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FreeGradekeeperEaseandFunctionalityatEveryone’sfavorite

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PatrickSibleyCarlScoglandJerodBrackin

CSC4330‐1Fall‘08

OurProject:Ourprojectisaprogramtohelpmaintaingradesforaschool.Itwillletteachersteachingoneormoreclassesassignandmaintaingradesforstudentsineachoftheirclassesoralloftheirsubjectswhileaveragingthosegradesautomatically.Itwillalsoletstudentsviewtheirgradesforeachoftheirclassestotracktheirprogress.TheProblemweareaddressing:Maintaininggradesforaclassusingpaperandpencilistediousandtimeconsuming.Ittakesuptoomuchspacetotrytokeepupwithpilesofgradedpapers.Manyother,mainstreamsystemsmadetokeepupwithsuchinformationareexpensiveorcomplicated.Schoolsthatarenotwellofffinanciallymaynotbeabletoaffordsuchprograms.Regardless,gradekeepingisanessentialaspectofschoolingforbothteachersandstudents.TheImpactourprojectwillhave:Ourprojectwillgiveschoolsafreewaytomaintaintheirgrades.Iftheschoolsarestartingoutorhavelimitedfunds,theywon’tbeabletospendagreatdealofmoneyforagradingprogramforalltheirteachers.Insteadofmakingtheteachersusetheirvaluabletimetoaverageandmaintainstudents’gradesbyhand,theprogramwilldothisforteachersautomatically,thusgivingthemmoretimetofocusontheirchildren’seducationandbuildabetterfutureforthem.MajorGoalsoftheproject:

‐ Toprovideflexibilitysothatuserscandowhattheyneedtodowhenevertheyneedtodoit,howevertheywanttodoit,withoutgoingthroughtoomanytediousmenus.

‐ Toprovidealogical,userfriendlyinterfacewithnoconfusingmenussothatanyteacherorstudentcanuseit.

‐ Toprovideatimesavingaveragingprogramforteachers‐ Toletteachersofallgradesfromelementarytohighschooleasilymodifythe

interfacetofittheirneeds.Duetotimeconstraintsandsetbacks,thisgoalhadtobeabandoned.Thefocuschangedtohighschoolsettingsonly.Thereasoningbehindthiswasthatauniversitywouldlikelyhaveenoughfundstobuyacommercialproductwhilestudentsinelementarysettingsmightnotknowhowtousecomputersasquiteasproficientlyasothers

UsersTheFreeGradekeeperhas3groupsofusers:Teachers:userswhoteachoneormoreclassesataschoolandassigngradesbased

onstudents’performance,Students:userswhoareenrolledinclassesinsomeschoolsettingandtaketeststo

evaluatetheirknowledge.Administrator:Thisonefiguremaintainsschoolwidesettingsthatneithera

teachernorastudentshouldperformThefollowingliststheactivitiestheywillbeabletoperform.

Teachers’Activities‐Optionallyenterdescriptionsandpointvaluesforallgradestheyplantohave

throughoutthesemester(toenablestudentstoplanwhatgradestheyneedtomaketogetacertaingrade)

‐Inputasetofgradesforatest‐onegradetoeachstudentintheclass‐Viewandeditaspecificstudent’sgrades‐Seetheaverageforaspecificstudent’sgrades‐Seetheclass’saverageforthetotalgradeorforatest‐Setwhetherstudentscanseeclassaverages

Students’Activities‐Seeallcurrentgradesatthesametime‐Changepassword‐Foreachclass

‐Seewhotheteacheris‐Seepastgradesonpasttests ‐Foreachofthose,seetheclassaverage(ifenabled)‐Seethetotalgradetheyhavefortheclass‐Inputguessesforfuturegradestoseewhattheiraveragewouldbe

AdministratorActivities‐Edit,accept,ordenyuseraccountsfrombeingcreated‐Enrollstudentsinclasses‐Edit,add,ordeletecoursesintheschool

FSMs

NoteonFSMs:Inordertoachievetheflexibilitygoallisted,manypathsandtransitionsneedtobeavailableinourFSMs.Becauseofthesidebar,thestudentcanalwaysgettotheschedulescreen,thechangepasswordscreen,andthecoursepagescreen.Likewisefortheteacherbeingabletogettoanyscreenquickly.Thatbeingunderstood,thereareunderstoodpathsintheFSMsthatwouldbeentirelytootediousandconfusingtoshow.

