IITB Summer Internship Project Report on EkShiksha Question Bank

IITB Summer Internship 2014
PROJECT REPORT
ON
EKSHIKSHA QUESTION BANK
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
PROF. D.B. PHATAK
PROJECT MANAGER
MR. AVINASH AWATE
PROJECT MENTORS SUBMITTED BY
Mr.Rajnikanth Jangir EkShiksha Question Bank Team
Mr.Mayank Paliwal
July 03, 2014
Summer Internship 2014
Project Approval Certificate
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
The project entitled EkShiksha Question Bank submitted by EkShiksha Question
Bank team is approved for Summer Internship 2014 programme from 10 May 2014
to 06 July 2014, at Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay.
______________________ ___________________
Prof. Deepak B. Phatak Mr. Avinash Awate
Dept.of CSE, IITB Dept. of CSE, IITB
Principal Investigator Project In-charge
Place: IIT Bombay, Mumbai
Date: July 03, 2014
DECLARATION
We declare that this written submission represents our working teams ideas. We have
adequately cited and referenced the original sources. We also declare that we have
adhered to all principles of academic honesty and integrity and have not
misrepresented or fabricated or falsified any idea/data/fact/source in our submission.
We understand that any violation of the above will be cause for disciplinary action by
the Institute and can also evoke penal action from the sources which have thus not
been properly cited or from whom proper permission has not been taken when
needed.
OUR TEAM
1. AASHANA KHANNA
Harcourt Butler Technological Institute
2. AAYUSHI AGRAWAL
Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science
3. ASHWINA KUMAR
Dehradun Institute of Technology
4. AYUSHI GAUR
Babu Banarsi Das Engineering College
5. BANANI MEDHI
National Institute of Technology, Silchar
6. DEBALAYA PANDA
Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT), Burla
7. GAURAV ARORA
Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science
8. JYOTSNA PRASAD
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar
9. K.M. SRINIVAS
IIIT Nuzividu
10. MANSI AWASTHI
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad
11. MEENAKSHI
Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research Academy
12. MITIKA SHARMA
Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University Katra
13. NAMAN TANEJA
Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad
14. SONIA V. MATHEW
National Institute of Technology, Calicut
15. VISHAKHA GUPTA
RGU - IIIT
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I take this opportunity to express my profound gratitude and deep regards to everyone
who helped us to complete the project "EkShiksha Question Bank".
We would like to express our gratitude to Prof. D.B. Phatak for giving us an
opportunity to work on this valuable project and share his vision with us
We are thankful to our guide Mr. Avinash Awate for his exemplary guidance,
monitoring and constant encouragement throughout our internship. He always have
an insightful approach to any problem.
We are also very thankful to our mentors Mr. Rajnikant Jangir and Mr. Mayank
Paliwal for their cooperation and guidance.
We are grateful to members of IITB for their kind cooperation during the period of
our project.
Our thanks and appreciations also to our parents for their support which keep us
dedicated to our work.
ABSTRACT
India is a vast nation with a linguistic diversity that is rarely found in a country. Being
the second largest in world population it is one of the most illiterate countries in the
world. Although the government is investing in education one of the major reasons
for illiteracy still remains. It is the lack of teachers. According to Marc F. Berstein,
Fordham University Graduate School of Education, by the year 2020 there will be a
serious teacher shortage, especially in the more demanding subject areas of
mathematics and science. There is no way one can produce enough good teachers to
meet the demands of the education sector.
The purpose of the project is to store quality education content and to make it
available in various languages to all the students in order to provide a sound learning
background to each and every student of the country. Thus it requires various features
to make an interactive website. The features include maintaining a database for
storing question and answer and preparing interactive activities to make students take
interest in the subject. Also, to make the website user friendly, features like search
and like and comments are included. To make the activities ( that were made in
actionscript ) to reach to larger audience through android devices, these must be
converted to javascript.
By making the project publically available, we can have everyone learning from the
same source be it a student of private school or a government school truly satisfying
our dream of EkShiksha.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.) Introduction.1
1.1) Aim of the Project...1
1.2) Scope...1
1.3) Software and Resources..2
1.4) Application Requirements...2
2.) EkShiksha Question Bank...3
2.1) Database API....3
2.1.1) Introduction.3
2.1.2) Entity Relationship Diagram...4
2.1.3) Class Diagram.....6
2.1.4) class QuestionBankProcess.....9
2.1.5) class KeywordManager.16
2.2) Read and Extract Question.20
2.2.1) Introduction...20
2.2.2) Data Flow Diagram...21
2.2.3) Fill Blank Reader..22
2.2.4) True False Reader.22
2.2.5) Match Column Reader..23
2.2.6) Multiple Choice Reader....24
2.2.7) Class Diagram...25
2.2.8) Statistical Report...28
2.2.9) Testing ..28
2.3) Contribution Portal 30
2.3.1) Introduction..30
2.3.2) Features30
2.3.3) Scope Statement ..31
2.3.4) Software Specifications...32
2.3.5) Use case Diagram of Contribution Portal32
2.3.6) Flow chart of Contribution Portal33
2.3.7) User Interface33
2.4) Front End for Question Display.48
2.4.1) Multiple Choice Questions....48
2.4.2) Match the Columns...52
2.4.3) Fill the Blanks...54
2.4.4) True/False..58
2.4.5) Crossword.61
2.5) Math Activities...64
2.5.2) Number Beads Activity.64
2.5.3) Abacus...72
2.6) Like and Comment Plugin.79
2.6.1) Like Plugin....79
2.6.2) Steps to Include Like Button in Webpage.79
2.6.3) Comment Plugin...80
2.6.4) Steps to Include Comment iFrame in Webpage80
2.7) Search.81
2.7.2) Overview of the Search Engine82
2.7.3) Flow Chart97
2.8) Implementation of PIE Framework in HTML5 ....98
2.8.2) Design Overview..99
2.8.3) Class and Method Details...100
2.8.4) Zebra . 108
2.8.5) EaselJS....109
3.) Challenges Faced.111
4.) Conclusion and Future Scope..112
5.) References ..113
6.) AppendixA..114
A.1) Destructive testing report for read & extract...........................................114
A.1.1) Test Report for True False Problems..........................................114
A.1.2) Test Report for Fill Blank Problems...115
A.1.3) Test Report for Match Column Problems...117
A.1.4) Test Report for Multiple Choice Problems120
A.2) Test Report for Database API..121
A.2.1) Test Report for Class QuestionBankProcess..121
A.2.2) Test Report for Class KeywordManager136
Appendix B
B.1) ekshikshaqb Tables..141
LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: Application Requirements for EkShiksha Question Bank .............................. 2
Table 2: Statistical Data of read and extracted problems of Fill Blank, True/False,
Match Column and Multiple Choice ........................................................................... 28
Table 3: Application Requirement for EkShiksha Search ........................................... 82
Table 4: Test Cases for True False Problems ............................................................ 115
Table 5:Test Cases for Fill Blanks problems ............................................................. 117
Table 6: Test Cases for Match Column problems ..................................................... 120
Table 7: Test Case for Multiple Choice problems ..................................................... 120
Table 8: Test Cases for insertFileBlank ..................................................................... 121
Table 9: Test Cases for insertFileMCQ ..................................................................... 121
Table 10: Test Cases for insertFileMatchColumn ..................................................... 121
Table 11: Test Cases for insertFileTrueFalse............................................................. 122
Table 12:Test Cases for isValid ................................................................................. 123
Table 13: Test Cases for isvalidOptions .................................................................... 124
Table 14: Test Cases for isDuplicate ......................................................................... 124
Table 15: Test Cases for nextQuestionId ................................................................... 124
Table 16: Test Cases for insertQuestion .................................................................... 125
Table 17: Test Cases for deleteFillBlanks ................................................................. 125
Table 18: Test Cases for deleteMCQ ......................................................................... 126
Table 19:Test Cases for deleteTrueFalse ................................................................... 126
Table 20: Test Cases for deleteMatchColumn ........................................................... 127
Table 21: Test Cases for updateFillBlank .................................................................. 127
Table 22: Test Cases for updateTrueFalse ................................................................. 128
Table 23: Test Cases for updateMCQ ........................................................................ 128
Table 24: Test Cases for updateMatchColumn .......................................................... 129
Table 25: Test Cases for extractFillblanks................................................................. 129
Table 26: Test Cases for extractTrueFalse ................................................................. 130
Table 27: Test Cases for extractMatchColumn ......................................................... 130
Table 28: Test Cases for extractMCQ ....................................................................... 131
Table 29: Test Cases for extractAllTrueFalse............................................................ 131
Table 30: Test Cases for extractAllMCQ .................................................................. 132
Table 31: Test Cases for extractAllFillBlanks ........................................................... 132
Table 32: Test Cases for extractAllMatchColumn .................................................... 132
Table 33: Test Cases for extractAllByTopicId .......................................................... 133
Table 34: Test Cases for extractByTopicId ............................................................... 134
Table 35: Test Cases for extractByAuthorId ............................................................. 134
Table 36: Test Cases for extractByReviewerId ......................................................... 134
Table 37: Test Cases for extractByStandard .............................................................. 135
Table 38: Test Cases for extractByComplexity ......................................................... 135
Table 39: Test Cases for extractByStatus .................................................................. 136
Table 40: Test Cases for insertKeyword .................................................................... 137
Table 41: Test Cases for deleteKeyword ................................................................... 137
Table 42: Test Cases for extractKeyword .................................................................. 137
Table 43: Test Cases for extractAllKeyword ............................................................ 138
Table 44: Test Cases for extractKeywordByStatus ................................................... 138
Table 45: Test Cases for extractKeywordById .......................................................... 138
Table 46: Test Cases for extractKeywordByTopic .................................................... 139
Table 47: Test Cases for updateKeyword .................................................................. 140
Table 48: questionbank table ..................................................................................... 141
Table 49: multiplechoiceoptions table ....................................................................... 141
Table 50: truefalseoptions table ................................................................................. 141
Table 51:fillblankoptions table .................................................................................. 142
Table 52: matchcolumnoptions table ......................................................................... 142
Table 53: published_content table ............................................................................. 142
Table 54: ekshiksha_users table ................................................................................ 143
Table 55: languages table .......................................................................................... 143
Table 56: topics table ................................................................................................. 144
Table 57:contents table .............................................................................................. 144

