacher%27s_Tools here] to discuss it (or once again look below). The latest version is where you would add your input. If you need any help or would just prefer to individually contact me feel free to send me an email at acj3840@rit.edu

==Prototype/Project Files/Git==
Git Public clone URL: git://git.sugarlabs.org/popquiz/mainline.git 
[http://people.rit.edu/acj3840/ForDisplayOnly/PythonPrototype_v0.5.swf Latest Flash Prototype] 
Discuss the prototype [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Talk:Pop_Quiz here] 
For a directory of the old versions look [http://people.rit.edu/acj3840/ForDisplayOnly/ here]

==Prototype Notes==
A few things about my prototype. The final program will be in Python; the prototype is in flash because I know Actionscript and I'm able to quickly make a prototype with it. It's designed to get across the ideas of possible functionality, not actually be a fully working completely accurate prototype. I've hard coded a lot of stuff which won't be in the actual program. Please evaluate it based on what it implies it would/could do, rather than what it actually does (example: numbers for percentage are wrong, but implies that they would be displayed and displayed correctly). Things to note about it are as follows: 
- The first screen is what the teacher would see, and have the opportunity to input a question, input up to 4 answers, as well as select the correct answer. They would then click on answer to send the question out to the students. 
- The second screen is what the student would see after the teacher submits a question. The teacher's question is displayed as well as a timer and all of the possible answers submitted by the teacher. It currently only supports 4 but I'd like to allow the teacher to determine how many possible choices there are. When the timer runs out, an answer is submitted regardless, otherwise the student can just input an answer and send/submit it. Currently I have the problem of the correct answer still being selected, I cannot figure out how to fix it in flash right now, but that won't be the case in the final version of the activity. 
- The 3rd and 4th screens are both for the teacher. The 3rd screen is the general statistics of the class: Percent that got it correct, the number of students that selected each answer, the average time it took them to answer. The 4th screen is a representation of the class room organized by the name of the XO per student. The teacher can hover over the XO symbol to see the XO's name immediately, and if they continue to hover over it (like in the XO user interface) more information about that particular XO will be displayed such as what answer was selected, and the exact time it took them to answer. 
Please see the related pictured below as well 

==Pictures/Concept Art==

http://people.rit.edu/acj3840/ForDisplayOnly/Class%20Screen.png 
^^This is a concept for the final screen in the prototype. It will have the XO names right below the symbol, and the symbols will be highlighted red or green based on whether or not they answered correctly. Hovering over the XOs for a little bit will then show additional information like the last screen in the prototype. There should be back buttons added to go back to the previous screen as well as a 'ask another question' button and a 'end questioning' button.

 

http://www.cs.rit.edu/~bml4633/olpc/student_client.png 
The current interface for students is minimal but functional.

==Milestones==
1) Learn Python/Get GroupMembers
Need
- Know python and have dev environment set up
- Get group members
Date
- To be done by end of RIT's winter break (1/4/2010)
2) Create Student Interface
Need
- Able to accept input from user
- Transition from screen to screen smoothly
- Gathers all of the desired information easily
Date
- To be done withing a week of teacher's interface (1/19/2010)
3) Create Teacher Interface
Need
- Able to accept input from user
- Transitions from screen to screen smoothly
- Stores all the information in a format easily sent over networks
- Able to display all of the class information regardless of number of students (up to 15)
Date
- To be done within 2 weeks of being back from break (1/26/2010)
4) Get Networking working
Need
- Teacher is able to create and share activity
- Students are able to join activity
- Information is able to be passed from student XO to teacher XO
Date
- To be as done as possible by end of class (Week of 2/22/2010)
5) Test
Need
- Multiple tests in many different situations
- Feedback from community on usefulness and what else is desired
Date
- As long as there is support for the project
6) Add features
Need
- Features to be added will determine needs
Date
- Needs will determine dates

==Recent Updates==
====1/27/10====
We solidified our goals and plans for this quarter. Within the next week, we plan to have a minimal but functional application.
*The student interface will just show an image while waiting for an update from the teacher.
*The teacher's interface will first be assumed to be used on the XO. It will immediately open the question-creation dialog, followed by a waiting screen similar to the students'. When all students have responded, text statistics will be shown.
*The network backend will be kept as modular as possible to interface with other tools in the future.
*Question: will this tool be used for actual testing, or less formal evaluation?

==Other notes==
The end goal for this project currently (for me) is to end up with a final design document for a project that the community has deemed useful and necessary. If you're interested in helping me, or working on the actual implementation after the design doc has been created, let me know. If you have any questions or concerns or requests please please PLEASE let me know so I can address them as quickly as possible.

