Videre

Videre Group; from left to right: Jason Lafata, Talisha Payton, Andrew Sauber, Michael Plasmeier, and Jay Couture

Videre was my ITP project at Gov School.

• Source Code from Subversion
• Bugs on Bugzilla

• Intro PowerPoint (with the idea and plan; made after first week of 5)
• Final PowerPoint (with the result; at the end of the 5 weeks)

(much of this was copied off our Presentation PowerPoint)

Dilemma

• Typical grade databases are boring
• All you see are assignments given and grade received: They do not offer any grade interpretations
• Generic information: There is no way to see your grade over time or see your tendencies or a pattern to your work effort or anything.
• For parents, they usually don’t know how the student is doing in school unless they inquire regularly.

Videre is the SOLUTION

• Engaging layout
• Displays graphs and trends
• Interprets grades and provides advanced statistics
• Alerts parents as to how child is progressing
• Shows student how they need to perform to succeed

Technical Information

• Currently only a Proof of Concept
• Builds upon an existing online grade books
• Uses its database and authentication
• Written in PHP
• Graphs using PHP-SWF library
• Right now uses our own test database

Authentication

(picture)

Obstacles to Development

• Communicating effectively at times
• Motivation and focus
• Showing up for meetings
• Sleep
• Mandatory Fun Activities

If only we had more time…

Per assignment “what if” feature Student “tips” feature PHP 5 object oriented Unit testing Backtracing Implement with real grade book