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: ER Diagram for Database API tables ............................................................ 4
Figure 2: Class diagram for database API ..................................................................... 8
Figure 3: Activity diagram for insertion of question in question bank ....................... 10
Figure 4:Activity diagram for deletion of questions from database ........................... 11
Figure 5:Activity Diagram for updating questions in question bank .......................... 13
Figure 6:Activity Diagram for extracting questions from question bank ................... 15
Figure 7: Activity Diagram for keyword insertion ...................................................... 17
Figure 8: Activity Diagram for keyword extraction .................................................... 18
Figure 9: Activity Diagram for updating of keywords ................................................ 19
Figure 10: Activity Diagram for deletion of keywords ............................................... 20
Figure 11: DFD of read and extract questions ............................................................ 21
Figure 12: Class diagram for read and extract ............................................................ 27
Figure 13: Use Case Diagram of contribution portal .................................................. 32
Figure 14: Flow Chart of Contribution Portal ............................................................. 33
Figure 15: Contribution Portal Header ........................................................................ 34
Figure 16: Screenshot of ekShiksha contribution portal Home page.......................... 34
Figure 17: Screenshot of ekShiksha contribution portal Login page. ......................... 35
Figure 18: Screenshot of ekShiksha contribution portal Login page when an un
authenticated user tries to log in. ................................................................................. 35
Figure 19: Screenshot of ekShiksha contribution portal Contribute page. ................. 36
Figure 20: Screenshot of the match the coloumns form ............................................. 37
Figure 21: screenshot of the match the columns form with javascript validations. .... 37
Figure 22: screenshot showing that the data has been entered successfully in the
database by match the columns form. ......................................................................... 38
Figure 23: screenshot showing that the data which has been entered by the user,
olready exists in the database. ..................................................................................... 38
Figure 24: screenshot of the definition form. .............................................................. 39
Figure 25: Screenshot showing that the data has been entered successfully in the
database. ...................................................................................................................... 39
Figure 26: screenshot showing that the data which has been entered by the user,
already exists in the database. ..................................................................................... 40
Figure 27: screenshot depicts that when a user selects a particular topic,he can also
view the related keywords of that topic which exists in the database by clicking the
givenclick here link. ................................................................................................. 40
Figure 28: screenshot shows the keywords which are seen after clicking the link. ... 41
Figure 29: screenshot of the true/false form................................................................ 41
Figure 30: screenshot showing that the data has been entered successfully to the
database. ...................................................................................................................... 42
Figure 31: screenshot showing that the data already exists in the database. .............. 42
Figure 32: screenshot of the multiple choice question form. ...................................... 43
Figure 33: screenshot of the option page to give first option of multiple options . .... 43
Figure 34: screenshot of the option page to give second option ,after which the
question can be submitted.(minimum two options are compulsory) .......................... 44
Figure 35: screenshot of the review page which contains all the details of the question
inserted by the user.(the user can do editing of the details here) ................................ 45
Figure 36: : Screenshot of ekShiksha contribution portal my contribution page. ...... 45
Figure 37: Screenshot of ekShiksha contribution portal Review page. ..................... 46
Figure 38: Screenshot of ekShiksha contribution portal Review page. ..................... 47
Figure 39: Screenshot of ekShiksha contribution portal FAQ page. .......................... 47
Figure 40: Initial Loading screen of all type of questions .......................................... 49
Figure 41: Display of Multiple Choice questions ....................................................... 50
Figure 42: Select the correct option(s) of the given question ..................................... 50
Figure 43: On clicking the done button, correct option displayed in green and wrong
option display as red. Next question can be loaded using next button ....................... 51
Figure 44: Initial Screen of Match Column Exercise .................................................. 52
Figure 45: Select a term from left column .................................................................. 53
Figure 46: Drag the selected term over the terms in right column, if correct then its
colour turns in green .................................................................................................... 53
Figure 47: Drag the selected term over the terms in right column, if wrong its colour
turns into red ................................................................................................................ 54
Figure 48: Loading Screen of Fill Blanks ................................................................... 55
Figure 49: Fill Blanks Question Display ..................................................................... 56
Figure 50: Drag the correct option to the blank .......................................................... 56
Figure 51:If the Fill Blank answer is correct it will display as green otherwise red .. 57
Figure 52: Initial Loading Screen of True/False Questions ........................................ 58
Figure 53: True/False Question Display...................................................................... 59
Figure 54: True or False options can be selected ........................................................ 60
Figure 55: On clicking Next button correct statement will display as green and wrong
will display in red ........................................................................................................ 60
Figure 56: Initial display screen of Crossword Puzzle ................................................ 61
Figure 57:Select the clue to answer the corresponding keyword. Hint will be
displayed at the bottom of screen ........................................................................... 62
Figure 58: On clicking the CHECK button, correctly filled words displayed in green
and incorrectly filled or empty cells display as red. Next crossword can be loaded
using NEXT PUZZLE button ...................................................................................... 63
Figure 59: On clicking SHOW ANSWER button solved crossword will be displayed
..................................................................................................................................... 63
Figure 60: Demo of Number Beads Activity(Display) ............................................... 65
Figure 61:Demo of Number Beads Activity(Counting) .............................................. 65
Figure 62: Demo of Number Beads Activity(Counting) - 2 ....................................... 66
Figure 63:Demo of Number Beads Activity(Addition) .............................................. 66
Figure 64:Demo of Number Beads Activity(Addition ) 2 ....................................... 67
Figure 65: Demo of Number Beads Activity(Addition) - 3 ........................................ 67
Figure 66:Demo of Number Beads Activity(Subtraction) .......................................... 68
Figure 67: Demo of Number Beads Activity(Subtraction) - 2 .................................... 68
Figure 68: Demo of Number Beads Activity(Counting in Multiples) ........................ 69
Figure 69: Number Beads Activity Display screen in Interactive mode..................... 69
Figure 70: Number Beads Activity answer display in Interactive mode .................... 70
Figure 71: Number Beads Activity Guide Mode Screen ........................................... 70
Figure 72: Number Beads Activity Guide Mode step by step solution ..................... 71
Figure 73: Number Beads Activity Test mode display screen ................................... 71
Figure 74: Number Beads Activity Test Mode answer display ................................... 72
Figure 75: Abacus Display screen in demo mode ....................................................... 73
Figure 76: Abacus display screen while playing in demo mode ................................. 73
Figure 77: Abacus display screen(2) ........................................................................... 74
Figure 78: Abacus display screen in interactive mode ................................................ 74
Figure 79: Screenshot of Abacus while playing .......................................................... 75
Figure 80: Abacus display screen in interactive mode (2) .......................................... 75
Figure 81: Abacus Display screen in guided mode ..................................................... 76
Figure 82: Screenshot of abacus while playing in guided mode ................................ 76
Figure 83: Screenshot of abacus in guided mode ........................................................ 77
Figure 84:Screenshot of abacus in guided mode(2) .................................................... 77
Figure 85:Screenshot of abacus in test mode .............................................................. 78
Figure 86: Screenshot of abacus while playing in test mode ...................................... 78
Figure 87: Screenshot of search engine in ekShiksha website .................................... 83
Figure 88: On giving blank search query, "Please enter a valid search query" message
will display .................................................................................................................. 84
Figure 89: Searching for the query "electrisiti" .......................................................... 85
Figure 90: Showing search results for "electricity" instead ........................................ 85
Figure 91: Searching for query "watch Electric bulb" ................................................ 86
Figure 92: Search results for "electric bulb" instead where links are videos .............. 86
Figure 93: Searching for query "watch Chemistry class 9" ........................................ 87
Figure 94: Showing Search results for "chemistry" having videos of class 9
chemistry ..................................................................................................................... 87
Figure 95: Searching for "humanoid interactive learning" ......................................... 88
Figure 96: Showing search results for "human".......................................................... 88
Figure 97: Searching for query "I am here to search content" .................................... 89
Figure 98: Showing results for query "I am here to search content" .......................... 89
Figure 99: Searching for "content of nutrition in plant" ............................................. 90
Figure 100: showing search results for "nutrition in plants" ....................................... 90
Figure 101: searching for the "contents of light class 10" .......................................... 91
Figure 102: Showing search results for "light" ........................................................... 91
Figure 103: Searching for "humanoid content" ........................................................... 92
Figure 104: Showing search results for "humans" ...................................................... 92
Figure 105: Searching for "I am here to search content" ............................................ 93
Figure 106: Showing results for "I am here to search content" .................................. 93
Figure 107: Searching for "crop production and management".................................. 94
Figure 108: Showing results for "crop production and management" ........................ 94
Figure 109: Searching for Chemistry class 10 ............................................................ 95
Figure 110: Showing results for "chemistry" .............................................................. 95
Figure 111: Searching in other languages ................................................................... 96
Figure 112: Showing results for search in other languages ........................................ 96
Figure 113: Class Heirarchy of PIE to HTML conversion ......................................... 99

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Chapter 1

Introduction

EkShiksha Question Bank project aims to provide a multilingual, interactive and free
platform to make the variety of educational content easily accessible. We also allow
our users to improve the quality of educational content by contributing to EkShiksha's
question bank. This content can be used for multiple choice, fill in the blank, match
columns, true false type questions etc. This way a user can learn in its own pace and
also self assess his progress with the help of many interactive activities on particular
topic.

1.1 Aim of the Project

To design and implement a system for allowing learners to select topics and get
a quiz. It includes the implementation of Databse search, dynamic quiz and
display for the already existing framework for multiple choice, fill in the blank,
match columns, true false type questions.

Design and implement a system where contributions to question bank can be
made through the net. Includes question evaluation, duplicate management and
screening. It includes implementation of a front end for submission of
question, assessing a question for uniqueness, complexity, maintaining history
of attempts and dynamic classification.