==Contacts==
IRC Server: irc.freenode.net 
IRC Channel: #popquiz

[[user:acj3840|Alex Jones]] email: acj3840@rit.edu 
IRC: Boe08 
^^frequently on #sugar

[[user:modell|Michael O'Dell]] email: michael.s.odell@gmail.com <br\>
IRC: modell <br\>

[[user:Cheezmeister|Brendan Luchen]] email: bml4633@rit.edu <br\>
IRC: Cheezmeister

[[user:bisserlis|Ben Isserlis]] E-mail: Google Mail account bisserlis.
IRC: bisserlis

Pop Quiz

2010-01-28T03:53:21Z

Cheezmeister: /* Recent Updates */

==Group Members==
[[user:acj3840|Alex Jones]] Founder 
[[user:modell|Michael O'Dell]] Teachers' client 
[[user:Cheezmeister|Brendan Luchen]] Students' client 
[[user:bisserlis|Ben Isserlis]] Network backend

==Project Description==
My goal for this project is to create and distribute a prototype for a project idea that I have. I'm hoping to get feedback and functionality requests in regards to the prototype. In the end, I hope to create a final design document that will be able to be used along with my prototype to create a useful teacher tool that will assist teachers in understanding more about their students knowledge.

==Future goals==
Eventually, this project is going to be a program for the teacher to use to test students on their knowledge of math. The results will then be displayed to the teacher. The results will include things like % of users that answered the question correctly. A graphical display of what all of the submitted answers were and how many of each student picked that answer. The average time of student answers. And finally, a graphical display of all the students in the activity that when hovering over any particular student, will show the individual statistics about the student. This will help the teacher learn quickly what the weak points of the class as a whole are, as well as each individual student. With this knowledge the teacher easily determine what topics require more time for the students to learn. Teachers will be able to run the activity and students will be able to join. Hopefully we'll figure a way to efficiently connect somewhere between 10-15 students to each teacher. Also, currently the project will call for the teacher to input the question, answer, and amount of time to be given to the students to answer. Ideally the [[School Server/RIT|schoolserver.rit.edu]] will be able to host 'packets' of pre-made questions that the teacher can download and use.

==For Teachers==
If you are a teacher and want to evaluate my project, please either click
[http://people.rit.edu/acj3840/ForDisplayOnly/PythonPrototype_v0.5.swf here] or look just below to run the prototype. It will launch in the same window, so when you're done hit the back button to get back to this page. Please read the prototype notes as it explains what each screen is for. Once you're done running it, please go [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Talk:Teacher%27s_Tools here] to discuss it (or once again look below). The latest version is where you would add your input. If you need any help or would just prefer to individually contact me feel free to send me an email at acj3840@rit.edu

==Prototype/Project Files/Git==
Git Public clone URL: git://git.sugarlabs.org/popquiz/mainline.git 
[http://people.rit.edu/acj3840/ForDisplayOnly/PythonPrototype_v0.5.swf Latest Flash Prototype] 
Discuss the prototype [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Talk:Pop_Quiz here] 
For a directory of the old versions look [http://people.rit.edu/acj3840/ForDisplayOnly/ here]

==Prototype Notes==
A few things about my prototype. The final program will be in Python; the prototype is in flash because I know Actionscript and I'm able to quickly make a prototype with it. It's designed to get across the ideas of possible functionality, not actually be a fully working completely accurate prototype. I've hard coded a lot of stuff which won't be in the actual program. Please evaluate it based on what it implies it would/could do, rather than what it actually does (example: numbers for percentage are wrong, but implies that they would be displayed and displayed correctly). Things to note about it are as follows: 
- The first screen is what the teacher would see, and have the opportunity to input a question, input up to 4 answers, as well as select the correct answer. They would then click on answer to send the question out to the students. 
- The second screen is what the student would see after the teacher submits a question. The teacher's question is displayed as well as a timer and all of the possible answers submitted by the teacher. It currently only supports 4 but I'd like to allow the teacher to determine how many possible choices there are. When the timer runs out, an answer is submitted regardless, otherwise the student can just input an answer and send/submit it. Currently I have the problem of the correct answer still being selected, I cannot figure out how to fix it in flash right now, but that won't be the case in the final version of the activity. 
- The 3rd and 4th screens are both for the teacher. The 3rd screen is the general statistics of the class: Percent that got it correct, the number of students that selected each answer, the average time it took them to answer. The 4th screen is a representation of the class room organized by the name of the XO per student. The teacher can hover over the XO symbol to see the XO's name immediately, and if they continue to hover over it (like in the XO user interface) more information about that particular XO will be displayed such as what answer was selected, and the exact time it took them to answer. 
Please see the related pictured below as well 

==Pictures/Concept Art==
I lack some art skills (sorry)

http://people.rit.edu/acj3840/ForDisplayOnly/Class%20Screen.png 
^^This is a concept for the final screen in the prototype. It will have the XO names right below the symbol, and the symbols will be highlighted red or green based on whether or not they answered correctly. Hovering over the XOs for a little bit will then show additional information like the last screen in the prototype. There should be back buttons added to go back to the previous screen as well as a 'ask another question' button and a 'end questioning' button.

