CSC/ECE 517 Spring 2016 E1631 Team-based reviewing

Purpose

• Currently all reviews in Expertiza are done by individuals. This is true regardless of whether the assignment is done by individuals or teams .
• There are occasions when it's advantageous to review projects as a team .
• It helps foster discussion and thereby improves the process of learning.

Task Description

This project comprises of the following steps :

1. Add fields to the ResponseMap model to record who reviews whom. The field reviewee_id refers to the team who is being reviewed. The field reviewer_id refers to the individual/team performing the review.
2. Add a boolean field reviewer_is_team to identify if the review is performed by a team or an individual.
3. If reviewer_is_team is true, the reviewer_id will be a reference to the Teams table. Else, it will be a reference to the Participants table.
4. For an Instructor to specify whether the review is a Team/Individual based review, provide a checkbox on the Review Strategy tab of assignment creation.

Design

Use Case Diagram

Name: Specify review type on Review Strategy tab.

Actor: Instructor.

Description: The instructor specifies whether this review is an individual review or a team based review on the Review Strategy tab.

Name: Perform Review.

Actor: Individual Student/Team.

Description: The individual/team will perform a review for the Assignment.