1.2 Scope

With the advancement in technology, eLearning has gained great popularity. This
project tries to encouage the idea of eLearning by making available to the students all
the classroom study materials while allowing them to follow a self-paced learning
process. This project will allow students from anywhere to have the same education
in the language that they prefer. We also allow our users to contribute to our question
bank by inserting multiple choice, match column, true/false, fill blank questions. The
interactive quizzes and activities makes the process of learning more attractive and
easy.
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1.3 Software and Resources

Software used: PIE Framework version 2.6, Flash develop, NetBeans 8.0
Tools used: Flex sdk
Languages used: Action Script, HTML, Java Script, Cascading Style
Sheets, MySQL, Java, Ajax, JSON, jQuery
Operating System used: Windows, Linux

1.4 Application Requirements

Table 1: Application Requirements for EkShiksha Question Bank
Requirement Version
Operating System

All Supported
Software and Packages

JRE 1.6 and above
Browsers Mozilla Firefox, Google chrome, IE6 &
above

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Chapter 2
EkShiksha Question Bank
2.1 Database API
2.1.1 Introduction
Database is the backbone of all the systems that store some data to be used at a later
time or to be displayed in a specific format. Since the simple databases can have
various limitations technological advancements has led us to the use of relational
database. These databases have removed problems like data inconsistency and
redundancy.
As stated above the backbone of the EkShiksha is a database that has various tables
for storing various types of questions contributed by users which include multiple
choice questions ( MCQ ), fill in the blanks, match the columns, true false and
definitions. Various other tables are also maintained in order to track the topics,
documents and users contributing the questions in the database.
However, one cannot directly interact with the database to produce the desired result.
Complex SQL queries are required in order to perform tasks that hold utmost
importance for an interactive environment. Thus, the need of an API that can handle
the database is immense. Providing a layer of abstraction for the database users
simplifies the work and makes the database much more usable. Even in absence of
any details regarding the implementation of database one can simply provide the
necessary information and let the API perform the function.
A major drawback that this approach poses is lack of implementation details to the
users which may result in cases where user may provide invalid values. Since
Database API is at the highest level it must be designed to deal with various invalid
cases so that no such invalid values are permitted in the database. A proper set of
error status should be available to allow user to track the problems related to the use
of API
In this section we discuss about the structure of the database, how the entities are
related and the basic operations that are performed by the API. The section also has a
brief overview about the test cases that were checked and challenges faced.
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2.1.2 Entity Relationship Diagram

Figure 1: ER Diagram for Database API tables

The ER diagram above shows the description of various tables used with their
primary key underlined. The first and most important table is the questionbank table
that stores the contributed question. There are tables present for each type of question
viz. multiplechoiceoptions, fillblankoptions, matchcolumnoptions and
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truefalseoptions. All these store the options of the question. As it is clear from the
diagram the options for a given question is stored along with its question_id and
order_index. The order_index determines the order of the option when it appears
along with the question.

The keywords table stores the keywords separately from the questionbank. It has a
keyword and corresponding keyword description that can have multiple purposes.
One important table is the published_content. In the database structure no table stores
string contents except the published_content, The string contents are not directly
stored in the questionbank , any of the option tables, keyword or keyword_desc but in
the utext of published_content table. For each content a content_id is generated which
is stored in the question_string or option_string of the tables. One exception is the
truefalseoptions table that does not have any option_string. Note that in this table the
translated content is also placed hence for the same content_id we have different
contents in different language id.
The topics table stores the topic tree of the EkShiksha portal and is used to
distinguish the question in various topics. There is also contents table that works
same as that of published_content but for topics.
The languages table contains all the languages that are supported by the EkShiksha
portal. Each different language has a different language id. Thus availability of such
table ensures a multilingual questions are supported at EkShiksha.
The ekshiksha_users table keep track of the users having different roles in the
ekshiksha_portal. For each user there can be a mapping to questionbank author_id.
Thus it ensures that each question is contributed only by valid users.
All these tables are maintained as classes in the Database API.
At the end it is important to state that the questionbank and option tables have an
image_url attribute that stores the url of the image ( if the question has any). Thus the
site supports image questions and options as well.

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2.1.3 Class Diagram

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Figure 2: Class diagram for database API

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2.1.4 Class QuestionBankProcess

This class manages the insertion, deletion, updation and extraction of multiple choice,
match the columns, true/false and fill bank type questions.

Insertion:

The major function to be performed by the API is insertion. The following steps were
taken to perform insertion through a function of API :
1. Question Object: The question that needs to be stored in the database is passed
as an object of the class.

2. Check for Validity : The question undergoes various validity check. This also
includes validity checks for options as well. If the question is valid it goes to
next step else it returns a proper message to user.

3. Check for Duplicity: Next the question goes for a duplicity test. If the question
is not duplicate it goes to next step else it returns a proper message to user.

4. New Question Id: A new question id is provided to the question.

5. Insertion of Question String: The new question string(if any) is entered into
published_content and the content_id is returned.

6. Insertion of Question: This question is now inserted into question bank.

7. Identify Type of Question: In this step we identify the type of question.

8. Insert Options: This step includes insertion of options string (if any) in
published_content and then storing the options in respective options table.

Return Success: After the successful insertion of question a success code is returned
to the user.
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Figure 3: Activity diagram for insertion of question in question bank

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Deletion:

Figure 4:Activity diagram for deletion of questions from database

Another functionality that a database API must include is deletion of question. As it is
clear from the ER diagram one can review a question to approve it. If the question is
not approved it must not remain in the database and must be deleted. The deletion
procedure was performed in following steps:
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1. Question id: The question that needs to be deleted from the database is passed.

2. Delete from database : The deletion operation is performed using the given
question id.

3. Check for any change: If any rows were deleted the question id was present
otherwise an invalid question id was provided. In case of invalid question id an
error status is returned and no further action takes place

4. Delete options: The corresponding options are deleted as well.

5. Return Success: After the successful deletion of question a success code is
returned to the user.

Update:

Inserting questions consist of various errors from the user end. The user may make
any mistake while submitting the question and later on realise the mistake. Such
mistakes can also be found by the reviewer. Thus updating the question is an integral
part of the database API. The following steps are used for update:

1. Question Object: The question that needs to be updated in the database is
passed as an object of the class. The new question object should have same
question id as that of the previous question object

2. Check for Validity : The question undergoes various validity check. This also
includes validity checks for options as well. If the question is valid it goes to
next step else it returns a proper message to user.

3. Check for Duplicity: Next the question goes for a duplicity test. If the question
is not duplicate it goes to next step else it returns a proper message to user.

4. Insertion of Question String: The new question string(if any) is entered into
published_content and the content_id is returned.

5. Update Question: This question is now updated.

6. Identify Type of Question: In this step we identify the type of question.
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Figure 5:Activity Diagram for updating questions in question bank
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1. Insert Options: This step includes updating option string (if any) in
published_content and then storing the options in respective options table. If
another option is included then it is inserted in the respective options table

2. Return Success: After the successfully updating the question a success code is
returned to the user.

Extract:

The reason to create a database is to allow the retrieval of data at any other time in a
specific format. Here the questions are required to be extracted in order to provide
exercises to the users. Thus extraction is also one of the basic functionality of
database. It is implemented in the API as follows:

1. Required Attributes: The attributes based on which the questions need to be
extracted are provided.

2. Select Question for given attributes: The questions having the given attributes
are extracted from the database and all the attributes are set.

3. Get question in required language: The question string is chosen in given
language id. If such a string does not exist the question string in English is
selected.

4. Select Options: Options for respective questions are selected in the given
language. If such options does not exist then options in English are selected.

5. Return Question: After successfully setting different attributes to the question
object it is returned to the user.

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Figure 6:Activity Diagram for extracting questions from question bank

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Testing :
There were various test cases that were handled by the database API the major ones
are listed below :
1. Null values for attributes that cannot be null
2. Invalid values for attributes ( for example total correct options cannot be
greater than number of options).
3. Checking for duplicity of options in the same question.
4. Checking for the total correct options and number of options are actually
provided in the question.
5. Duplicity of the question.
6. Invalid question id for delete and update.
7. Checking validity and duplicity while update.
8. During extraction if the strings are not available in the specified language then
it is should be returned in English.
2.1.5 Class KeywordManager
This class is used to insert, extract, delete and update keyword and definitions in the
database. The Keywords object has the following attributes: keywordId, keyword,
keywordDesc, topicId, status, authorId, reviewerId.
Insertion:
A Keywords object to be inserted must be valid, that is , it should have a topicId and
authorId which are present in the database and the keyword and keyword description
must be non empty strings. The keyword should not be already present in the
database under the same topicId.
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Figure 7: Activity Diagram for keyword insertion
Extraction:
If there are no keywords for the parameters specified, then an empty array is returned
by the function.
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Figure 8: Activity Diagram for keyword extraction
Updating:
A Keywords object to be updated must be valid, that is , it should have a questionId,
topicId and authorId which are present in the database and the keyword and keyword
description must be non empty strings. The keyword should not be already present in
the database under the same topicId.
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Figure 9: Activity Diagram for updating of keywords

Deletion:

If the specified keywordId is present in the database, then the all the entries of the
given keywordId would be deleted.

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Figure 10: Activity Diagram for deletion of keywords
2.2 Read and Extract Question
2.2.1 Introduction
Different software contributors will contribute questions of various topics to the
EkShiksha in the form of files which will also include the author name. The software
reads the files, extracts the questions along with options provided in the specific
format in the given file by parsing the file and handling the errors along and inserts
the extracted questions and options into database for display of the questions after
every topic as an exercise to be performed by the user for the assessment of his/her
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knowledge depth of the topic. Reader reads the files, performs the extraction of
questions and Updater updates the database by inserting the question.
It is designed and implemented in such a way to ensure proper functionality and to
deal with various invalid cases so that no such invalid values are permitted in the
database.
This section discuss the implementation of Read & Extract Module and also the flow
of the data from the files to the database ensuring the consistency and integrity of the
database.
2.2.2 Data Flow Diagram
Figure 11: DFD of read and extract questions
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2.2.3 Fill Blank Reader
Objective: The software reads the FillBlankProblems files given in the zipped
folders and extracts the questions and options from the given file and inserts into
database.
Key Features:
Regular Expressions are used for the extraction of questions, options and
author name from the given files.
All the questions have been correctly extracted & inserted into database.
Error Handling is implemented where different types of errors found
while parsing the given file and inserting into database are store in the
Error File.
Software Specification :
Input to the software:
FILNAME
TOPIC ID
Output of the software:
EXTRACTED QUESTIONS & OPTIONS
2.2.4 True False Reader
Objective: The software reads the TrueFalseProblems files given in the zipped
database.
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Key Features:
Error Handling is implemented where different types of errors found while
parsing the given file and inserting into database are store in the Error File.
Software specification
FILNAME
TOPIC ID
2.2.5 Match Column Reader
Objective: The software reads the MatchColumnProblems files given in the zipped
database.
Key Features:
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Software Specification
FILNAME
TOPIC ID
2.2.6 Multiple Choice Reader
Objective: The software reads the MultipleChoiceProblems files given in the
zipped folders and extracts the questions and options from the given file and inserts
into database.
Key Features:
Software Specification
FILNAME
TOPIC ID
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2.2.7 Class Diagram
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Figure 12: Class diagram for read and extract

