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https://github.com/charwick/pick.al

A lightweight app for calling on students at random during class and recording participation.

https://github.com/charwick/pick.al

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A lightweight app for calling on students at random during class and recording participation.

Basic Info
  • Host: GitHub
  • Owner: charwick
  • License: mit
  • Language: JavaScript
  • Default Branch: master
  • Homepage: https://pick.al
  • Size: 389 KB
Statistics
  • Stars: 0
  • Watchers: 1
  • Forks: 0
  • Open Issues: 0
  • Releases: 0
Topics
teaching
Created about 3 years ago · Last pushed 7 months ago
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Readme License

README.md

Pick.al

A lightweight app for picking students at random and recording participation. Register and try it out at pick.al.

The picker (to be used by the instructor in class, either on a phone or computer) randomly picks a student from the roster to be called upon, and records the result.

See how it works here.

Features

The Picker

  • Record participation events and swipe over history to edit and undo
  • Multiple participation schemae (✓/?/× and 1-5 included; custom also possible)
  • "Snooze" student with a tap
  • Roster sidebar to select specific students
  • Stage queued questions
  • Keyboard, mouse, and touch/swipe navigation

The Admin Panel

  • Keep track of cumulative participation scores
  • Upload and download CSV rosters, or add students one-by-one
  • Add notes to students that show up in the picker (e.g. "Sits in the back row")
  • View, edit, and delete individual participation events on a per-student basis
  • Set excused absences, so a student's name doesn't come up until a set date
  • Search for students across classes
  • Queue up questions and see the students who answered them
  • Create custom participation schemae

Other

  • Register and log in with OrcID

Bug reports and feature requests can be filed in the issues tab here on Github.

Planned features

  • E2E encryption

Owner

  • Login: charwick
  • Kind: user

Monetary economist, agent-based modeler, folk musician.

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