Features/Teacher Buddy
Summary
This feature provides a new field in the presence server buddy mechanism for identifying teachers.
Owner
- Name: Walter Bender
- Name: Gonzalo Odiard
- Email: <walter AT sugarlabs DOT org> <gonzalo AT sugarlabs DOT org>
Current status
- Targeted release: 1.0
- Last updated: 29 July 2013
- Percentage of completion: 50% (buddy.py is finished. we need to add a corresponding mechanism for visualizing teachers in the GUI)
Detailed Description
Benefit to Sugar
By adding a mechanism for identifying a teacher, we can automate many of the Features/Classroom management features, such as handing in assignments, sharing stats, etc.
Scope
The feature requires:
- adding a new field to sugar3/presence/buddy.py
- adding a new field to jarabe/model/buddy.py
- a new icon for a teacher XO
- a test in jarabe/view/buddyicon.py for the teacher buddy
UI Design
How To Test
User Experience
The exact mechanism for setting the teacher boolean is to be determined.
The basic change to the user experience is simply a different icon to represent a teacher in the UI. The auto-detection of teachers will be exploited in the Features/Classroom management systems.
Dependencies
Contingency Plan
No impact as this is a new feature.
Documentation
Some discussions with the design team regarding the placement of the buttons on the palettes.