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2.2.8 Statistical Report
No. Of Questions Read : 11431
No. Of Questions Extracted : 10878
No. Of Questions Inserted : 10594
No. Of Invalid Questions : 553
2.2.9 Testing
A) Functional Testing: The functional testing is performed to test the
functionality of the Read & Extract Software. The functional testing generates
the following test report for all readers (FillBlankReader, TrueFalseReader,
MatchColumnReader, and MultipleChoiceReader).
Table 2: Statistical Data of read and extracted problems of Fill Blank, True/False,
Match Column and Multiple Choice
FILE TYPE
TOTAL
QUESTION
READ
TOTAL EXTRACTED
QUESTION
TOTAL
INSERTED
QUESTION
FillBlankProblems 3272 3198 2973
TrueFalseProblems 2535 2522 2505
MatchColumnProblems 3374 2998 2968
MultipleChoiceProblems 2250 2160 2148
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B) Destructive Testing: The destructive testing is performed to test for certain
errors generated by the Read & Extract Software. Test Cases include different
errors containing files which are also handled by the software and are stored in
Error File.
Features Tested :
File should have a valid name.
File should be present in the specified path.
File has all the distinct questions with distinct options.
File should not be an empty file.
File should have atleast one question along with the options. File without
questions is not processed.
Questions can be inserted into file.
Questions can be deleted from file.
Questions can be updated into file.
Question without any option is not processed and is rejected.
Options without question are not processed and is rejected.
File should not have repeated questions.
A particular question should not have repeated options.
Features not tested :
Format of the question.
Semantic of the question.
Grammar of the question.
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2.3 CONTRIBUTION PORTAL
2.3.1 INTRODUCTION
The ekShiksha PROJECT at IITB deals with an idealogy that promotes the
integration of knowledge from all possible sources and it works in a self driven
manner to establish a milestone in the field of education.The goal is to provide a
single portal to all the users to contribute and review their and other contributors
work by following few steps. This platform provides two major roles
User as a Contributor.
User as a Reviewer.
The user as a contributor inserts questions into the Question Bank via the form
interface and user interactive application,these questions then are stored in the
database and are used further on for reviewing and quizing.
The user as a Reviewer evaluates the set of questions which exists in the database via
an interactive interface which enables the reviewer to change the status of the
question by approving/disapproving/rejecting the question.
The application is made as simplified and interactive as possible for a user of any
level to make contributions and review the questions in the Question Bank.
2.3.2 FEATURES
The QUESTION BANK exemplifies our work on interactive portals; it showcases
the content of a educational subject and encourages contributions to that area. It has
the following characteristics-
Useful. It covers a topic that is sufficiently broad and prominent to justify it as
an entry point. Because a featured portal is selective in what it displays. It
showcases only high-quality content that is preferably already featured.
Attractive. It displays content in an aesthetically pleasing way. The colours are
coherent and complementary, and do not detract from the content. Featured
portal have no formatting issues.
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Ergonomic. It is coherently constructed to display question bank content
logically and effectively in ways that enhance usefulness and attractiveness.
This display and contribution is our primary aim.
Well-maintained. It is updated regularly to display different aspects of
content in an area. Featured portal may be designed to reduce the required
frequency of updating; however, they may be designed to have a higher
turnover of content, using structures to ensure regular updates.
2.3.3 SCOPE STATEMENT
PROBLEM STATEMENT-
According to education experts opinion, a student learns comparatively fast
when challenges are posed in the learning environment. The portal is an
attempt to provide a competitive platform and enlarge the periphery of
contribution work in the domain of education and knowledge. The problem is
non existence of such a web portal which is free to use and encapsulates a large
domain of varied subjects.
DELIVERABLES-

i. Interface for contribution under different topics(for standards from 1
st
to
12
th
)provides interactive forms with tool tips for a user of any to
contribute.
ii. Also, at the same time review portal to review his own contributions and
contribution of others at ease. It ensures that the database holds valuable
content.
SCOPE-
The portal is open to all and it holds the stereotype that two minds can be more
useful if put together rather than working separately.
OBJECTIVE-
The project aims at maximizing the contribution in the field of education by
making more and more people contribute and evaluate. The aim is to make the
portal so easy to use and explore so that it become popular among its users.
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2.3.4 SOFTWARE SPECIFICATIONS
FRONTEND- JSP,HTML,CSS,JQUERY.
BACKEND- JAVA JDBC,SERVLET,AJAX.
DATABASE USED- MYSQL 5.5.
IDE USED- NETBEANS 7.X.
VERSION CONTROL SYSTEM- SVN.
2.3.5 USE CASE DIAGRAM OF CONTRIBUTION PORTAL
Figure 13: Use Case Diagram of contribution portal
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2.3.6 FLOW CHART OF CONTRIBUTION PORTAL
Figure 14: Flow Chart of Contribution Portal
2.3.7 USER INTERFACE
HOME PAGE
The Home page contains a menu bar that navigates through the website ,it comprise
of:
FOR CONTRIBUTOR:Contribute, My contribution ,Contact us,FAQ.
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Figure 15: Contribution Portal Header
FOR REVIEWER:Review, My Reviews,Contact us,FAQ.(this menu bar
is visible only after a user logs in as a reviewer)
The home page displays the contributions made by various users in an interactive
way , which run on the screen in the form of a tickr and selecting a particular
contributions leads to a dialogue box which shows the contribution and its author.
The home page also displays the various question types with a link leading to a demo
showing how a particular contribution can be made by a user.
Figure 16: Screenshot of ekShiksha contribution portal Home page.
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LOGIN PAGE
When a user wants to make a contribution to the portal, the user is always diverted to
the login page, firstly the user logs in as a reviewer or a contributor and then performs
the specific task as per his role.
Figure 17: Screenshot of ekShiksha contribution portal Login page.
Figure 18: Screenshot of ekShiksha contribution portal Login page when an un authenticated user
tries to log in.
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CONTRIBUTE PAGE
The page contains a side menu that shows all the question types like definitions, true-
false etc.
Figure 19: Screenshot of ekShiksha contribution portal Contribute page.
There are five question types for contributing questions to the EkShiksha
Question Bank which are :
1. MATCH THE COLOUMNS
2. DEFINITIONS
3. TRUE FALSE
4. MULTIPLE CHOICE
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FORM INTERFACE:
o MATCH THE COLOUMNS
Figure 20: Screenshot of the match the coloumns form
Figure 21: screenshot of the match the columns form with javascript validations.
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Figure 22: screenshot showing that the data has been entered successfully in the database by match
the columns form.
Figure 23: screenshot showing that the data which has been entered by the user, olready exists in
the database.
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o DEFINITIONS
Figure 24: screenshot of the definition form.
Figure 25: Screenshot showing that the data has been entered successfully in the database.
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Figure 26: screenshot showing that the data which has been entered by the user, already exists in
the database.
Figure 27: screenshot depicts that when a user selects a particular topic,he can also view the
related keywords of that topic which exists in the database by clicking the givenclick here link.
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Figure 28: screenshot shows the keywords which are seen after clicking the link.
o TRUE FALSE
Figure 29: screenshot of the true/false form.
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Figure 30: screenshot showing that the data has been entered successfully to the database.

Figure 31: screenshot showing that the data already exists in the database.

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o MULTIPLE CHOICE
Figure 32: screenshot of the multiple choice question form.
Figure 33: screenshot of the option page to give first option of multiple options .
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Figure 34: screenshot of the option page to give second option ,after which the question can be
submitted.(minimum two options are compulsory)