==Milestones==
1) Learn Python/Get GroupMembers
Need
- Know python and have dev environment set up
- Get group members
Date
- To be done by end of RIT's winter break (1/4/2010)
2) Create Student Interface
Need
- Able to accept input from user
- Transition from screen to screen smoothly
- Gathers all of the desired information easily
Date
- To be done withing a week of teacher's interface (1/19/2010)
3) Create Teacher Interface
Need
- Able to accept input from user
- Transitions from screen to screen smoothly
- Stores all the information in a format easily sent over networks
- Able to display all of the class information regardless of number of students (up to 15)
Date
- To be done within 2 weeks of being back from break (1/26/2010)
4) Get Networking working
Need
- Teacher is able to create and share activity
- Students are able to join activity
- Information is able to be passed from student XO to teacher XO
Date
- To be as done as possible by end of class (Week of 2/22/2010)
5) Test
Need
- Multiple tests in many different situations
- Feedback from community on usefulness and what else is desired
Date
- As long as there is support for the project
6) Add features
Need
- Features to be added will determine needs
Date
- Needs will determine dates

==Recent Updates==
====1/27/10====
We solidified our goals and plans for this quarter. Within the next week, we plan to have a minimal but functional application.
*The student interface will just show an image while waiting for an update from the teacher.
*The teacher's interface will first be assumed to be used on the XO. It will immediately open the question-creation dialog, followed by a waiting screen similar to the students'. When all students have responded, text statistics will be shown.
*The network backend will be kept as modular as possible to interface with other tools in the future.
*Question: will this tool be used for actual testing, or less formal evaluation?

==Other notes==
The end goal for this project currently (for me) is to end up with a final design document for a project that the community has deemed useful and necessary. If you're interested in helping me, or working on the actual implementation after the design doc has been created, let me know. If you have any questions or concerns or requests please please PLEASE let me know so I can address them as quickly as possible.

==Contacts==
IRC Server: irc.freenode.net 
IRC Channel: #popquiz

[[user:acj3840|Alex Jones]] email: acj3840@rit.edu 
IRC: Boe08 
^^frequently on #sugar

[[user:modell|Michael O'Dell]] email: michael.s.odell@gmail.com <br\>
IRC: modell <br\>

[[user:Cheezmeister|Brendan Luchen]] email: bml4633@rit.edu <br\>
IRC: Cheezmeister

[[user:bisserlis|Ben Isserlis]] E-mail: Google Mail account bisserlis.
IRC: bisserlis

Math4Team/RIT

2010-01-23T19:49:20Z

Cheezmeister: /* /Projects */

{{TOCright}}
==Math4 at RIT and in Rochester NY==
'''It started as a [[Math4Team/Resources/Curriculum Chart|big idea]].'''

Then [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ke4qqq Dave Nalley], a [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors Fedora Ambassador], asked for XO laptops to work on that big idea.

Meanwhile, in Rochester NY on January 22, 2009, an [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Rochester,_NY OLPC Community SIG] was starting. At this initial meeting [[User:KRobinson| Karlie Robinson]] learned that Rochester Institute of Technology Professor, [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Stephen_Jacobs Stephen Jacobs], wanted to teach a class around the XO using machines being donated by Nortel.

On February 7, 2009 David Nalley announced the [https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-olpc-list/2009-February/msg00033.html Fedora Developers XO program]. A pilot program in North America that would begin to tackle the [[Math4Team/Resources/Curriculum Chart|4th grade math curriculum]] using volunteers equipped with 100 donated XO laptops.

This presented an interesting opportunity for the Fedora Project to work with RIT. RIT wants to do an XO class but doesn't have many machines. Fedora is looking for volunteers and has machines to give. Talks began.

On February 26, 2009 it was settled. The Rochester NY OLPC Community SIG and Professor Jacobs class would participate in the Math4 project.

To prepare for the first day of class at RIT, the following has been done;

* David Nalley has sent RIT 25 XO laptops for the class.
* The FourthGradeMath mailing list[http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/fourthgrademath/] has become active
* Steve Jacobs has updated the mailing list [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/fourthgrademath/2009-March/000028.html] with details about the [[OLPC:RIT_honors_seminar,_developing_for_the_OLPC_XO | RIT Honors Seminar, Developing for the OLPC XO]]
** Note that the link just above this line, will also get you to the page on [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/RIT_honors_seminar%2C_developing_for_the_OLPC_XO/Reference_Activities/Games Current games relevant] to our end goal.

==[[/Students]]==
===Alumni===
* [[/Alumni/Spring-2009]]
==[[/Projects]]==

* [[Colour_The_Part|Colour The Part]]
* [[M.P.G.]]
* [[School_Server/RIT|schoolserver.rit.edu]]
* [[Teacher's Tools]]
* [[Flash_Card_Game_-_Assimilate|Assimilate]]
* [[/Projects/Fun Towers|Fun Towers]]
* [[Lemonade Stand]]
* [[/Projects/Muthris|Muthris]]
* [[Produce Puzzle]]
* [[/Projects/Question_Support_API | Question Support API]]
* [[Teacher Reporting]]
* [[PacMath]]
* [[Blocku]]

==Math4 at RIT FAQ==
;What year are most of the RIT Students?
:Most are Jr and Sr in their Major field of study
;What are they learning?
:Their participation in the Fedora Ambassador North America push for a 4th grade math curriculum will give them experience with Open Source Software development. Beyond that, the students will be choosing what areas of development they participate in.
;Are they math majors? Eduction majors? mixed volunteers?
:As of this writing, we do have a mix of community volunteers working on this project. The RIT students are divided between Computer Science, Networking, Information Tech, Software engineering and Telecommunications Majors. The students also have the benefit of Eric Grace, a New York State Certified K-12 teacher, as the co-professor for the course.
;Do they have 4th graders lined up?
:Some. The Fedora Ambassador network has volunteers with a vast array of backgrounds and I do know of a small test group in California.
==Subpages==
{{Special:PrefixIndex/{{PAGENAMEE}}/}}

M.P.G.

