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General Information
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History
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Introduction
3.1. Goal
3.2. Scope
3.3. Dictionary
3.4. Review
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Use Cases
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User Stories
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Requirement
6.1. Hardare
6.2. Software
6.3. Additional Requirement
6.4. Prototype
| Project Name | "CourseMates" |
| Project Team | Ofir Zhitomirsky, Eliran Yehezkel, Hadar Pikali, Ben Ohana |
| Project Files | Presentation , SOW |
| Relevant Links | Home , WiKi , Inception |
| Version | Date | Description | Changed By |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | 4/4/2013 | First Version | "CourseMates" |
| 1.1 | 10/4/2013 | After Review Corrections | "CourseMates" |
Our goal is to improve studying experience by providing comfortable and efficient tools and an environment for real time sharing and collaboration.
We would like to see thousands of students stop wasting their time on searching, evaluating, receiving and forwarding relevant documents as happens today.
So what is CourseMates? CourseMates is:
- A place where the documents have comments, rating and updates.
- A place that lets you know if a document is irrelevant or modified, or even if the latest class have been canceled.
- A place that give you the ability to manage discussions.
- A place that gives you real time notifications about new course events.
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For PC-Usage :
CourseMates application will only operate with an Internet browser. Local software installation is not needed. Browser support for ASP.NET 4 is necessary . -
For Android Devices:
CourseMates application will operate as a local application app (Internet Connection Requaired), and will use the Android System methods only for Notifications. All other services and memory management will not be affected. Android API 4 version and above is necessary. -
Server:
An IIS +SQL server which will handle all the users Database, Files location, reviews, Notification User requests and Etc. Every User can create and join an unlimited number of courses, files, and reviews. An uploaded file will not exceed 10Mb.
- Server - will use to storage file, RESTFUL web service, web site and SQL server.
- Android - a smartphone linux base Os.
- IIS - Internet Information Services.
- Eclipse - IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for Java development.
- RESTFUL Service - (Representational State Transfer) is a style of software architecture for distributed systems such as the World Wide Web. REST has emerged as a predominant web API design model.
- Ext.net - a .NET plugin for eazy visual web design.
- JSON - (JavaScript Object Notation) is a text-based open standard designed for human-readable data interchange.
- GCM - (Google Cloud Messaging) A service that allows you to send data from our server to users' with Android smartphone.
- Course Admin - A user with higher permissions to a course.
- Actors & Interest
| Actor / Shareholder | Goal |
|---|---|
| Students / Teachers |
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| Web Storage (Like DropBox) | Our main competitors. |
| Educational Institutions | Optional future customers. |
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UML Schema
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User Stories
| # | Story | Description |
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| US0 | Add a new Course | As a student I want to add a new course in order to share and manage information and files with my classmates. |
| US1 | Join a new course | As a student I want to join a new course in order to get information and files about the course with my classmates. |
| US2 | Invite other user to a course | As a student I want to invite other user to a course in order to share information only with the correct classmates. |
| US3 | Delete Course | As a student I want delete course in order to manage my courses and delete the course files. |
| US4 | Edit course | As a student I want edit course in order to manage the course as the way I want to. |
| US5 | Respond to a Request | As a student I want to respond to a request in order to register only to the courses I'm interested in. |
| US6 | Ask a question | As a student I want to ask a question in order to get information about the course or anything else by my classmates. |
| US7 | Replace a file | As a student I want to replace a file in order to correct myself if I've uploaded the wrong file, or I have an updated \ better file. |
| US8 | Delete a file | As a student I want to delete a file in order to correct myself if I've uploaded the wrong file, or uploaded it before. |
| US9 | Rate a file | As a student I want to rate a file in order to give my classmates a point of view about a certain file. |
| US10 | Edit a file | As a student I want to edit a file in order to or remove something from a file I uploaded. |
| US11 | Add a new file | As a student I want to add a new file in order to share it with my classmates and get reviews. |
| US12 | Login | As a student I want to login in order to protect my username with a password and to get identified by "CourseMates" , and to see only the courses I'm registered to. |
| US13 | Register to the site | As a student I want to register to the site in order to choose a username and have it protected with a password. Register my email for "CourseMates" notifications. |
| US14 | Get notifications | As a student I want to get notifications in order to get the most updated files and reviews. Get any relevant course information soon as possible. |
| 1. Case Name | Get email notifications |
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| Actor | Students / Teachers |
| Goal | Getting notifications on changes that was made in a course that i participate. |
| Level & Scope | Web or Android application, users. |
| Shareholder & Interest | The course student would like to stay updated, in order to succeed their studies. |
| Description | When a student makes any changes in the course site (update or upload a file or ask / answer a question), all other student in the course will get email notifications. |
| Trigger | A change in the course site. |
| Postcondition | A user must be a student in the course. |
| Success | The student get email notification. |
| Failure | The student didn't get the notification. |
| Main Success Scenario | 1. A student ask or answer question or update or upload a file. 2. The system will send a notification to all the student in the course. 3. All student can stay update and succeed their studies. |
| Extensions (Errors) | Need to verify students email on registration. |
| Alternative Scenarios | Student can get notification through Android push notification (GCM). |
| 2. Case Name | Add new file |
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| Actor | Students / Teachers |
| Goal | Add new file to the course site. |
| Level & Scope | Web or Android application, users. |
| Shareholder & Interest | The course student would like to upload and share files. |
| Description | When a user want to upload new file he will press an upload file button to upload a file,than the user will choose the file from his computer, enter the display name and click ok, the system will save the file on the server and prompt the user with the appropriate message (failure or success). |
| Trigger | A mouse click on a the upload file button. |
| Postcondition | The student must be logged in. |
| Success | The file uploaded to the server, the user prompt with success message, and the file appear in the course files page. |
| Failure | The file didn't uploaded to the server, the user prompt with failure message, and the file didn't appear in the course files page. |
| Main Success Scenario | 1. The student logged in. 2. The student click the upload file button. 3. The student choose a file from his computer. 4. A success message prompt the student. 5. The student will see his new file in the course file page. |
| Extensions (Errors) | Network connection Error |
| Alternative Scenarios | Send the file to the course admin to upload the file. |
| 3. Case Name | Invite students to my course. |
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| Actor | Course Admin |
| Goal | To send invitation to registered users in order to add them to my course. |
| Level & Scope | Web or Android application, users. |
| Shareholder & Interest | Student would like to add registered student to my course, shared and collaborate information. |
| Description | Course admin will press the Invite student button, then he can search for registered student, select them and send invitation to the course. |
| Trigger | Search registered users and send invitations. |
| Postcondition | 1. The student is logged in. 2. The student is a course admin. 3. The searched student are registered. |
| Success | The invitation sent to the selected student. |
| Failure | The invitation didn't sended to the selected student. |
| Main Success Scenario | 1. The course admin logged in to the system. 2. The course admin searched for register student. 3. The course admin select students and send invitations. 4. All selected students will get the invitation. |
| Extensions (Errors) | User can't be found or invitation didn't send. |
| Alternative Scenarios | Request and approval mechanism. |
- User Requirement
- Computer with internet connection.
- Smartphone with Android OS.
- Development Requirement
- Server - SQL and File hosting.
- Smartphone with Android OS for testing
- User Requirement
- Web browser.
- CourseMates Client for Android
- Development Requirement
- SQL server management
- Visual Studio for web development.
- Eclipse for the Android application.
- IIS.
- Ext.net - a .NET plugin for eazy visual web design.
No additional requirement.