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Figure 35: screenshot of the review page which contains all the details of the question inserted by
the user.(the user can do editing of the details here)
MY CONTRIBUTIONS PAGE
The contributor views all the contributions made by him at a glance by surfing
through the tabs of different question types.
Figure 36: : Screenshot of ekShiksha contribution portal my contribution page.
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REVI EW PAGE
The page displays all the unreviewed questions of the question bank whose status
changes
in the database after the review has taken place.
Figure 37: Screenshot of ekShiksha contribution portal Review page.
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MY REVIEWS PAGE
The page shows all the reviewed questions of a particular user with their status in the
database.
Figure 38: Screenshot of ekShiksha contribution portal Review page.
FAQ PAGE
The page acts as an help desk for a user to answer some very frequent queries.
Figure 39: Screenshot of ekShiksha contribution portal FAQ page.
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CONTACT US PAGE
The page is an interface for a user to send his queries or suggestions to the
EkShiksha team.
2.4 Front End for Question Display
We made many interactive exercises to help our learners to build a better
understanding of each and every topic. These exercises include match the column,
multiple choice, fill the blanks and true false and crossword type questions. These
exercises are designed in PIE framework as well as in HTML5 canvas framework.
2.4.1 Multiple Choice
Initial Screen: A loading screen appears on the frame the beginning while
questions from the database populate the question array according to each topic,
language or question and standard.
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Figure 40: Initial Loading screen of all type of questions
Process: Questions get displayed one at a time with required number of options.
Both question and option may include strings or images or both.
There are three buttons:
1) DONE/NEXT: DONE button is used to accept a chosen option and check
whether the answer is correct. Automatically converts to NEXT after displaying
the answer.
2) SKIP: This button is needed when a user wants to skip a question
3) RESET: This resets the question frame. The statistics of correct, incorrect and
skipped questions is set to zero, the number of attempts is set to 1 and a new
question is displayed on the screen.
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Figure 41: Display of Multiple Choice questions
Figure 42: Select the correct option(s) of the given question
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Figure 43: On clicking the done button, correct option displayed in green and
wrong option display as red. Next question can be loaded using next button
There are four fields on the frame which gets updated each time a question is
answered.
They are:
1. Attempts: It calculates the number of questions attempted.
2. Skip: It calculates the number of skipped questions
3. Right: It calculates the number of correct answers.
4. Wrong: It calculates the number of incorrect answers.
Test Cases:
a) Whenever a question demands an image which is unable to get loaded, it
displays an unable to load question/ option image accordingly.
b) For question ids that is missing its question string due to any fault, it displays
an error message "No questions to display".
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2.4.2 Match the Columns
Initial Screen: A set of match the column questions appears on the screen, in two
columns.
Figure 44: Initial Screen of Match Column Exercise
RESET button: It resets the set of questions that has been loaded from database for
the current session.
NEXT button: It displays another set of questions to the user.
Process: There are two ways for the user to attempt the quiz.
1. The user can click and drag a term (text/image) of the first column and place
it on a term of the second column.
2. The user can select a term of first column by double-clicking on it and then
select a term of second column by double-click. When term of first column is
selected, it changes its appearance to indicate the selection.
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Figure 45: Select a term from left column
To show whether the user has correctly matched the terms or not, the term of the first
column changes appearance. In case of text, it turns either green, to indicate correct
match or red, to indicate incorrect match. In case of image, it will be enclosed by
either a green border, to indicate correct match or a red border, to indicate incorrect
match.
Figure 46: Drag the selected term over the terms in right column, if correct then its
colour turns in green
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Figure 47: Drag the selected term over the terms in right column, if wrong its colour
turns into red
Conditions and Constraints: Only terms of first column can be dragged. The
user can select any term multiple times. The user must select a term of first column
before selecting from second column. Once a term of first column has been selected,
a term of second column must be selected.
Future Scope:
1. Terms of either columns may be dragged and dropped on the other.
2. The user can change the selected term by clicking on another term of the
first column.
2.4.3 Fill the Blanks
Introduction: A front-end using html5's canvas and createjs library is created
where questions, fetched from the database, are displayed and user can easily interact
the components of the display to solve these exercises.
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How it Works?
When user is reading a chapter from the EkShiksha site, various links are available at
the bottom of the screen from which he can select the exercise he wants to do. When
he clicks on Fill Blanks, the fill blanks questions related to that chapter are fetched
from the database and displayed using the software created. Questions are displayed
according to topic id, question id, standard and language id.
Initial Screen: As the questions are being fetched from the database, a message is
displayed on the screen that tells the user that questions are being loaded. Once, the
questions are loaded they are displayed on the screen and user can solve them and for
the next questions, he simply has to press the Next button.
Figure 48: Loading Screen of Fill Blanks
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Figure 49: Fill Blanks Question Display
Process:
Now when the question is displayed, user can simply pick up an option from the
displayed options and drag it to the blank location. If the option dragged is right, the
option label will turn green and text will be placed at the blank location but if the
option is wrong, it turns red.
Figure 50: Drag the correct option to the blank
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Figure 51:If the Fill Blank answer is correct it will display as green otherwise red
Buttons:
1. Next: When a user wants a next question from the set of fetched questions, he can
simply click on the next button and the next question will be displayed irrespective of
the fact that whether user has attempted that question or not.
2. Reset: This option will reset the whole experiment and question bank. New
questions will be fetched from the database and will be displayed.
Test Cases:
Case 1: No questions are fetched from the database in case
a. question id is invalid
b. topic id and standard do not match
c. topic id is invalid
d. language id is invalid.
In all these cases, an error message is displayed to the user.
Case 2: In case multiple blanks are present, their respective options are displayed
under the blank so that user knows that which option is for which blank.
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2.4.4 True/False
Introduction: A front-end using html5's canvas and createjs library is created
where questions, fetched from the database, are displayed and user can easily interact
the components of the display to solve these exercises.
How it Works?
When user is reading a chapter from the EkShiksha site, various links are available at
the bottom of the screen from which he can select the exercise he wants to do. When
he clicks on True False, the true false questions related to that chapter are fetched
from the database and displayed using the software created. Questions are displayed
according to topic id, question id, standard and language id.
Initial Screen: As the questions are being fetched from the database, a message is
displayed on the screen that tells the user that questions are being loaded. Once, the
questions are loaded, a set of questions are displayed on the screen and user is
allowed to attempt them.
Figure 52: Initial Loading Screen of True/False Questions
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Figure 53: True/False Question Display
Process:
As the questions are displayed, user can simply attempt them by clicking on the
check box next to True or False depending on the question. When he is done, he click
on Done button to check the answers. There are 4 parameters that are updated after
each attempt:
a. Attempt: total number of questions attempted by the user.
b. Skip: total number of questions skipped by the user
c. Right: total number of questions attempted correctly.
d. Wrong: total number of questions attempted incorrectly.
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Figure 54: True or False options can be selected
Figure 55: On clicking Next button correct statement will display as green and wrong
will display in red
Buttons:
1. Done/Next: When a user has attempted all the questions on the page, he can click
on Done button to check the results. After he checks the results, he can click on this
button again to display the next problems.
2. Reset: This option will reset the whole experiment and question bank. New
questions will be fetched from the database and will be displayed.
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Test Cases:
Case 1: No questions are fetched from the database in case
a. question id is invalid
b. topic id and standard do not match
c. topic id is invalid
d. language id is invalid.
In all these cases, an error message is displayed to the user.
Case 2: In case, the image for the question is not found, an error message is
displayed.
2.4.5 Crossword
Initial Screen: A loading screen appears on the frame in the beginning while
keywords from the database populate the question array according to each topic. If
the question bank do not have enough keywords for crossword then the error message
Keywords are not available is displayed. Otherwise a dynamically generated
crossword is presented on the display screen.
Figure 56: Initial display screen of Crossword Puzzle
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Process: A Crossword displayed on the screen with set of clues. The display screen
will have a crossword grid, list of clues( ACROSS nad DOWN) and control buttons.

There are four control buttons in the screen:

1. CHECK: This button will check if the crossword is correctly filled or not. If the
words are correct then they will display as green else display in red.
2. SHOW ANSWER: This button will display solved crossword puzzle on the
screen.
3. NEXT PUZZLE: This button will display new dynamically generated
crossword with next set of keywords
4. RESET: This will reset the content of the display screen

Figure 57:Select the clue to answer the corresponding keyword. Hint will be
displayed at the bottom of screen

Clues are displayed on the left side of screen categorized as ACROSS and DOWN.
All the clues are clickable buttons. To fill any keyword, one can click the clue from
clue area and the corresponding word will be highlighted. And hint will be displayed
at the bottom of screen to help our user to guess the word.

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Figure 58: On clicking the CHECK button, correctly filled words displayed in
green and incorrectly filled or empty cells display as red. Next crossword can be
loaded using NEXT PUZZLE button
Figure 59: On clicking SHOW ANSWER button solved crossword will be
displayed
Test Cases:
c) If any error occurs during crossword loading, a message Unable to load the
Crossword will be displayed.
d) If the question bank do not have enough keyword then a message Keywords
are not available will be displayed.
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2.5 Math Activities
2.5.1 Introduction
The major challenge that the students face while understanding a concept is lack of
interaction. If one can interact while learning a new concept, the concept will surely
leave a mark on the student. Thus interactive activities can be used to make students
understand the basic concepts related to a topic.
The Akshara Foundation has provided details for various activities that can be
implemented and can be provided at the EkShiksha portal for the students to learn.
Under this we have developed a few activities that will be discussed in the section.
2.5.1 Number Beads Activity
This activity was made to teach the students the following activities:
1) Counting
2) Displaying
3) Adding
4) Subtracting
Four Modes were implemented in this activity. These are as follows(along with the
screen shots):
Demo Mode:
The Demo mode : where a problem is generated and solved (by the application). The
learner can generate next problem and the application will solve.
1)Display: A number is displayed in a text box. The given number of beads move and
are placed below the text box.
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Figure 60: Demo of Number Beads Activity(Display)

2)Counting: Different beads are shown. The number of beads shown is displayed one
by one by counting it.

Figure 61:Demo of Number Beads Activity(Counting)

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Figure 62: Demo of Number Beads Activity(Counting) - 2

3)Addition: Number to be added are displayed. Beads move below the numbers
.Addition shown by counting beads one by one.

Figure 63:Demo of Number Beads Activity(Addition)

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Figure 64:Demo of Number Beads Activity(Addition ) 2

Figure 65: Demo of Number Beads Activity(Addition) - 3

5)Subtraction: Total beads are shown. Number to be subtracted is shown. Beads move
accordingly. Remaining beads are displayed.

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Figure 66:Demo of Number Beads Activity(Subtraction)

Figure 67: Demo of Number Beads Activity(Subtraction) - 2

5)Counting in multiples: The beads are arranged in the multiples of number
displayed.
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Figure 68: Demo of Number Beads Activity(Counting in Multiples)

Interactive Mode

In this learner is prompted to supply number(input). The system will then solve the
problem.

Figure 69: Number Beads Activity Display screen in Interactive mode

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Figure 70: Number Beads Activity answer display in Interactive mode
Guided Mode
In this the application will provide a problem. The application will prompt the student
for a step by step solution of the problem. When the number is displayed, ask learner
to follow the instructions. Then learner should drag and drop the coins in proper place
according to the number.
Figure 71: Number Beads Activity Guide Mode Screen
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Figure 72: Number Beads Activity Guide Mode step by step solution
Test Mode
In this the application will generate a problem and prompt the learner for an answer.
The learner submits by clicking on done button .The application indicates the result
whether the action performed by the learner is correct or incorrect. If incorrect,
learner must try to solve correctly.
Figure 73: Number Beads Activity Test mode display screen
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Figure 74: Number Beads Activity Test Mode answer display
2.5.3 Abacus
This activity was made in 3 level having different number of places for each level.
Level 1 has numbers up to 99, Level 2 has numbers up to 999 and Level 3 has
numbers up to 99999.
Four Modes were implemented in this activity. These are as follows (along with the
screen shots):
Demo Mode
The demo mode has the following implemented modes:
a) Show the Number. Then display the number in the form of units and tens. Then
show coins moving in the appropriate columns according to the number.
b) Show the coins on the different columns at the board. Then Show the number
in the tens and units form. Then Display the number.
c) Show one number. Then display it on the abacus. Show another number.
Display on top of the already displayed number/ remove from the already
displayed number. Then display the result.
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Figure 75: Abacus Display screen in demo mode

Figure 76: Abacus display screen while playing in demo mode

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Figure 77: Abacus display screen(2)
Interactive Mode
In this learner is prompted to supply number (input). The system will then solve the
problem in auto or step-by-step as chosen by learner. When learner gives the number,
then display the number in the form of units and tens. Then show coins moving in the
appropriate columns according to the number.
Figure 78: Abacus display screen in interactive mode
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Figure 79: Screenshot of Abacus while playing

Figure 80: Abacus display screen in interactive mode (2)

Guided Mode
In this the application will provide a problem. The application will prompt the student
for a step by step solution of the problem. When the number is displayed, ask learner
to enter the number in the form of tens and ones. Then learner should drag and drop
the coins in proper place according to the number.
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Figure 81: Abacus Display screen in guided mode

Figure 82: Screenshot of abacus while playing in guided mode

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Figure 83: Screenshot of abacus in guided mode

Figure 84:Screenshot of abacus in guided mode(2)

Test Mode

In this the application will generate a problem and prompt the learner for an answer.
If the answer is incorrect, the application will solve the problem (in auto mode).
a) Display the number and arrange the coins accordingly on the board
b) Display the coins on the board and ask the number.
c) Display addition/subtraction and ask user to write the answer
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Figure 85:Screenshot of abacus in test mode