2010-01-23T19:42:06Z

Cheezmeister: Redirected page to MPG

#REDIRECT [[MPG]]

Talk:Ebook Reading And Distribution

2010-01-22T18:46:09Z

Cheezmeister: /* File Hosting */

== Integration of Features From Different Activities ==

*What's the best way to integrate the desired features from each of these Activities? Attempt to splice some code or start from scratch? (Mike DeVine)
*If we're not starting from scratch, which Activitie(s) will be the ones chosen to receive the code "updates"? In other words, which Activity is farthest along already and is most malleable in terms of adding features? (Mike DeVine)

== File Hosting ==

*Which file format, if we decide to use only one, should the e-books be? (Mike DeVine)
*Which format has the best metadata support? (Mike DeVine)
*What's the usability look like for this side? Would it make sense to look into implementing a simple GUI, or does what's there already do the job well enough? (Mike DeVine)
=== Integration with existing resources ===
*'''What's the likelihood of linking to existing online e-book archives?''' Can this be done seamlessly, or does there need to be a separate method of accessing these archives? (Mike DeVine)
**This is a big deal, IMO. Grabbing books from anywhere (Gutenberg, Google) and having it be transparent to the user is a "holy grail" we should shoot for. As I understand it, there's two parts to this puzzle: retrieving the content from different places, which are bound to have different interfaces, and then loading and/or converting whatever format it's kept in. [[User:Cheezmeister|Cheezmeister]] 18:46, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Pop Quiz

2010-01-17T02:36:47Z

Cheezmeister: /* Group Members */

==Group Members==
[[user:acj3840|Alex Jones]] Founder 
[[user:modell|Michael O'Dell]] Teachers' client 
[[user:Cheezmeister|Brendan Luchen]] Students' client 
[[user:bisserlis|Ben Isserlis]] Network backend

==Project Description==
My goal for this project is to create and distribute a prototype for a project idea that I have. I'm hoping to get feedback and functionality requests in regards to the prototype. In the end, I hope to create a final design document that will be able to be used along with my prototype to create a useful teacher tool that will assist teachers in understanding more about their students knowledge.

==Future goals==
Eventually, this project is going to be a program for the teacher to use to test students on their knowledge of math. The results will then be displayed to the teacher. The results will include things like % of users that answered the question correctly. A graphical display of what all of the submitted answers were and how many of each student picked that answer. The average time of student answers. And finally, a graphical display of all the students in the activity that when hovering over any particular student, will show the individual statistics about the student. This will help the teacher learn quickly what the weak points of the class as a whole are, as well as each individual student. With this knowledge the teacher easily determine what topics require more time for the students to learn. Teachers will be able to run the activity and students will be able to join. Hopefully we'll figure a way to efficiently connect somewhere between 10-15 students to each teacher. Also, currently the project will call for the teacher to input the question, answer, and amount of time to be given to the students to answer. Ideally the [[School Server/RIT|schoolserver.rit.edu]] will be able to host 'packets' of pre-made questions that the teacher can download and use.

==For Teachers==
If you are a teacher and want to evaluate my project, please either click
[http://people.rit.edu/acj3840/ForDisplayOnly/PythonPrototype_v0.5.swf here] or look just below to run the prototype. It will launch in the same window, so when you're done hit the back button to get back to this page. Please read the prototype notes as it explains what each screen is for. Once you're done running it, please go [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Talk:Teacher%27s_Tools here] to discuss it (or once again look below). The latest version is where you would add your input. If you need any help or would just prefer to individually contact me feel free to send me an email at acj3840@rit.edu

==Prototype/Project Files/Git==
Git Public clone URL: git://git.sugarlabs.org/popquiz/mainline.git 
[http://people.rit.edu/acj3840/ForDisplayOnly/PythonPrototype_v0.5.swf Latest Flash Prototype] 
Discuss the prototype [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Talk:Pop_Quiz here] 
For a directory of the old versions look [http://people.rit.edu/acj3840/ForDisplayOnly/ here]

==Prototype Notes==
A few things about my prototype. The final program will be in Python; the prototype is in flash because I know Actionscript and I'm able to quickly make a prototype with it. It's designed to get across the ideas of possible functionality, not actually be a fully working completely accurate prototype. I've hard coded a lot of stuff which won't be in the actual program. Please evaluate it based on what it implies it would/could do, rather than what it actually does (example: numbers for percentage are wrong, but implies that they would be displayed and displayed correctly). Things to note about it are as follows: 
- The first screen is what the teacher would see, and have the opportunity to input a question, input up to 4 answers, as well as select the correct answer. They would then click on answer to send the question out to the students. 
- The second screen is what the student would see after the teacher submits a question. The teacher's question is displayed as well as a timer and all of the possible answers submitted by the teacher. It currently only supports 4 but I'd like to allow the teacher to determine how many possible choices there are. When the timer runs out, an answer is submitted regardless, otherwise the student can just input an answer and send/submit it. Currently I have the problem of the correct answer still being selected, I cannot figure out how to fix it in flash right now, but that won't be the case in the final version of the activity. 
- The 3rd and 4th screens are both for the teacher. The 3rd screen is the general statistics of the class: Percent that got it correct, the number of students that selected each answer, the average time it took them to answer. The 4th screen is a representation of the class room organized by the name of the XO per student. The teacher can hover over the XO symbol to see the XO's name immediately, and if they continue to hover over it (like in the XO user interface) more information about that particular XO will be displayed such as what answer was selected, and the exact time it took them to answer. 
Please see the related pictured below as well 

