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The [[Harvest]] system is being used to gather some basic stats; A visualization tool will be developed to enable stakeholders (funders, administrators, and classroom teachers) to monitor these data.

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=== OLPC Jamaica ===

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The OLPC Dashboard project was developed at [http://www.uwimona.edu.jm The University of the West Indies, Jamaica]. It is an ongoing project. It consists of a two part system. The data collection script runs on the XS (or XSCE) school server. The script traverses the ''/library/users/'' directory on the XS school server and gathers the metadata from Sugar Journal backups. The collected metadata are then expressed as a comma-separated or CSV file. An alternative export method exports the data as json. The dashboard is where the analysis and reporting happen. The dashboard system is a selective visualization setup with a [https://couchdb.apache.org/ CouchDB] backend. The json is pushed into a CouchDB database on the XS. Then, selective data aggregates are produced via views in CouchDB and displayed using a JavaScript front end. This step happens on the local XS (views for teacher and principal). However, an aggregated view can happen centrally as well. The CouchDB on the XS can also be synchronized with a central CouchDB, where the visualization may be different, perhaps for personnel at the country's Ministry of Education. Code and test data can be found at [https://github.com/Leotis/olpc_journal_processor olpc_journal_processor] and [https://github.com/Leotis/olpc-datavisualization- olpc-datavisualization].

== References ==

* See this discussion list thread, [http://www.mail-archive.com/sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg35850.html The quest for data], begun on 02 January 2014.

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