Figure 86: Screenshot of abacus while playing in test mode

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2.6 Like and Comment Plugin
2.6.1 Like Plugin
OBJECTIVE: To implement the like button for the EkShiksha website.
Like button will be created by using the html language. The action events will be
implemented by using the javascript , ajax and java servlet.
FUNCTIONALITY: This is just a simple button with a label to show the number of
likes. Whenever the user clicks the like button then the like count will be incremented
in the database by using the ajax response. After clicking the like button will turn
into unlike(by using javascript) and cookie will be set with infinite expired time so
that the user could not allowed to like more than once if he enables the cookies.
It will take the url of the parent page which includes the iframe and save the likes
according to that. So the one who want to use this plugin can give the iframe src to
the likes html. On the interface we will be showing the number of likes of the
webpage .
2.6.2 Steps To Include Like Button In Webpage
1) Install mysql and server in your machine, And identify the port of your
mysql and give that port number in the url of the ConnectionFactory.java
file.. For the connection you should need to have com.mysql.jdbc.jar ,
servlet-api.jar and jdk version(1.7) recommended.. Set the classpath in
your environment variables for above 3 jar files if you are not using an IDE
like netbeans.
2) Create the two tables as given below in your database.. Give that database
name in the url of the ConnectionFactory.java file for getting the
connection with database.
I) url_likes( url_id integer primary key, url varchar , n_likes int)
II) user_likes(url_id integer foreign key referencing url_likes(url_id),
ltime varchar,ip varchar)
3) Take the project and put that in a prescribed folder of your server for getting
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access.
4) For including the like functionality in your web page use <iframe> tag with
src=index.html
5) Give the width and height for the iframe in your webpage. Width more than
150px is recommended for best viewing.
6) While accessing make sure that the server is running and getting the
connection with the database.
2.6.3 Comment Plugin
OBJECTIVE: Implementing the comment functionality, which can be used in the
iframes of the website.Comment box can be created by using the html and the request
response will be implemented by using the Ajax.
FUNCTIONALITY: This functionality is like a facebook comment functionality.
Whenever user posts the comment in the webpage, then the database will be updated
by using the ajax response with the java servlet class. The posting will be done by
clicking the enter in the textarea. If the user want the new line he can use
shift+enter. It stores the comments based on webpage url. It takes the url of the
parent page which includes the comment iframe and stroes the comments according
that url in the database. On loading the iframe we will show the top 4 comments o f
that webpage by getting the response from the servlet using ajax. If the number of
comments are more than 4 then we will show view more comments to the user. So
that the user can see all the comments by clicking on the view more comments.. If
the page doesn't contain any comments then we will show no comments.
We will display the username of the user who commented if he he logged in
otherwise we will show guest. We will show all the comments with the time and date
below the comment
2.6.4 Steps To Include Comment iframe In Webpage
1) Install mysql and server in your machine, And identify the port of your mysql
and give that port number in the url of the ConnectionFactory.java file.. For
the connection you should need to have com.mysql.jdbc.jar , servlet-api.jar
and jdk version(1.7) recommended.. Set the classpath in your environment
variables for above 3 jar files if you are not using an IDE like netbeans.
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2) Create the two tables as given below in your database.. Give that database
name in the url of the ConnectionFactory.java file for getting the connection
with database.
i) comment_url(url_id integer primary key , url varchar)
ii)comment_inf(c_id integer primary key,comment varchar ,url_id
integer,
user_id integer ,time varchar, ip varchcar
3) Take the project and put that in a prescribed folder of your server for getting
access.
4) For including the like functionality in your web page use <iframe> tag with
src=index.html.
5) Give the width and height for the iframe in your webpage. Width more than
300px and height more than 400px is recommended for best viewing.
6) While accessing make sure that the server is running and getting the connection
with the database.
2.7 Search Functionality
The EkShiksha website has been functional for almost 3 years now. One of the most
important aspects of any website is to allow users to search easily and quickly for the
content they require. This is where the search functionality comes into the picture.
Although with Google's custom search engine it is possible to search within a site, a
search functionality developed in house allows the developers complete control over
the contents and how changes are to be reflected.
2.7.1 Introduction
SCOPE:
Searching is an integral part of any website. A user wishing to look for
specific content should have the option of typing in his query and letting
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the site do the searching for him. The search engine allows categorical
searching user can look for particular content like video or documents on
the site. Currently the search functionality is designed to accept queries in
a wide range of languages, but the spelling correction feature for searching
has been implemented only for English. The scope of the search
functionality developed is not limited to the content currently hosted on the
site. As additions are made, the code can be expanded to include the new
content in the search.
DESCRIPTION OF WORK:
To create a search functionality that accepts a search query from user, analyzes and
processes it to return relevant results desired by user.
SOFTWARE AND RESOURCES:
Software used: Netbeans IDE, Gliffy (Online diagram and Flowchart Software)
Tools used: Apache Tomcat Server
Libraries: My SQL JDBC Driver
Languages used: Java, JSP, HTML, Cascading Style Sheets, SQL
Operating System used: Linux(Ubuntu)
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:
The table below summarizes the basic system requirements for the search
functionality to run on a browser:
Table 3: Application Requirement for EkShiksha Search
Requirement Version
Operating System Linux,Windows
Software and Packages JRE 1.5 and above
Browsers
Mozilla Firefox, Google chrome, IE6 &
Above
2.7.2 Overview of Search Functionality
The search functionality for the ekShiksha website is based on database searching.
All the content on the website is stored in a database. The tables from the database
which have been used for the searching are:
1.contents : contains topic name, topic id and language id
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2.document_content_ref : contains the mapping of content_ids to document_ids
3.documents : contains the document_id, topic_id, content_id, standard and other
fields.
4.ilobjects : contains the applet_id,applet_name, applet_description ,topic_id, object
level and other fields.
5.published_content : contains all text published on the website(utext) and their
corresponding content_ids.
6.topics : contains document_id and parent topic_id.
The search functionality creates another table in the database called a dictionary
which stores all words that are valid English search words in the site. At any time
more words can be added to the dictionary, allowing searching of various other
contents. The spell check performed is done through the dictionary but making the
closest match.
If the search query typed by the user contains a topic name directly, the topics table
and ilobjects table are searched and corresponding document ids and applets ids are
used to create the URL(s) for the web pages. If the search query typed by the user is
not a topic name directly then the search query is compared to the text contained in
the published_content table and corresponding content_id is obtained.
The user types the search query into the search box. The following events may occur:
1.If the search query is in English
1.1. If the search query is blank, the search engine asks the user to Enter a
valid search query.
Figure 87: Screenshot of search functionality in ekShiksha website
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Figure 88: On giving blank search query, "Please enter a valid search query" message will display
1.2. If the user types a misspelled query the the software first performs spelling
correction.
Eg: The user types electrisiti. The search engine performs spelling correction
and returns results for electricity.
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Figure 89: Searching for the query "electrisiti"
Figure 90: Showing search results for "electricity" instead
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1.3. With a correctly spelled query, the search engine performs searching. On the
basis of the query entered by the user one of the following occurs:
1.3.1.) If the user wishes to search for video or interactive learning
lessons(various keywords associated with video content) then the call to the
SearchInteractive is made which returns the URL and title of applets.
Figure 91: Searching for query "watch Electric bulb"
Figure 92: Search results for "electric bulb" instead where links are videos
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If the user wishes to search for video content of a particular
standard then results are displayed only for applets belonging
to a that particular object level
Figure 93: Searching for query "watch Chemistry class 9"
Figure 94: Showing Search results for "chemistry" having videos of class 9 chemistry
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If the search query typed by the user yields no direct match,
then the Porter Stemming algorithm followed by spelling
correction is applied to map the words to their root word and
searching is then performed for the root word.
Figure 95: Searching for "humanoid interactive learning"
Figure 96: Showing search results for "human"
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If after Porter Stemming no match is found then no results
found.
Figure 97: Searching for query "I am here to search content"
Figure 98: Showing results for query "I am here to search content"
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1.3.2.) If the user wishes to search for textual learning lessons(various keywords
associated with textual content have been defined) then the call to the SearchContent
is made which returns the URL, title and description of documents.
Figure 99: Searching for "content of nutrition in plant"
Figure 100: showing search results for "nutrition in plants"
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If the user wishes to search for textual content of a particular
standard then results are displayed only for documents
belonging to that particular standard.
Figure 101: searching for the "contents of light class 10"
Figure 102: Showing search results for "light"
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If the search query typed by the user yields no direct match, then the Porter Stemming
algorithm followed by spelling correction is applied to map the words to their root
word and searching is then performed for the root word.
Figure 103: Searching for "humanoid content"
Figure 104: Showing search results for "humans"
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If after Porter Stemming no match is found then no results
found.
Figure 105: Searching for "I am here to search content"
Figure 106: Showing results for "I am here to search content"
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1.3.3) If the user wishes to search for video as well as textual learning lessons(various
keywords associated with video content) then the call to the SearchOverall is made
which returns returns the URL, title and description of documents, and the URL and
title of applets.
Figure 107: Searching for "crop production and management"
Figure 108: Showing results for "crop production and management"
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If the user wishes to search for video and textual content of a
particular standard then results are displayed only for
documents and applets belonging to that particular object
level/standard.
Figure 109: Searching for Chemistry class 10
Figure 110: Showing results for "chemistry"
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2.If the search query is in any other language supported by ekShiksha.
For example,A hindi query is taken here.
Figure 111: Searching in other languages
Figure 112: Showing results for search in other languages
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2.7.3 Flow Chart
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2.8 Implementation of PIE Framework in HTML5
2.8.1 Introduction
The PIE (Physics Interactive Experiment) framework aims at providing high quality
interactive content for school education. It is a wrap around over Action Script 3,
developed to facilitate easy and efficient learning for the children of different age
groups.
The purpose of this document is to outline the technical design of the PIE(Physics
Interactive experiment) framework developed in HTML5 canvas, Easeljs, Zebkit. Its
main purpose is to make the PIE framework compatible on new versions of browser .
The Easeljs technology is used to design graphics while the Zebkit technology is used
to design the UI (user interface) components, using which the all PIE framework
activities can be converted into HTML5 activities.
Objective:
The idea in this project is to develop a HTML5 framework using the zebkit and
easeljs technology that will demonstrate several PIE experiments and activities, allow
students to perform them, and support evaluation. The motto is to work hand in hand
with the latest advancements in technology and upgrade the already existing
experiments, to be compatible with the present era as there is no use of thousands of
PIE activities that cannot run in modern browsers.
Scope:
The aim is to illustrate the concepts and usage of PIE framework on newer versions
of browser which do not support Actionscript. The use of Easeljs and zebkit
integrated together over HTML5 canvas facilitates this transformation of .as files to
.js files thereby, making the PIE framework compatible on both, the older and latest
versions of browser. Thus, this facilitates the continuation of easy and efficient
learning by the students, through Ekshiksha.
Technologies Used:
Zebra-the Zebkit library, is a WEB based alternative to Flash or Applet
technologies that doesnot require a plugging on a client side to be installed. It helps in
building the UI components in HTML5 canvas.
Createjs- is used to design the graphical components and further enhancing their
functionality using several animation strategies.
Finally, the integration of both- Easeljs and Zebkit, over HTML5 canvas, facilitates
the creation of PIE HTML5 framework.
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2.8.2 Design Overview
We will be using the already available .as files and converting them to .js files so
that the older activities are compatible with the new technologies. The different UI
components and the graphic components are organised as classes.These classes
inherits the parent classes of the graphic components and the UI components in
EaselJS and Zebkit.
The several UI components drawn in Zebkit, inherit the respective UI component
class.
The base class of the graphic components is PIEsprite which extends the Sprite class
of EaselJs.
The several graphic components drawn in Easeljs, inherit the PIEsprite class..
Each class has its own set of parameters,methods and constructor.
Also, the graphic components are enhanced by applying animations using Ticker
class in EaselJS.
Fig: Class Hierarchy
Figure 113: Class Heirarchy of PIE to HTML conversion
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2.8.3 Class and Method Details
Graphic Components:
1) Class: PIErectangle
Constructor: PIErectangle(parentPie, topLeftX, topLeftY, rectangleW, rectangleH,
fillColor)
Example:
var rectangle = new PIErectangle(pieHandle, 0, 0, 100, 100, Black);
pieHandle.addDisplayChild(rectangle.shape);
2) Class: PIEarrow
Constructor: PIEarrow(parentPie,startX,startY,endX,endY,fillColor)
Example:
var arrow = new PIEarrow(pieHandle, 0, 0, 100, 100, Black);
pieHandle.addDisplayChild(arrow.shape);
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3) Class: PIElabel
Constructor: PIElabel(parentPie,tLabel,sLabel,lBColor,lFColor)
Example:
var label = new PIElabel(pieHandle, MyLabel, 20, Black, White);
pieHandle.addDisplayChild(label.shape);
4) Class: PIEcircle
Constructor: PIEcircle(parentPie, centerX, centerY, radius, fillColor)
Example:
var circle = new PIEcircle(pieHandle, 150, 150, 50,Black);
pieHandle.addDisplayChild(circle.shape);
5) Class: PIEline
Constructor: PIEline(parentPie, startX, startY, endX, endY, fillColor, lineT, lineO)
Example:
var line = new PIErectangle(pieHandle, 0, 0, 100, 100, Black,5,1);
pieHandle.addDisplayChild(line.shape);
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6) Class: PIEquadrilateral