==Pictures/Concept Art==
I lack some art skills (sorry)

http://people.rit.edu/acj3840/ForDisplayOnly/Class%20Screen.png 
^^This is a concept for the final screen in the prototype. It will have the XO names right below the symbol, and the symbols will be highlighted red or green based on whether or not they answered correctly. Hovering over the XOs for a little bit will then show additional information like the last screen in the prototype. There should be back buttons added to go back to the previous screen as well as a 'ask another question' button and a 'end questioning' button.

==Milestones==
1) Learn Python/Get GroupMembers
Need
- Know python and have dev environment set up
- Get group members
Date
- To be done by end of RIT's winter break (1/4/2010)
2) Create Student Interface
Need
- Able to accept input from user
- Transition from screen to screen smoothly
- Gathers all of the desired information easily
Date
- To be done withing a week of teacher's interface (1/19/2010)
3) Create Teacher Interface
Need
- Able to accept input from user
- Transitions from screen to screen smoothly
- Stores all the information in a format easily sent over networks
- Able to display all of the class information regardless of number of students (up to 15)
Date
- To be done within 2 weeks of being back from break (1/26/2010)
4) Get Networking working
Need
- Teacher is able to create and share activity
- Students are able to join activity
- Information is able to be passed from student XO to teacher XO
Date
- To be as done as possible by end of class (Week of 2/22/2010)
5) Test
Need
- Multiple tests in many different situations
- Feedback from community on usefulness and what else is desired
Date
- As long as there is support for the project
6) Add features
Need
- Features to be added will determine needs
Date
- Needs will determine dates

==Recent Updates==
I'm now working on getting to learn python so I can code this. Anybody interested in helping feel free to contact me.

==Other notes==
The end goal for this project currently (for me) is to end up with a final design document for a project that the community has deemed useful and necessary. If you're interested in helping me, or working on the actual implementation after the design doc has been created, let me know. If you have any questions or concerns or requests please please PLEASE let me know so I can address them as quickly as possible.

==Contacts==
IRC Server: irc.freenode.net 
IRC Channel: #popquiz

[[user:acj3840|Alex Jones]] email: acj3840@rit.edu 
IRC: Boe08 
^^frequently on #sugar

[[user:modell|Michael O'Dell]] email: michael.s.odell@gmail.com <br\>
IRC: modell <br\>

[[user:Cheezmeister|Brendan Luchen]] email: bml4633@rit.edu <br\>
IRC: Cheezmeister

[[user:bisserlis|Ben Isserlis]] E-mail: Google Mail account bisserlis.
IRC: bisserlis

User:Cheezmeister

2010-01-15T21:52:16Z

Cheezmeister:

Hey there! Brendan Luchen* here, from the Winter '09 Seminar in OLPC Development here at RIT. I love coding, and I love kids. I've worked primarily in C and C++ with SDL, but I've also tinkered with Java, C#/XNA, Perl, OpenGL, and other tidbits. In short, I'll try anything if there's a reason to.

I was one of those kids who couldn't stand sitting through a perfectly intuitive mathematical idea explained for the fifth time in painful detail. My school days were not fun. I spent most of my time either sleeping or otherwise keeping myself occupied, and it was in 7th grade that I happily stumbled upon ancient BASIC tutorials in the back of my math text. As soon as I got my hands on a C compiler, I was hooked. FIRST robotics strengthened my interest in computer science, and I haven't looked back since :)

==Projects==
[[Teacher's Tools]] (my main focus for the winter seminar)

[[Ebook Reading And Distribution]]

==Contact==
Email: my username at gmail.com

AIM: HeWhoLikethCheez

IRC: Cheezmeister

http://www.cs.rit.edu/~bml4633

* It rhymes with "smoochin' "

User:Cheezmeister

2010-01-15T21:23:38Z

Cheezmeister:

Hey there! Brendan Luchen* here, from the Winter '09 Seminar in OLPC Development here at RIT. I love coding, and I love kids. I've worked primarily in C and C++ with SDL, but I've also tinkered with Java, C#/XNA, Perl, OpenGL, and other tidbits. In short, I'll try anything if there's a reason to.

