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CS 501 Presentation 2CS 501 Presentation 204/5/2007

Presented byHoman Lee

Kelly LiYan ZhangWill Cheng

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Today’s AgendaToday’s Agenda

• Recap

• GAIM Plug-in

• Data Daemon

• Web Admin

• Looking Forward

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RecapRecap

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RecapRecap• Last time:

– Project timeline• 1st Iteration (March 8, 2007)

– Prototype – User interface mockup• 2nd Iteration (April 4, 2007)

– Bare minimum functionality – network and database– Gaim Subtasks:

» Log user info – March 17th

» UI refinement – March 24th

• 3rd Iteration (May 2, 2007)– Functionally complete – testing begins and features

reassessed• Final Delivery (May 9, 2007)

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RecapRecap

• Issues brought up at last presentation:– User testing too late, needs to be pushed

forward– Unintuitive subject entry form when creating

experiment

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• Solutions– User testing too late:

• Implementation going as quickly as possible

– Unintuitive subject entry:• Redesigned subject entry method

– Uploading Excel file functionality to be added at next iteration

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GAIM Plug-inGAIM Plug-in

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UMLUML

Key_press_event

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GAIM Core

Sending_im_message

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DemoDemo

GAIM Plug-in DEMO

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Data DaemonData Daemon

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Overview + RequirementsOverview + Requirements

• Interface between GAIM and DB

• Requirements– Many users multi-threaded– Flexible schema– Data is invaluable guaranteed delivery

from GAIM to Server

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UMLUML

Data Daemon

HTTP

Apache

XML

ODBC

MySQLAPATE GAIM Plug-in

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Added benefitsAdded benefits

• Modular subsystems– Flexible IM client– Flexible Web Admin

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DemoDemo

Data Daemon Demo

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Web AdminWeb Admin

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Web Interface overviewWeb Interface overview

• Customized consent, instruction forms.

• Experimenter add/del participants

• Change passwords

• Permission (admin vs. experimenter)

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Experimenter add/del participantsExperimenter add/del participants

• The experimenter adds participants by typing the participant’s name, email address, and the course the participant is in

• Can enter multiple participants at once

• Remove participants through a checkbox interface

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Experimenter)Experimenter)• Admin can create experimenters

• Experimenters can allow other experimenters to work on their experiments

• Permissions will be refined to be more fine grain for 3rd iteration

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Display Experiment DataDisplay Experiment Data

• Simple XML output of data

• Proof of concept of communication between website and plugin

• Will have finalized data output for next iteration

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Looking ForwardLooking Forward• GAIM

– Keystroke logging

• Data Daemon– Refine XML schema– Refine web data display– Export data in XML & csv format

• Web Admin– Export/Import Participants (to Excel)– Reminder email (initial, everyday, final)– Customize the quiz

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QuestionsQuestions

Questions?

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Thank youThank you

Thank you