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Summer of Code/2016/Journal Rethink (view source)
Revision as of 02:50, 22 March 2016
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Journal Rethink is to enhance Journal such that students could use it as a platform to do their project-work.
Journal Rethink is to enhance Journal such that students could use it as a platform to do their project-work.
The listed features can be used for making Journal as a platform for working on projects.
The listed features can be used for making Journal as a platform for working on projects.
*'''Shared mini-journal:'''
*'''Shared mini-journal:'''
The present Sugar Journal shares only single instance of an activity with a group of participants. A need is to make Journal support sharing of multiple instances of one or more activities among the same group like for Maths Project group.
The present Sugar Journal shares only single instance of an activity with a group of participants. A need is to make Journal support sharing of multiple instances of one or more activities among the same group like for Maths Project group.
In short, When users opens the Journal they can see list of projects (mini-journals) in Projects List View. When they click on the particular project, they see a list of activities that are shared with the same participants under the same project in the mini-journal (same layout as journal today).
In short, When users opens the Journal they can see list of projects (mini-journals) in Projects List View. When they click on the particular project, they see a list of activities that are shared with the same participants under the same project in the mini-journal (same layout as journal today).
*'''File Syncer System for mini-journal:'''
*'''File Syncer System for mini-journal:'''
A file syncer system will be developed which will sync the files when the user does not have the activity running. This system will be further used to alert the user for the changes that occur in the state of shared activity by implementing the alert tool.
A file syncer system will be developed which will sync the files when the user does not have the activity running. This system will be further used to alert the user for the changes that occur in the state of shared activity by implementing the alert tool.
A alert tool box with a palette box will be added which can be used as an indication of new notifications or alerts that will be prompted when the state of shared activity changes.
A alert tool box with a palette box will be added which can be used as an indication of new notifications or alerts that will be prompted when the state of shared activity changes.
*'''Start a new entry or Add New Item:'''
*'''Start a new entry or Add New Item:'''
Under the mini-journal feature another feature of adding more instances of activities directly from Journal by just using the feature of “Add Item”. At first the student or user will be forced to title the entry he is adding. Then a File-Chooser view of Home-view displaying the list of activities would pop-up from which user would select the activity to start working in.
Under the mini-journal feature another feature of adding more instances of activities directly from Journal by just using the feature of “Add Item”. At first the student or user will be forced to title the entry he is adding. Then a File-Chooser view of Home-view displaying the list of activities would pop-up from which user would select the activity to start working in.