I was one of those kids who couldn't stand sitting through a perfectly intuitive mathematical idea explained for the fifth time in painful detail. My school days were not fun. I spent most of my time either sleeping or otherwise keeping myself occupied, and it was in 7th grade that I happily stumbled upon ancient BASIC tutorials in the back of my math text. As soon as I got my hands on a C compiler, I was hooked. FIRST robotics strengthened my interest in computer science, and I haven't looked back since :)

==Contact==
Email: my username at gmail.com

AIM: HeWhoLikethCheez

IRC: Cheezmeister

http://www.cs.rit.edu/~bml4633

* It rhymes with "smoochin' "

Math4Team/RIT/Students

2010-01-15T21:18:27Z

Cheezmeister: /* Computer Science */

{{TOCright}}

==<big>Winter 2009</big>==

===Game Development & Design===
[[user:Taylor2412|Taylor Plimpton]] (4th Year)

===Computer Science===
[[user:modell|Michael O'Dell]] (4th Year)

[[user:yah3133|Yasser Hernandez]] (4th Year)

[[user:Cheezmeister|Brendan Luchen]] (3rd Year)

===Information & Technology===
[http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Iogburu Ihudiya Ogburu]

===New Media: Interactive Development===
[http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:MikeDeVine Mike DeVine] (3rd Year)

==<big>Fall 2009</big>==

===Game Development & Design===

[[User:prestonj| Preston Johnson]] (3rd Year)

[[User:esk7610| Eric Kenvin]] (3rd Year)

David Silverman (3rd Year)

[[User:SpenceThompson| Spence Thompson]] (4th Year)

[[User:Acj3840| Alex Jones]] (3rd Year)

[[User:KnightMearh| Jonathan Meschino]] (4th Year)

===Computer Science===
[[User:Jlew|Justin Lewis]] (4th Year)

===Information Technology===

[[User:Rohn|Rohn Huntone]] (4th year)

===New Media: Interactive Development===
[[User:Fmarvez| Forrest Marvez]] (4th Year)

[[User:TS1593| Tom Sekovski]] (3rd year)

===Networking===

[[User:Fapryce| Fatima Pryce]] (2nd year)

===Information Security and Forensics===

[[User:rnolette| Ryan Nolette]] (4th year)

===Software Engineering===

Teacher's Tools

2010-01-05T22:32:49Z

Cheezmeister: Spelling/grammar fixes

==Group Members==
[[user:acj3840|Alex Jones]] 
[[user:modell|Michael O'Dell]]

==Project Description==
My goal for this project is to create and distribute a prototype for a project idea that I have. I'm hoping to get feedback and functionality requests in regards to the prototype. In the end, I hope to create a final design document that will be able to be used along with my prototype to create a useful teacher tool that will assist teachers in understanding more about their students knowledge.

==Future goals==
Eventually, this project is going to be a program for the teacher to use to test students on their knowledge of math. The results will then be displayed to the teacher. The results will include things like % of users that answered the question correctly. A graphical display of what all of the submitted answers were and how many of each student picked that answer. The average time of student answers. And finally, a graphical display of all the students in the activity that when hovering over any particular student, will show the individual statistics about the student. This will help the teacher learn quickly what the weak points of the class as a whole are, as well as each individual student. With this knowledge the teacher easily determine what topics require more time for the students to learn. Teachers will be able to run the activity and students will be able to join. Hopefully we'll figure a way to efficiently connect somewhere between 10-15 students to each teacher. Also, currently the project will call for the teacher to input the question, answer, and amount of time to be given to the students to answer. Ideally the [[School Server/RIT|schoolserver.rit.edu]] will be able to host 'packets' of pre-made questions that the teacher can download and use.

==For Teachers==
If you are a teacher and want to evaluate my project, please either click
[http://people.rit.edu/acj3840/ForDisplayOnly/PythonPrototype_v0.5.swf here] or look just below to run the prototype. It will launch in the same window, so when you're done hit the back button to get back to this page. Please read the prototype notes as it explains what each screen is for. Once you're done running it, please go [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Talk:Teacher%27s_Tools here] to discuss it (or once again look below). The latest version is where you would add your input. If you need any help or would just prefer to individually contact me feel free to send me an email at acj3840@rit.edu

==Prototype/Project Files/Git==
Git probably will not be put up until someone else starts writing python code 
[http://people.rit.edu/acj3840/ForDisplayOnly/PythonPrototype_v0.5.swf Latest Flash Prototype] 
Discuss the prototype [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Talk:Teacher%27s_Tools here] 
For a directory of the old versions look [http://people.rit.edu/acj3840/ForDisplayOnly/ here]

==Prototype Notes==
A few things about my prototype. The final program will be in Python; the prototype is in flash because I know Actionscript and I'm able to quickly make a prototype with it. It's designed to get across the ideas of possible functionality, not actually be a fully working completely accurate prototype. I've hard coded a lot of stuff which won't be in the actual program. Please evaluate it based on what it implies it would/could do, rather than what it actually does (example: numbers for percentage are wrong, but implies that they would be displayed and displayed correctly). Things to note about it are as follows: 
- The first screen is what the teacher would see, and have the opportunity to input a question, input up to 4 answers, as well as select the correct answer. They would then click on answer to send the question out to the students. 
- The second screen is what the student would see after the teacher submits a question. The teacher's question is displayed as well as a timer and all of the possible answers submitted by the teacher. It currently only supports 4 but I'd like to allow the teacher to determine how many possible choices there are. When the timer runs out, an answer is submitted regardless, otherwise the student can just input an answer and send/submit it. Currently I have the problem of the correct answer still being selected, I cannot figure out how to fix it in flash right now, but that won't be the case in the final version of the activity. 
- The 3rd and 4th screens are both for the teacher. The 3rd screen is the general statistics of the class: Percent that got it correct, the number of students that selected each answer, the average time it took them to answer. The 4th screen is a representation of the class room organized by the name of the XO per student. The teacher can hover over the XO symbol to see the XO's name immediately, and if they continue to hover over it (like in the XO user interface) more information about that particular XO will be displayed such as what answer was selected, and the exact time it took them to answer. 
Please see the related pictured below as well 