Constructor: PIEquadilateral(parentPie, vertex1, vertex2, vertex3, vertex4, fillColor)
Example:
var quadilateral = new PIEquadilateral(pieHandle, 0, 0, 100, 100, Black);
pieHandle.addDisplayChild(quadilateral.shape);

7) Class: PIEpolygon

Constructor: PIEpolygon(parentPie, vertices, fillColor)

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8) Class: PIEroundedRectangle
Constructor: PIEroundedRectangle(parentPie, topLeftX, topLeftY, rectangleW,
rectangleH, fillColor)
Example:
var roundedRectangle = new PIEroundedRectangle(pieHandle, 0, 0, 100, 100,
Black);
pieHandle.addDisplayChild(roundedRectangle.shape);
9) Class: PIEregularPolygon
Constructor: PIEregularPolygon(parentPie, firstPoint, secondPoint, vertices,
fillColor)
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10) Class: PIEarc
Constructor: PIEarc(parentPie, centerX, centerY, startX, startY, angleDifference,
fillColor)
Example:
var arc = new PIEarc(pieHandle, 0, 0, 100, 100,5, Black);
pieHandle.addDisplayChild(arc.shape);
11) Class: PIEthickArrow
Constructor: PIEthickArrow(parentPie,startX,startY,endX,endY,fillColor,arrowO)
Example:
var tarrow = new PIEthickArrow(pieHandle, 0, 0, 100, 100, Black,1);
pieHandle.addDisplayChild(tarrow.shape);
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12) Class: PIEtriangle
Constructor: PIEtriangle(parentPie, v1, v2, v3, fillColor)
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13) PIEbutton
Constructor: PIEbutton(parentPie, bLabel)
Example:
var button = new PIEbutton(pieHandle, Next);
pieHandle.addDisplayChild(button.container);
14) PIEcheckBox
Constructor: PIEcheckBox(parentPie, cLabel)
Example:
var checkbox = new PIEcheckBox(pieHandle, "Earth");
checkBox.addUIpanelChild(checkBox.container);
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15) PIE

