https://github.com/rey-allan/duplicare

:pencil2: Userscript that enhances Piazza to search for similar questions while writing a post.
https://github.com/rey-allan/duplicare

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:pencil2: Userscript that enhances Piazza to search for similar questions while writing a post.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/rey-allan/duplicare
• Owner: rey-allan
• License: mit
• Created: 2017-07-25T07:11:26.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2017-07-25T07:22:09.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-04T08:39:07.189Z (about 2 months ago)
• Topics: piazza, userscript
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 1.95 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Duplicare

## Overview

Classes on Piazza can get noisy with lots of questions being

posted on a daily basis. Unfortunately, as the number of posts grows,

students tend to get overwhelmed when encountering an issue. Instead

of searching the forums for a similar problem, they blindly create

new questions that might have already been discussed. This increases

the amount of duplicate posts making the class forum unnecessarily

cluttered.

**Duplicare** brings a solution to this problem by providing a

simple `userscript` that enhances Piazza by leveraging the power of

the existent search functionality whenever the student writes a new

post. Its main objective is to reduce the number of duplicate

questions saving both the students and the instructors time and

effort.

## Installation

This script has been tested on both Firefox and Chrome. To start

using it, follow these steps:

1. Install [Greasemonkey](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/greasemonkey/) for Firefox or [Tampermonkey](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tampermonkey/dhdgffkkebhmkfjojejmpbldmpobfkfo?hl=en) for Chrome.

1. Install **Duplicare** from [OpenUserJS](https://openuserjs.org/scripts/reyallan/Duplicare).

1. Make sure to enable the script!

## Usage

Using the script is straightforward:

* Simply visit the [Piazza](https://piazza.com) forum for your class.

* Click on the `New Post` button.

* As soon as you start typing the *Summary* for your post, **Duplicare** will automatically initiate a search on the left pane using the same words.

Hopefully this will help you find a possible solution to your problem,

by finding similar questions, and avoid creating a duplicate post.

## Troubleshooting

### Script is not working

* Make sure **Duplicare** is enabled. You can verify this by clicking on the Greasemonkey (Firefox) or Tampermonkey (Chrome) icon in your browser, and make sure the script is running.

* Refresh the page. This will force the script to be reloaded.

* If none of the solutions above worked, please create an issue!