==Pictures/Concept Art==
I lack some art skills (sorry)

http://people.rit.edu/acj3840/ForDisplayOnly/Class%20Screen.png 
^^This is a concept for the final screen in the prototype. It will have the XO names right below the symbol, and the symbols will be highlighted red or green based on whether or not they answered correctly. Hovering over the XOs for a little bit will then show additional information like the last screen in the prototype. There should be back buttons added to go back to the previous screen as well as a 'ask another question' button and a 'end questioning' button.

==Milestones==
1) Learn Python/Get GroupMembers
Need
- Know python and have dev environment set up
- Get group members
Date
- To be done by end of RIT's winter break (1/4/2010)
2) Create Teacher Interface
Need
- Able to accept input from user
- Transitions from screen to screen smoothly
- Stores all the information in a format easily sent over networks
- Able to display all of the class information regardless of number of students (up to 15)
Date
- To be done within 2 weeks of being back from break (1/18/2010)
3) Create Student Interface
Need
- Able to accept input from user
- Transition from screen to screen smoothly
- Gathers all of the desired information easily
Date
- To be done withing a week of teacher's interface (1/25/2010)
4) Get Networking working
Need
- Teacher is able to create and share activity
- Students are able to join activity
- Information is able to be passed from student XO to teacher XO
Date
- To be as done as possible by end of class (Week of 2/22/2010)
5) Test
Need
- Multiple tests in many different situations
- Feedback from community on usefulness and what else is desired
Date
- As long as there is support for the project
6) Add features
Need
- Features to be added will determine needs
Date
- Needs will determine dates

==Recent Updates==
I'm now working on getting to learn python so I can code this. Anybody interested in helping feel free to contact me.

==Other notes==
The end goal for this project currently (for me) is to end up with a final design document for a project that the community has deemed useful and necessary. If you're interested in helping me, or working on the actual implementation after the design doc has been created, let me know. If you have any questions or concerns or requests please please PLEASE let me know so I can address them as quickly as possible.

==Contacts==
IRC Server: irc.freenode.net
IRC Channel: #teachers_tools

[[user:acj3840|Alex Jones]] email: acj3840@rit.edu 
IRC: Boe08 
^^frequently on #sugar

[[user:modell|Michael O'Dell]] email: michael.s.odell@gmail.com <br\>
IRC: modell <br\>

[[user:Cheezmeister|Brendan Luchen]] email: bml4633@rit.edu <br\>
IRC: Cheezmeister

Teacher's Tools

2010-01-05T21:39:30Z

Cheezmeister: /* Contacts */

==Group Members==
[[user:acj3840|Alex Jones]] 
[[user:modell|Michael O'Dell]]

==Project Description==
My goal for this project is to create and distribute a prototype for a project idea that I have. I'm hoping to get feedback and functionality requests in regards to the prototype. In the end, I hope to create a final design document that will be able to be used along with my prototype to create a useful teacher tool that will assist teachers in understanding more about their students knowledge.

==Future goals==
Eventually, this project is going to be a program for the teacher to use to test students on their knowledge of math. The results will then be displayed to the teacher. The results will include things like % of users that answered the question correctly. A graphical display of what all of the submitted answers were and how many of each student picked that answer. The average time of student answers. And finally, a graphical display of all the students in the activity that when hovering over any particular student, will show the individual statistics about the student. This will help the teacher learn quickly what the weak points of the class as a whole are, as well as each individual student. With this knowledge the teacher easily determine what topics require more time for the students to learn. Teachers will be able to run the activity and students will be able to join. Hopefully we'll figure a way to efficiently connect somewhere between 10-15 students to each teacher. Also, currently the project will call for the teacher to input the question, answer, and amount of time to be given to the students to answer. Ideally the [[School Server/RIT|schoolserver.rit.edu]] will be able to host 'packets' of pre-made questions that the teacher can download and use.

==For Teachers==
If you are a teacher and want to evaluate my project, please either click
[http://people.rit.edu/acj3840/ForDisplayOnly/PythonPrototype_v0.5.swf here] or look just below to run the prototype. It will launch in the same window, so when you're done hit the back button to get back to this page. Please read the prototype notes as it explains what each screen is for. Once you're done running it, please go [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Talk:Teacher%27s_Tools here] to discuss it (or once again look below). The latest version is where you would add your input. If you need any help or would just prefer to individually contact me feel free to send me an email at acj3840@rit.edu

==Prototype/Project Files/Git==
Git probably will not be put up until someone else starts writing python code 
[http://people.rit.edu/acj3840/ForDisplayOnly/PythonPrototype_v0.5.swf Latest Flash Prototype] 
Discuss the prototype [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Talk:Teacher%27s_Tools here] 
For a directory of the old versions look [http://people.rit.edu/acj3840/ForDisplayOnly/ here]

