LV survey

Corrections and additions (next interim version)

1. Correction of the behavior in case of network problems during the sending of surveys (is this the only potential problem? What about downloading a survey and a network crash after 50%?)
2. Display of unloaded surveys (due to network problem) with download symbol
3. Output option of a CSV file for total tables (after closing a survey) for further use in SPSS/PSPP or R.
4. Explanatory text for the overall survey, e.g. on additional page or in info dialog ((i) button in header bar): Server and client customization necessary
5. Calling up the app with code via web link possible? (iOS/Android)
6. Output of the number of downloads of a survey in the admin interface ("previous submissions: n/m": n submissions for m "distributed" questionnaires)
7. Display of the survey name when displaying the code/QR code
8. Handling of special characters in the question/answer text input
9. Swap survey name<->lecture name in overview view

Corrections and additions (current interim version, submitted):

1. Statistics icon in 2D; moderately colored so that a less conspicuous variant can be displayed for surveys that no longer exist
2. Problem with ß in response texts: Adaptation of the iOS source code, update by Kevin Kimm

Expansion options (incremental):

1. Language localization for English (ECE study program)
2. Display of available surveys on server, with cloud icon for downloading (should be on special info page, otherwise conflict with surveys that could not yet be loaded due to network problems)
3. For deleted surveys, the code remains saved and they appear in their own section (switch to bar at the top (current|deleted) with cloud symbol for re-download)
4. "Do not participate" button instead of "Submit" works like statistics button in WebApp: only view results
5. [Code input only for viewing surveys? (no participation) Possibly with "other" code: Barcode instead of QR, for differentiation. This would require a second, numeric-only code to be generated; alternative: simply a second QR code. (Concept?)

Expansion options (new features)

1. Possibility of highlighting words (italic or bold) within questions, possibly using html-like markup for ASCII input
2. Conditional questions (each dependent on a previous yes/no question; to be clarified: only from question directly before or from any question before?, what about deeper nesting?)
3. Insert SVG images (e.g. with github.com/SVGKit/SVGKit) in the questions (sense: formulas and images, e.g. for short tests; also: should be scalable for zooming in, e.g. click on image opens it in scalable and scrollable frame, as with heise); clarify: Is SVG library or WebKit the better solution in the long term?

Changes to the user interface:

1. Possibly next main version of the app, in which the question groups are displayed as a list (see heise app: list of articles)
   1. when you click on them, you will be taken to a view that displays the questions one below the other as before, with the option of rotating the device 90 degrees
   2. in the list view, you should be able to see the response status of the questions in a group: blue dot for "not viewed at all", half-blue dot for "viewed or only partially answered", gray (green?) dot for "finished"
   3. if there is only one group or no subdivision in a survey, the question view is displayed immediately
2. Adapted version for the iPad, e.g. in preparation for an exam app (SCL application in May for its development)

Other points (more general):

• Better name for the app?
• Same app name and image for Android version.
• Android version in MarketPlace, Google Play or wherever it belongs for auto-updates.
• Scripts for evaluating the submissions (database/server side): Evaluation scripts are the task of the FG
• Expansion/opening for surveys in the context of final theses. What needs to be added?

Completed points:

1. Saving the complete data in a CSV file (all individual submissions as a table): Archive feature after closing a survey (currently only XML); current short statistics can be saved as CSV or XML at any time

For flexible use of the overall concept, the app must be further developed in two directions:

1. Expansion and improvement of the basic functionality, perfection (main version)
2. Local additional functions, which can be switched off, but are only additional components of the overall source code, so that they can simply(!) be omitted or deactivated in the main version

This should result in two apps, one that is generally usable and one that is specifically adapted, but only one source code.

Local additional functions:

• Logging in to the app with the student account of the University of Kassel, sending a hash value of the account (name only) upon confirmation by ITS, so that multiple submissions are not possible even across devices.
• Enter the department number and the account in a "Settings" dialog.
• Sending the FB number with the submission for later FB-specific assignment of the response profile (differentiated, university-wide surveys)
• Enter the matriculation number (optional) and send at least one unique hash value or the number itself for special surveys (preparation for exam app)

For further development and perfection of the current main version, see section above.

Future general features:

• Daily survey as with ARD app: a current question is always displayed in a tab when called up (and network connection), possibly with access to further questions from the last few days, in which you can give your opinion with "Yes/No/No opinion".
• Possibility to allow a survey for multiple answers: this could create a complaints office to which you can post as often as you like. Can be (fully) closed per semester: closed semester complaint list. Complaint code can be posted publicly (on the complaints mailbox).
• Version optimized or visually adapted for iPad.