EntitiesTeacher(userID,password,firstName,lastName,gender,age,streetAddress,state,zipCode,city,classCount,email,officeLocation,phone)Class

(classID,teacherID,description,studentCount,roomNo,meetingTime,semester,year,testCount,AverageGrade,PointsPossible,gradingScale,capacity)Student(userID,password,firstName,lastName,gender,age,streetAddress,state,zipCode,city,classCount,email,parentName,phone)Tests(testID,Description,grouping,PointsPossible,AverageGrade,gradingScale,weight,dateGiven)Admin(userID,password,firstName,lastName,gender,age,streetAddress,state,zipCode,city,classCount,email,officeLocation,phone)RelationshipsTeaches(teacherID,classID)Has(classID,testID)Enrolled(studentID,classID,ClassGrade,PointsMade,Percentage)Takes(studentID,classID,testID,PointsMade,DateTaken,Percentage)LinkDescriptions‐0:nonTeachertoteacheslink:Ateachermaybeteachinganywherefrom0tonclasses.(0mostlyappliestonewteacherswithoutclasses.‐1:1onclasstoteacheslink:Aclasswillbetaughtbyexactlyoneteacher.‐1:monstudentstoenrolledlink:Astudentcanbeenrolledinatminimum0classes(duringsummer,forexample),butatmostmclasses.

‐0:konclasstoenrolledlink:Aclasscanhaveanywherefrom0(whenaclassisinitiallycreated,forexample)tokstudentsinit.‐0:Lonclasstotestslink:Aclasscanhaveanywherefrom0students(usuallyonlywhenitisinitiallycreatedandstudentshavenotyetscheduledit)toLstudents.‐1:1onteststohaslink:Atestispartofexactlyoneclassandnotusedbyanyother.‐0:m*Lon(studentenrolledinaclass)totakeslink:AstudentenrolledinasmanyasmclasseswithLtestsineach,canhaveuptom*Ltests.‐0:konteststotakeslink:Iftherearekstudentsinaclass,atmostthereneedbektests.

MenusThemostefficientwaytoachievethelevelofflexibilitythatwewantistouseasidebarinourprogram.Thissidebarwouldalwaysbeonthescreen,alwaysallowingwhicheverusertogotothemostimportantormostfrequentlyusedplacesintheprogramtheyneedtogo.Thefollowingmenusarelistingsoftheitemswewantineachmenu.Wewilldealwithaesthetics,colors,andfontslaterafterwearesurethatthemenusareasfunctionalastheyneedtobe.____________________________________________________________________________________________StudentSideBar<|BackForward|>//linktothepreviousornextpagecutduetotime<StudentName>//notalink.Justshowingthestudent’sname‐AllGrades//linktotheallgradesscreen‐Schedule <ListofCourses>(inalphabeticalorder)anexamplefollows English//eachoftheseisalinktothecoursepageforthatsubject Math . . .‐ChangePassword//linktothechangepasswordscreen‐Logout//logsuseroutofsystem____________________________________________________________________________________________AccountScreenEnterPreviousPassword<textfield>EnterNewPassword<textfield>ReenterNewPassword<textfield>Submit//whenclicked,thiswillchangethepasswordtowhateverisinthenewChangeemailaddress<textfield>Submit//passwordtextfieldonlyiftheoldpasswordiscorrect.____________________________________________________________________________________________

AllGradesscreen<Studentname>’sGrades<ListofCourses><OverallCourseGrade><Uptolast5gradesforcoursetests>EnglishBTest3–85BQuiz3–75CTest4–80–B…MathATest1–93ATest2–88BHomework5–75–C…../**Eachsubjecttitleisalinktothatcourse’spage.Thesearetheonlylinksonthisscreen.Thescreenissetupthiswaybecauseeachsubjectmayhavedifferentdescriptionsandnumbersoftests.Thepurposeofthisscreenisnottooverwhelmanyonewithabunchofnumbersonascreen.Itistoshowthemostrecentgradesinallthecoursesandtheoverallgradeineachcourse.*/____________________________________________________________________________________________Student: ...<student-name>... Course : ...<course-name>.... Semester: ...<fall-or-spr>... Year: ...<????>... Garding scale: A=85-100, B=75-84, C=65-75, D=55-64, F=0-54 Scores for test, homeworks (including max-marks and percentage of grade, if applicable): Tests(90%) : #1(100, 20%) #2(50, 20%) #3(100, 25%) #4(100, 25%) Student : 90 30 --- --- ClassAverage : 87 40 --- --- Homeworks(10%): #1(10) #2(15) #3(15) #4(10) Student : 10 10 5 10 ClassAverage : 9 8 12 10 Current grade : Total Test Scores = 120(150), weighted-value = 72(90) Total Homework Scores = 35(60), weighted-value = 6(10) Total = 78(100), grade = B TeacherInfoFindotherstudentsCalculateProjectedFinalGrade

