Human-Computer Interaction and Collaboration

Stephen Crossley

Supervisor: Dr. Haifeng Shen

9 Unit Engineering Project

Human-Computer Interaction and Collaboration: GroupNotes

Mobile Application◦Android

Student centred learning◦Collaborative note taking◦Communication

Proposed work

Multi-page PDF reading / writing

Develop annotative tools◦Text selection / highlighting◦Free-style drawing◦Geometric Shapes

Task List

Get up to speed on Android◦Test GroupNotes simulations

Importing Files◦Examine possible ‘slide’ formats◦Reading PDF documents

Task List

Text recognition◦Selection / Highlighting

Annotation Tools◦Free Style drawing◦Shape recognition

Annotations distribute across all clients

Time TableStart Task Time to

Spend

Week 2 (S1)

Set up GroupNotes, Android development kit

4 weeks

Week 7 (S1)

Research and develop PDF / File loading and saving

5-6 Weeks

Mid Year Break

Develop annotation tools, highlighting / text selection

4-5 Weeks

Week 5 (S2)

Testing, Thesis preparation, expo preparation

4-5 Weeks

Existing Systems

Foxit PDF◦Highlights,

underlines◦Free Draw◦Enhance these

features with GroupNotes Connectivity

Summary

GroupNotes◦Collaborative note taking and

annotation

Proposed implementation◦PDF reading / writing◦Drawing / highlighting tools◦Text recognition

Thankyou

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