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This project helps to improve the life of students, TAs and teachers by automating many mundane tasks which are sometimes done manually. ClassMateBot is a discord bot made in Python and could be used for any discord channel.
This is Project 2 for team 1 in Fall 2023. Changes are marked below and listed here
There are three basic user groups in a ClassMateBot, which are Students, Professor and TAs. Some basic tasks for the bot for the students user group should be automating the task of group making for projects or homeworks, Projection deadline reminders, asking questions, getting questions for review etc. For TAs it is taking up polls, or answering questions asked by the students.
Our ClassMateBot focuses on the student side of the discord channel, i.e. currently it focuses on the problems faced by the students while using these discord channels.
The user stories covered here would be more concerned about the activities for the channel for Software Engineering class in North Carolina State University for the Fall 2021 semester.
Once the new member joins the server, before giving them the access to the channels there is a need to get the real full name of the member to map it with the discord nick name. This mapping can later be used for group creation, voting and so on. To do this we first assign the unverified role to the new comer and then ask them to verify their identity using $verify command. If that goes through, the member is assigned a student role and has full access to the server resources. The bot then welcomes the member and also provides important links related to the course.
Voting for projects is a common occurence that many students must endure. With the addition of a voting system, this task is made easier by allowing student groups to place themselves on projects through an easy to use discord system. With the combination of the ClassMateBot grouping system, teams can easily vote their group into a project, switch their votes, or view the full list of projects that have been voted for.
Deadlines now send automatic messgages for assignments that are due that day and assignments that are due within the hour! Check out more here
The next important thing our project covers is the Deadline reminder feature of our bot. Students may add homeworks, links, and due dates using the system, and then view their daily or weekly dues with ease. No longer will a student be vulnerable to those odd submission times like 3:00 PM. See homework specific to one class, due today, or due this week!
Another problem that the students face is that they cannot pin important messages they want to go back to later. With pinned messages, the student can save discord message links easily to point back to prior messages or just leave their own general messages. It is a very easy system to use and could be creatively used by a student in many different ways to promote better classroom success.
Another unique and useful feature of our ClassMateBot is that it helps the students in the process of group making for their projects. Through this feature, the bot could help the students identify other members of the class with similar ideals and acts as a medium to connect them initially. This feature is also helpful for students randomly assigned to a group to connect with the new member which would not only save time, but also, saves effort as many times students do not have their names as their usernames on discord. Through this students can join, leave or connect with others.
Moreover, the group creation feature allows members of the group to join a private text channel to communicate with ease! This works by assigning a role to the user when they join a group and giving them access to the private channel specically for their group, this is especially useful when switching groups because a change in the user's role will automatically revoke access to the private channel. Additionally, the private channels are set up so instructors can help with clarifications directly without having to reach out to them via DMs.
A common usage for our current class Discord is for students to ask questions about the course. It is helpful for the questions to be numbered and for the answers to be attached to the question so it be easily found. Some students may feel more comfortable asking and answering questions anonymously. It is also helpful for users to know if the question is answered by a student or instructor. This feature keeps the questions and answers all in one channel so it does not clutter other channels and can be more easily viewed.
An essential part of studying is going over questions related to the exam topics. This feature allows instructors to add review questions and students to get random review questions. To enhance its effectiveness, the answers to the review questions are hidden as a spoiler that students can choose to unveil when they are ready.
Users can now create polls! Instructor can ask for student opinions.
We can also create Quiz Poll
An essential part of any course is the delivery of assignments and the grading of these. This feature allows instructors to add assignments into the server, and assign grades to them based on grading categories. Both the students and the instructor are able to have an easy interface to view their grades, and do calculations based on them. For example, the instrcutor can view a grading breakdown for a given grading category or asssignment, and the students can do calculations to determine how well they need to do on a given assignment to maintain a desired grade.
Instructors can input their syllabus!
Instructors can add assignments and grades to the system
Students can check their grades
Although being able to set deadlines on discord is useful, a good number of students would like to have those deadlines on their calendar. This feature allows deadlines to be automically added to a Google calendar that the students can see as well as functionality to move those calendar events to other formats that the student may prefer. After the instructor has added events to the calendar students will be able to download these events either as a .ics file they can upload to outlook or other calendar software, or they can download the events as a pdf. Lastly, the bot will check the calendar daily for events due that day and ping everyone in general of the items that are due that day.
Instructor can add events to the calendar!
And students can download the calendar as iCal so they can use in their preffered app!
To install and run the ClassMate Bot, follow instructions in the Installation Guide.
General commands in bot.py
For the newComer.py file
For the voting.py file
For the deadline.py file
📂 $due date command (Modified Command in Project 2)
📂 $change reminder due date command
📂 $clear all reminders command
For the pinning.py file
For the groups.py file
For the qanda.py file
For the reviewqs.py file
For the polling.py file
For the calendar.py file
📂 $getiCalDownload command (New Command in Project 2)
📂 $getPdfDownload command (New Command in Project 2)
📂 $subscribeCalendar command (New Command in Project 2)
📂 $removeCalendar command (New Command in Project 2)
📂 $clearCalendar command (New Command in Project 2)
📂 $addCalendarEvent command (New Command in Project 2)
For the grades.py file
📂 $add_grade_category command (New Command in Project 2)
📂 $edit_grade_category command (New Command in Project 2)
📂 $delete_grade_category command (New Command in Project 2)
📂 $categories command (New Command in Project 2)
📂 $grade_report_assignment command (New Command in Project 2)
📂 $grade_report_category command (New Command in Project 2)
📂 $input_grades command (New Command in Project 2)
📂 $grade command (New Command in Project 2)
📂 $gradebycategory command (New Command in Project 2)
📂 $gradeforclass command (New Command in Project 2)
📂 $graderequired command (New Command in Project 2)
📂 $graderequiredforclass command (New Command in Project 2)
For the assignments.py file
📂 $add_assignment command (New Command in Project 2)
📂 $edit_assignment command (New Command in Project 2)
📂 $delete_assignment command (New Command in Project 2)
Future scope suggested tasks are located in the Projects tab.
| Project 2 |  Brandon Walia |
 Nathan Kohen |
 Nicholas Foster |
 Robert Kenney |
Support Email: [email protected]
Please reach out with any questions about ClassMateBot!
Our team is always monitoring the support email address to provide the quickest and easiest support possible.