Exam-relevant features of the app:

• Clear assignment of submission to device (or app ID) and user
• Prevention of "spiking" on the same device or at least documentation of the same( canparental control be used?)
• Legally compliant prescription of the dispensing after verification of correct receipt on the server
• Restrictable input periods and info display of the process for the examinee
• Externally controlled/controllable submission of answers
• Documentation of the examination process (activities, time stamp, network availability and usage)

Content features of the app/ experimental developments:

• Display option for SVG images as (a) image and as (b) text component, vector display (no pixels) for zoom gesture over (a) images+(b) text components, new view for individual viewing of integrated images (a)
• Computer-aided input of graphics and freehand text
• Option to submit camera-scanned images of paper drawings

Functions and modes of operation must be compiled here that ultimately enable a secret, secure, verifiable election.

Features:

• Input of tables or KV diagrams or formulas
• Display of the remaining display forms (only on click)
• Tapping on formula parts shows table entries and KV fields
• Correspondence table entry/entries <-> CT field(s) by touch
• Select higher-order date in CT, display in second formula or table

Advanced functions (for version 2):

• Minimization of the formula without CT diagram

Adaptation of the app to iOS7 (postponed for now)

Shifting the point for initial state

An iPhone version should at least provide the basic functions for a presentation:

• Slide display
• Note display
• laser pointer
• annotations
• Cover sheet

The following should be clarified in advance:

• Revise UI for smaller screen
• Use the wider format as a side menu bar

Establishing the current iOS status. (???)

Learning support in iPhone SiApp

Updates:

• special optics for red-green questions (pop-up and graphics)
• Button for feedback on the pace of the lecture
• Preparation for further feedback
• new icon for questions to lecturer

Further features:

• Counterpart to throwing the ball: Display question with option to pass the ball on by swiping
  • Sound for ball input and passing on
• Display of annotations
• Display of the laser pointer
• Replay button for laser pointer movements
• Sound output of the TI headset (problem: synchronization!)
  • Sound output (livestream) not in the lecture hall (how does that work?)

Planned extensions:

• Notes on individual slides and button to switch to note view instead of slide and ad hoc questions; to be clarified:
  • Integration in PDF (save) possible?
  • Reading from PDF (Adobe/PreviewApp notes) possible?
• Option to switch slide notes to "large" (almost full screen): enables presentation by notes instead of by slide content; alternative: overlay view in which notes appear above slides (then no drawing tool, but laser pointer possible; like labeled overlay currently, but not visible on beamer)
• Ball with the following properties:
  • random selection of a participant from the server list
  • Pass on option, then random selection from remaining participants
  • Beep output for affected device (even better: ball sound from Solarian2)
• Conversion of the view to start the presentation (still "old" design)
  • e.g. vertical selection of the start slide (as in popover), or
  • other overview, e.g. scrollable matrix with all pages as thumbnails?
  • Explicit "Start" field, slightly larger than a button perhaps
• Adaptation of the interface design to iOS7
• Selectable transparency of the cover sheet on Beamer in the app settings (such as color/size of the laser pointer): Picker for percentage indication or slider "50 to 100 percent"
• Preparation for headset use as an auditorium microphone
• Preparation of a client transmission of the annotations and the laser pointer
  • Annotations as a whole object after placing the finger
  • Laser pointer possibly with animation effect (Zini smearing) in SiApp: despite time delay with original speed + smearing effect
  • Replay button in SiApp for last pointer animation or even annotation?

Management of the files:

• Integration of Moodle
  • List view: offline(local)/online(local+moodle mixed) list
  • Download from list / upload to list (from iTunes)
  • analog also in SiApp (download only)
• Manage original and annotated version
  • Do not display separately but as a switching option
  • Switching by button

Miscellaneous:

Make cover image interchangeable (from album/photo roll)

Sending several questions at the same time for final topic test

Summary of silent questions according to topics/content/keywords (get hints from A. Zündorf)

Integration of annotations in PDF data format; later: complete use of PDF format, incl. links etc. (the latter is certainly a separate, independent project)

Blocking some features of the TiApp for free version in the App Store? How can you avoid paid apps or in-app purchases and still not release everything? In particular, the presentation options should be blocked, not the interaction options.

Is a university distribution possible (like those in large companies)?

Do the additional promo codes help? (e.g. 39.90 euros in the App Store and promo codes for our lecturers?)