Everybody Writes

A real-time classroom feedback tool in your browser

Features

Note: Only compatible in ES6 browsers (Chrome)

• Anyone with URL can join
  • Joining a room available from homepage
  • First person is considered owner

Roles

• Owner
  • First person is considered owner
  • Owner can be switched by owner
  • If owner leaves, next earliest user is promoted
  • Owner can assign roles to others
  • Can Hide a user (for inappropriate content)
• Student
  • Default role when joining room
• Assistant
  • Can mark answers correct/incorrect
  • Can Hide a user (for inappropriate content)

Board Setup

• Instructions
• Options
• Answer (to auto-accept answers)
• Timer

Input Types

• Textarea
• True/False
• Code Editor
  • Allow choice of language

• Multiple Choice
  • Correct answer

• Whiteboard
• Markdown
• Fist of 5

Bugs

• BUG: Case insensitive URLs

Backlog

• Highlight a good answer
• Accepted vs non-accepted answers
  • Highlight a good answer

Technologies

Server

• NodeJS
• Express
• Socket.io

Client

• ES6
• Handlebars

Techniques used

DOM Manipulation, HOF, Event Delegation, OOP Interfaces

Running an exercise locally

Clone repo:

git clone https://github.com/chadwithuhc/everybody-writes.git
npm install
nodemon index.js
# OR
npm run dev

Developers

Developer Docs are available if you are interested in contributing