https://github.com/justintieu/moocdynasty
Spring 2014 - CS160 - Software Engineering Project
https://github.com/justintieu/moocdynasty
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Spring 2014 - CS160 - Software Engineering Project
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/justintieu/moocdynasty
- Owner: justintieu
- Created: 2014-03-31T22:18:04.000Z (about 11 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2014-06-11T02:27:32.000Z (about 11 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-02-12T08:40:39.303Z (4 months ago)
- Language: JavaScript
- Homepage:
- Size: 867 KB
- Stars: 1
- Watchers: 7
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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README
**Table of Contents** *generated with [DocToc](http://doctoc.herokuapp.com/)*
- [MOOCDynasty](#user-content-moocdynasty)
- [Aggregated Websites](#user-content-aggregated-websites)
- [Features](#user-content-features)
- [One Common Search/Browse, One Common Filter/Sort Results](#user-content-one-common-searchbrowse-one-common-filtersort-results)
- [Auto-complete](#user-content-auto-complete)
- [User Profiles](#user-content-user-profiles)
- [5-Star Rating System](#user-content-5-star-rating-system)
- [Top 7 Courses](#user-content-top-7-courses)
- [Warning](#user-content-warning)
##MOOCDynasty
Massive open online courses have become a key part of people’s lives in society today. As the cost of education increases, there are people, such as professionals and students, trying to find additional resources either to learn new skills, supplement what they are doing in their jobs, or help with further understanding of a specific subject.
With a new website that aggregates different popular massive open online course websites within a single search, students and professionals will be able to find a particular course more efficiently with additional innovative features such as user profiles, five star rating system, top seven courses, and auto-complete.
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##Aggregated Websites
1. Canvas
2. Coursera
3. EdX
4. FutureLearn
5. Iversity
6. NovoEd
7. Open2Study
8. Udacity
##Features
1. One Common Search/Browse
2. One Common Filter/Sort Results
3. Auto-complete
4. User Profiles
5. 5-Star Rating System
6. Top 7 Courses
###One Common Search/Browse, One Common Filter/Sort Results
The common search/browse and filter/sort results was done by using a jQuery plug-in, DataTables (https://datatables.net/). In order to have the plugin work, we had the following lines of code in our page and adjusted the class/ids of the different tags based on the CSS file.
```
$(document).ready(
$('#table-id').dataTable();
});
```
###Auto-complete
Autocomplete was created by using jQuery UI.
```
$(document).ready(function(){
$('.searchfield').autocomplete({source:'suggestcourse.php', minLength:2});
});
```
Within the first parameter, the autocomplete function accepts JSON (which was created by the suggestcourse.php file) and in the second parameter, minLength dictates the minimum length that much be in the search form before autocomplete begins.
###User Profiles
Here is the SQL table used for Users.
| Field | Type |
| ------------- | ------------- |
| id | int(11) |
| first | varchar(30) |
| last | varchar(30) |
| email | varchar(128) |
| password | varchar(30) |
| bio | text |
| image | text |
During registration, there will be different default values set for values not asked. The form will simply be inserted and updated if necessary after the user is logged in.
###5-Star Rating System
Here is the SQL table used for the 5 star rating system.
| Field | Type |
| ------------- | ------------- |
| course_id | int(4) |
| title | text |
| rating | double |
| review | text |
| student_id | int(4) |
| time_submitted | datetime |
The 5-star rating system isn't very complex. It uses a form that takes in the necessary information and inserts itself into the table.
###Top 7 Courses
Here is the SQL table used for Top 7 Courses.
| Field | Type |
| ------------- | ------------- |
| id | int(11) |
| course_id | int(11) |
| rating | int(11) |
| numvotes | int(11) |
| avgrate | double |
The Top 7 Courses features checks if the course already exists in this table. If the course already exists, there will be an update, else there will be an insert.
##Warning
This code was not written optimally, which leaves this website vulnerable to external attacks. I recommend looking into prepared statements for queries and methods that allow encryption of passwords before inserted into the database.