==Prototype Notes==
A few things about my prototype. The final program will be in Python, the prototype is in flash because I know Actionscript and am able to quickly make a prototype with it. It's designed to get across the ideas of possible functionality, not actually be a fully working completely accurate prototype. I've hard coded a lot of stuff which won't be in the actual program. Please evaluated it based on what it implies it would/could do, rather than what it actually does (example: numbers for percentage are wrong, but implies that they would be displayed and displayed correctly). Things to note about it are as follows: 
- The 1st screen is what the teacher would see, and have the opportunity to input a question, input up to 4 answers, as well as select the correct answer. They would then click on answer to send the question out to the students. 
- The 2nd screen is what the student would see after the teacher submits a question. The teachers question is displayed as well as a timer and all of the possible answers submitted by the teacher. It currently only supports 4 but I'd like to allow the teacher to determine how many possible choices there are. When the timer runs out, an answer is submitted regardless, otherwise the student can just input an answer and send/submit it. Currently I have the problem of the correct answer still being selected, I cannot figure out how to fix it in flash right now, but that won't be the case in the final version of the activity. 
- The 3rd and 4th screens are both for the teacher. The 3rd screen is the general statistics of the class: Percent that got it correct, the number of students that selected each answer, the average time it took them to answer. The 4th screen is a representation of the class room organized by the name of the XO per student. The teacher can hover over the XO symbol to see the XO's name immediately, and if they continue to hover over it (like in the XO user interface) more information about that particular XO will be displayed such as what answer was selected, and the exact time it took them to answer. 
Please see the related pictured below as well 

==Pictures/Concept Art==
I lack some art skills (sorry)

http://people.rit.edu/acj3840/ForDisplayOnly/Class%20Screen.png 
^^This is a concept for the final screen in the prototype. It will have the XO names right below the symbol, and the symbols will be highlighted red or green based on whether or not they answered correctly. Hovering over the XOs for a little bit will then show additional information like the last screen in the prototype. There should be back buttons added to go back to the previous screen as well as a 'ask another question' button and a 'end questioning' button.

==Milestones==
1) Learn Python/Get GroupMembers
Need
- Know python and have dev environment set up
- Get group members
Date
- To be done by end of RIT's winter break (1/4/2010)
2) Create Teacher Interface
Need
- Able to accept input from user
- Transitions from screen to screen smoothly
- Stores all the information in a format easily sent over networks
- Able to display all of the class information regardless of number of students (up to 15)
Date
- To be done within 2 weeks of being back from break (1/18/2010)
3) Create Student Interface
Need
- Able to accept input from user
- Transition from screen to screen smoothly
- Gathers all of the desired information easily
Date
- To be done withing a week of teacher's interface (1/25/2010)
4) Get Networking working
Need
- Teacher is able to create and share activity
- Students are able to join activity
- Information is able to be passed from student XO to teacher XO
Date
- To be as done as possible by end of class (Week of 2/22/2010)
5) Test
Need
- Multiple tests in many different situations
- Feedback from community on usefulness and what else is desired
Date
- As long as there is support for the project
6) Add features
Need
- Features to be added will determine needs
Date
- Needs will determine dates

==Recent Updates==
I'm now working on getting to learn python so I can code this. Anybody interested in helping feel free to contact me.

==Other notes==
The end goal for this project currently (for me) is to end up with a final design document for a project that the community has deemed useful and necessary. If you're interested in helping me, or working on the actual implementation after the design doc has been created, let me know. If you have any questions or concerns or requests please please PLEASE let me know so I can address them as quickly as possible.

==Contacts==
IRC Server: irc.freenode.net
IRC Channel: #teachers_tools

[[user:acj3840|Alex Jones]] email: acj3840@rit.edu 
IRC: Boe08 
^^frequently on #sugar

[[user:modell|Michael O'Dell]] email: michael.s.odell@gmail.com <br\>
IRC: modell <br\>

[[user:Cheezmeister|Brendan Luchen]] email: bml4633@rit.edu <br\>
IRC: Cheezmeister

User:Cheezmeister

2010-01-05T21:37:53Z

Cheezmeister: Created page with 'Hey there! Brendan Luchen* here, from the Winter '09 Seminar in OLPC Development here at RIT. I love coding, and I love kids. I've worked primarily in C and C++ with SDL, but I'v…'

Hey there! Brendan Luchen* here, from the Winter '09 Seminar in OLPC Development here at RIT. I love coding, and I love kids. I've worked primarily in C and C++ with SDL, but I've also tinkered with Java, C#/XNA, Perl, OpenGL, and other tidbits. In short, I'll try anything if there's a reason to.

I was one of those kids who couldn't stand sitting through a perfectly intuitive mathematical idea explained for the fifth time in painful detail. My school days were not fun. I spent most of my time either sleeping or otherwise keeping myself occupied, and it was in 7th grade that I happily stumbled upon ancient BASIC tutorials in the back of my math text. As soon as I got my hands on a C compiler, I was hooked. FIRST robotics strengthened my interest in computer science, and I haven't looked back since :)

I've got a website in its infancy at http://bluchen.rh.rit.edu/ where you can check out some of my hackery. It's messy. You have been warned.

* It rhymes with "smoochin' "