/**calculateprojectedfinalgradeshowstestsyettobetakenwithtextfieldsforthepointsmade.TheCalculateProjectedFinalGradebuttonischanged.Twonewbuttons:“calculate,”(whenclickedthiswillshowthenewlycalculated“projectedtotal”insteadofclasstotal.Thiscanbecalculatedmultipletimes.),and“currentgrade”(whichremovesthetextfieldsandshowsclasstotalagain.“TeacherInfo”isalinktotheteacherinfoscreen.“Findotherstudents”isalinktoascreenshowingthenamesoftheotherstudentsintheclass.*/ProjectedTotal590650%%TeacherInfoFindotherstudentsBacktoCurrentGradeCalculate____________________________________________________________________________________________TeacherSideMenu<|BackForward|>//linkstothenextandpreviouspages<TeacherName>‐AllCourses‐Account‐Classes <ListofClassesCurrentlyTeaching(alphabetical)>

//eachalinktothatcoursepage‐Settings//linktothesettingsscreenwhereteachersetsvisibilities‐Logout//logsuseroutofthesystem___________________________________________________________________________________________Coursepage<CourseName><ListofStudentsincourse(alphabetical)><Descriptions>……TotalGrade.<GradeofStudent1>…..<TotalGradeofstudent>Test1Test2…TotalGradeAlan90A82B…81.5BBobby85B76C…72.1CCarl95A73C…...<Average><Average>…..<ClassGradeAverage><SaveChanges>/**anyindividualgradecanbeclickedtoturnintoatextfieldwhichcanbeedited.A“savechanges”buttonwillbeatthebottomrighthandcornerofthescreen.Anyattempttochangepageswithoutsavingwilldisplayan“areyousure”box*/____________________________________________________________________________________________Studentinaclassgradesscreen

<StudentName>’s<ClassName>grades<Description><Grademade><percentage>editMath‐Carl’sGradesTest190/9590%Aedit..SaveChangesAll<StudentName>’sgrades(onlyinelem)/**editchangesthestudent’sgradetoaneditabletextbox.Savechangessavesallchangeswhenclicked.All<StudentName>’sgradesgoestoapagethatshowsallofthatstudent’sgrades.*/____________________________________________________________________________________________EnrollStudentScreenSelectClasstoaddto<dropdownlistofclasses>SelectStudent<dropdownlistofstudentsinclass>Whattodo?<dropdownadd,edit,delete>*willbeprompted“areyousure”**note,Selectstudentwillonlybeavailableforelementarybecauseonestudentisaddedtoallclasses.*

UserFunctionsinaprogrammingsenseGenericUserFunction Parameters Other

InputsValueReturned

OtherOutputs

average arrayOfGrades average getTestGrade testID,studentID,

classID testGrade

Back lastPage Mainframechanged

Forward nextPage Mainframechanged

toPassword Mainframechanged

changePassword newPassword,confirmPassword,oldPassword,

Passwordchanged

startEmailEditor sendRequestForLogin type,name request

sent StudentFunction Parameters Other

InputsValueReturned

OtherOutputs

toAllGrades studentID Mainframechanged

toOtherStudents courseID Mainframechanged

emailTeacher EmailEditorstarted

toTeacherInfo courseID Mainframe

changedcalculateProjectedGrade

arrayOfGrades,arrayOfExpectedGrades

projectedGrade

backToCurrentGrade courseID Mainframechanged

toCoursePage courseID Mainframechanged

TeacherFunction Parameters OtherInputs Value

ReturnedOtherOutputs

editTestGrade testID,studentID,classID,newGrade

testGradechanged

Thisprogramcannotcurrentlyberunonapplecomputersorcomputerswithoutthelatestversionofjavainstalled.Macsrelyontheirownservice,softwareupdate,tohandleanyupdates.Forthisreason,theydonothavethelatestversionofjava.Thisprogram,however,usesanewerclassfromtheswingpackageinthebuildingoftheGUIs.

Thisprogramusesadatabase,and,asaresult,needsadriverforthisdatabase.Thedriverusedwascom.mysql.jdbc.Driver.Thiswasincludedinajarsotheprogramcouldrun.AppendixofclassesMain.java–includesthemainmethodClassesbasedontheEntitiesUser.java

Teacher.javaAdmin.javaStudent.java

Takes.javaSubject.javaEnrollment.javaTest.javaDBAccess.java–foraccessingthedatabaseJPanelsubclassesfortheGUIelements InitialGUIs Logon.java Registration.java FortheStudent SideBar.java AllGrades.java Course.java Account.java CalculateProjected.java FortheTeacher AllCourses.java TCoursePage.java TSettings.java TSidePanel.java TAccount.java TStudentGrade.java FortheAdmin AdminMain.java AdminApprove.java AdminMakeSubj.java Enroll.java UserReqs.java