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16) PIEsprite
2.8.4 Zebra
Introduction:
Zebra is a JavaScript library that comes with a bunch of rich user interface
components for creating desktop-like layouts.
The UI elements are built with HTML5 canvas, colored with CSS and expected to
be rendered the same on all modern browsers.There are various UI components
including grid, tabs, menu, form elements, menu and much more.
Zebra provides easy for use and clear for understanding JavaScript OOP concept
like inheritance. Zebra makes it possible to develop WEB based Rich UI
applications. The approach sits on top of HTML5 Canvas element which
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makes it possible to render any imaginable UI.
Zebra is pure WEB based alternative to Flash or Applet technologies that doesnot
require a plugging on a client side to be installed. In the same time Zebra
utilizes power, simplicity and beauty of JavaScript coding.
Zebra UI:
The UI is powerful way to create any imaginable user interface for WEB.
The idea is based on developing hierarchy of UI components that sits and renders
on HTML5 Canvas element.
Write zebra UI code in safe place where you can be sure all necessary structure,
configurations, etc are ready. The safe place is "zebra.ready(...)" method.
Development of zebra UI application begins from creation "zebra.ui.zCanvas"
class, that is starting point and root element of your UI components hierarchy.
"zCanvas" is actually wrapper around HTML5 Canvas element where zebra UI
sits on.
Component specific events:
Component specific event is an event that is triggered by the component itself. For
instance: an item selection, data updating, tree item removed etc. The standard way of
catching this type of events is calling bind method one of the following manner:
Anonymous event handler : If component generates only one type of event no event
name has to be specified:
// create UI button
var button = new
zebra.ui.Button("Test");
// handle an button pressed event
button.bind(function(src) {...
});
2.8.5 EaselJS
The EaselJS Javascript library provides a retained graphics mode for canvas
including a full hierarchical display list, a core interaction model, and helper
classes to make working with 2D graphics in Canvas much easier.
EaselJS provides straight forward solutions for working with rich graphics and
interactivity with HTML5 Canvas.
Following are the five reasons to choose EaselJS and HTML5 canvas to build your
applications:
Cross-platform Using this technology will help you create HTML5 canvas
applications that will be supported from:
Desktop browsers such as Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Opera, and IE9+
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iPhone, iPad, and iPod 4+ (iOS 3.2+)
Android smartphones and tablets (OS 2.1+)
BlackBerry browser (7.0 and 10.0+)
Every HTML5 browser
Easy Integration EaselJS applications run on browsers and finally can be seen by
almost every desktop and mobile user without any plugin installed.
One source code A single codebase can be used to create a responsive application
that works on almost all devices and resolutions
No creativity limits When you display a graphic element using EaselJS, you can
be sure it will be placed at the same position in every browser, desktop and mobile
(except for texts because every browser uses a different font renderer, and there may
be some minor differences between them and of course Internet Explorer 8 and lower
versions that do not support HTML5 syntax).
Freedom Developers can now create and publish games and applications skipping
the App Store submission process.
Classes used:
DisplayObject Abstract base class for all display elements in EaselJS. Exposes all of
the display properties (ex. x, y, rotation, scaleX, scaleY, skewX, skewY, alpha,
shadow, etc) that are common to all display objects.
Stage The root level display container for display elements. Each time tick() is called
on Stage, it will update and render the display list to its associated canvas.
Container A nestable display container, which lets you aggregate display objects and
manipulate them as a group.
Sprite Displays single frames or animations from sprite sheets, and provides APIs for
managing playback and sequencing.
Shape Renders a Graphics object within the context of the display list.
Graphics Provides an easy to use API for drawing vector data. Can be used with
Shape, or completely stand alone.
Ticker Provides a pausable centralized tick manager for ticking Stage instances or
other time based code.
Rectangle Represents a rectangle as defined by the points (x, y) and (x+width,
y+height).
Point Represents a point on a 2 dimensional x / y coordinate system.
Through this, we can easily manage many types of graphic elements (vector shapes,
bitmap, spritesheets, texts, and HTML elements) and it also supports touch events,
animations, and many other interesting features in order to quickly develop cross-
platform HTML5 games and applications, providing a look and feel as well as a
behavior very similar to native applications for iOS and Android.
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Challenges Faced
1. Languages: Since the website works on various languages it poses a great
problem while extracting the questions. Since the website is dependent on
translators to translate the content all the strings are not present in a specific
language. Thus if question is to be extracted and any content is not available in
the specified language it must be given in English. This was achieved by
extracting single contents at a time in descending order of language id.
2. Validity: Since the users are unaware of the internal structure of the database
they may provide any invalid values that must not be present in the
questionbank. Hence various validity checks were applied in order to check
any possible errors while insertion.
3. Images: Since the images were to be included in questionbank some of the
strict checks were bypassed if the image is present in the question or options.
4. To incorporate all the possibilities of question representation through the
regular expressions build for the extraction purpose.
5. Building the validation check while parsing the file for extracting questions.
6. To include the images in all suitable types of questions in proper positions by
maintaining their aspect ratio.
7. Whenever new pages are inserted the corresponding data has to be fed in the
database for searching the contents of the inserted pages.
8. Failure in connection to the database results in failure of the Search
Functionality
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Conclusion and Future Scope
Thus in EkShiksha Question Bank project we tried to build an interactive and
multilingual environment which can be easily accessible to all target users. Still there
are many future modification is possible to make it more feasible and effective.
Pagination can be applied for limiting the number of results per page
A loading symbol can be used for a temporary display until the results can be
retrieved for display.
The Search Functionality can be made efficient to correct wrongly spelled
queries in all languages supported by EkShiksha site.
Categorical search can be improvised with addition of more keywords
or provision of options to the user for ease of use.
The present database only stores images and does not check for any repetitions
of image. Thus anyone can insert same image question again and again. This
can be checked in future versions of API.
Integration of the zebkit and the easeljs components so that other UI
components like the slider and observation table could be added on.
The portal needs an MIS system which should be implemented to have an
statistics about the questions which exist in the database.so, that there is a
deeper idea of complexity based on no. of correct and incorrect attempts.
The question types can be increased to have a vast exposure.
More effective reviewer policy in the contribution portal.
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References
1. www.createjs.com/Docs/EaselJS
2. www.createjs.com/EaselJS/demos
3. www.createjs.com/Docs/PreloadJS
4. www.createjs.com/PreloadJS
5. www.ekalavya.it.iitb.ac.in/summerinternship2013/groups.jsp
6. www.docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api
7. www.stackoverflow.com
8. www.w3schools.com
9. www.tutorialspoint.com
10. www.zebkit.com
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Appendix A
A.1 Destructive testing report for read & extract
A.1.1 Test Report for True False Problems
TEST
CASE
NO:
INPUT SPECIFICATION OUTPUT SPECIFICATION
1. Filepath:/users/extusr/debalaya14/test/
TrueFalseProblems.as
The file has all distinct questions with
distinct options.
Questions & Options extracted
successfully and inserted into
database.
TrueFalseProblems.txt
The File Specified in the filepath has
invalid type
ErrorId:2
ErrorDesc:Illegal file type
The file doesn't exists
ErrorId:1
ErrorDesc:File Not Found
The file is an empty file
ErrorId:11
ErrorDesc:File is empty
Filepath is empty
ErrorId:2
6. Filepath:/users/extusr/debalaya14/test/ ErrorId : 8
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File has no questions present
ErrorDesc : No Questions Present in
File
File has some questions which has no
options
ErrorId : 7
ErrorDesc : No option found for
question and question rejected
File has some questions repeated
more than once
ErrorId : 4
ErrorDesc : Question is already
present.
No repetition of question allowed
File with new questions added along
with options
database after insertion of new
questions and options
File with few questions being deleted
along with options
database after deletion of few
File with options but no questions
ErrorId : 6
ErrorDesc : NO QUESTION FOUND
FOR THE GIVEN OPTION and
option too is rejected
File without options
ErrorId : 7
ErrorId : 8
File
Table 4: Test Cases for True False Problems
A.1.2 Test Report For Fill Blank Problems
TEST
CASE
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NO:
FillBlankProblems.as
distinct options.
database.
FillBlankProblems.txt
The File Specified in the filepath has
invalid type
ErrorId:2
The file doesn't exists
ErrorId:1
ErrorDesc:File Not Found
ErrorId:11
Filepath is empty
ErrorId:2
ErrorId : 8
File
options
ErrorId : 7
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more than once
ErrorId : 4
ErrorDesc : Question is already
present.
No repetition of question allowed
with options
database after insertion of new
File with few questions being deleted
along with options
database after deletion of few
File with options but no questions
ErrorId : 6
ErrorDesc : NO QUESTION FOUND
FOR THE GIVEN OPTION and
option too is rejected
File with duplicate options
ErrorId : 5
ErrorDesc : Duplicate option for
question
Table 5:Test Cases for Fill Blanks problems
A.1.3 Test Report For Match Column Problems
TEST
CASE
NO:
1. Filepath:/users/extusr/jyotsna14/
MatchColumnProblems.as
database.
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distinct options.
MatchColumnProblems.txt
ErrorId:2
ErrorDesc:Invalid file type
ErrorId:1
ErrorDesc:File doesn't exist
3. Filepath:/users/extusr/jyotsna14/test/
ErrorId:1
ErrorId:11
5. Filepath is empty ErrorId:2
ErrorDesc:Invalid File Format
Errorid:1
Errorid : 8
Errordesc : No properties are found
in the file
Errorid : 9
Errordesc : No terms are found in the
file
Errorid : 10
Errordesc : No matches are found in
the file
options
ErrorId : 14
ErrorDesc : INVALID MATCH : NO
PROPERTY MATCHES WITH
THE TERM 1 : She eats:
REJECTED
ErrorId : 15
ErrorDesc : NO MATCH IS FOUND
FOR TERM 9 : You have already
drunk water : TERM REJECTED
ErrorId : 14
THE TERM 10 : He drinks water:
REJECTED
ErrorId : 14
THE TERM 19 : He reads a
newspaper: REJECTED
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ErrorId : 14
THE TERM 28 : She writes a poem:
REJECTED
ErrorId : 14
THE TERM 37 : You sleep for 6
hours: REJECTED
ErrorId : 14
THE TERM 46 : I walk for two
hours: REJECTED
ErrorId : 14
THE TERM 55 : I run for two hours:
REJECTED
ErrorId : 14
THE TERM 64 : I skip for 15
minutes: REJECTED
ErrorId : 14
THE TERM 73 : I dance for one
hour: REJECTED
ErrorId : 14
THE TERM 82 : We play for one
hour: REJECTED
more than once
ErrorId : 5
ErrorDesc : TERM 'You would
have already eaten IS ALREADY
PRESENT :---REJECTED
File with few questions having no
correct options
ErrorId:15
ErrorDesc:No match is found
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with options
ErrorId:16
ErrorDesc:DUP_QUES(for the
questions already inserted)
New question successfully extracted
and inserted into database.
Table 6: Test Cases for Match Column problems
A.1.4 Test Report For Multiple Choice Problems
TEST
CASE
NO:
MultipleChoiceProblems.as
distinct options.
database.
MultipleChoiceProblems.txt
ErrorId:2
ErrorDesc:Invalid file type
3. Filepath:/users/extusr/jyotsna14/test/
ErrorId:1
ErrorId:11
5. Filepath is empty ErrorId:2
ErrorDesc:Invalid File Format
Table 7: Test Case for Multiple Choice problems
121
A.2 Test Report For Database API
A.2.1 Test Report For Class QuestionBankProcess
1. Function name : insertFileFillBlank
Test Case No: Input Specification Output Specification
1 authorName not present in
database
Error Code INV_AUTHOR
2 authorName present in
database
SUCCESS
Table 8: Test Cases for insertFileBlank
2. Function name : insertFileMCQ
database
database
SUCCESS
Table 9: Test Cases for insertFileMCQ
3. Function name : insertFileMatchColumn
database
database
SUCCESS
Table 10: Test Cases for insertFileMatchColumn
122
4. Function name : insertFileTrueFalse
database
database
SUCCESS
Table 11: Test Cases for insertFileTrueFalse
5. Function name : isValid
Test Case
No:
Input Specification Output Specification
1
Question object is null
Error code NULL_VALUE
2
topic field of Question object is null
3
authorId field has a value not found in
database
Error code INV_AUTHOR
4 topicId of topic field of Question object has
a value not found in the database
Error code INV_TOPIC
5 Invalid value for complexity e.g.
complexity < 1 or > 3
Error code INV_COM
6 Invalid value for standard e.g. standard < 0
or > 12
Error code INV_STD
7 questionString field of Question object is
null
8 langId field of questionString has a value
not found in the database
Error code INV_LANG
123
9 unicodeText of questionString field of
Question object is null
10 unicodeText of questionString field of
Question object has length 0
Error code
EMPTY_STRING
11 numberOfOptions field of Question object
of type FILL_IN_THE_BLANKS and
MULTIPLE_CHOICE is less than 2
Error code INC_NOP
12 numberOfOptions field of Question object
of type MATCH_COLUMN and
TRUE_AND_FALSE is not equal to 1
Error code INC_NOP
13 totalCorrectOptions field of Question object
is greater than numberOfOptions field
Error code INC_NOP
of type TRUE_AND_FALSE and
MATCH_COLUMN is more than 1
Error code INC_TOP
of any type is less than 1
Error code INC_TOP
16 Invalid value for questionType field of
Question object e.g. questionType < 0 or >
4
Error code
INV_FUNCTION
17 Options field of Question object is null Error code NULL_VALUE
18 NumberOfOptions field in Question object
is not equal to the count of Option objects in
the Option array.
Error code
OPT_MISMATCH
19 Valid Question object VALID
Table 12:Test Cases for isValid
6. Function name : isValidOptions
Test Case
No:
1 OptionString field is null for any option Error code NULL_VALUE
2 UnicodeText of optionString field is null Error code NULL_VALUE
124

3 UnicodeText of optionString field has length
0
Error code
EMPTY_STRING
4 LangId of optionString is different from that
of questionString
Error code INV_LANG
5 BlankId field is 0 for FillBlankOptions
object
Error code
INV_BLANKID
6 OrderIndex fields of the options is not
unique
Error code
INV_ORDER_INDEX
7 Two or more options are same Error code DUP_OPTION
8 More options marked correct than
totalCorrectOptions field of the Question object
Error code INC_TOP
9 No options are marked correct Error code INC_TOP
Table 13: Test Cases for isvalidOptions

7. Function name : isDuplicate

Test Case
No:
1 Question object has same questionString and
same optionStrings as that of some other
question present in the database
Error code
DUP_QUESTION
2 Question object has same questionString as
that of another question in the database but
one of its optionString is different
VALID
Table 14: Test Cases for isDuplicate

8. Function name : nextQuestionId

Test Case
No:
State of the table questionbank Output Specification
1 The table is empty question_id=1
2 There are some entries in the table and the
maximum value of question_id is 3
question_id=4
Table 15: Test Cases for nextQuestionId
125
9. Function name : insertQuestion
Test Case
No:
1 Question object is not valid Refer test cases of isValid
2 The Option object is not valid Refer test cases of
isValidOptions
3 The questionString and optionStrings are
same as that of another question of the same
type in the database
Refer test cases of
isDuplicate
4 The Question object and the Option objects
are valid and the Question is not a duplicate
SUCCESS
Table 16: Test Cases for insertQuestion
10. Function name : deleteFillBlank
Test Case
No:
1 questionId is 0 Error code
INV_QUESTION
2 questionId belongs to Question object of
different type
Error code
INV_QUESTION
3 questionId not in the table Error code
INV_QUESTION
4 Valid questionId SUCCESS
Table 17: Test Cases for deleteFillBlanks
11. Function name : deleteMCQ
Test Case
No:
126

INV_QUESTION
different type
Error code
INV_QUESTION
INV_QUESTION
Table 18: Test Cases for deleteMCQ

12. Function name : deleteTrueFalse

Test Case
No:
INV_QUESTION
different type
Error code
INV_QUESTION
INV_QUESTION
Table 19:Test Cases for deleteTrueFalse

13. Function name : deleteMatchColumn

Test Case
No:
INV_QUESTION
different type
Error code
INV_QUESTION
INV_QUESTION
127

Table 20: Test Cases for deleteMatchColumn

14. Function name : updateFillBlank

Test Case
No:
1 Question object is null Error Code NULL_VALUE
2 questionId of the given Question object is
not found in the table
Error code
INV_QUESTION
found in the table
SUCCESS
4 The given Question object becomes a
duplicate after
Updation
Error code
DUP_QUESTION
that of a question of another type
Error code
INV_QUESTION
6 The type of the given Question object is not
FILL_IN_THE_BLANK but questionId
belongs to a question of type
FILL_IN_THE_BLANK
Error code
INV_FUNCTION
Table 21: Test Cases for updateFillBlank

15. Function name : updateTrueFalse

Test Case
No:
Error code
INV_QUESTION
found in the table
SUCCESS
duplicate after
Updation
Error code
DUP_QUESTION
128
Error code
INV_QUESTION
TRUE_AND_FALSE but questionId
TRUE_AND_FALSE
Error code
INV_FUNCTION
Table 22: Test Cases for updateTrueFalse
16. Function name : updateMCQ.
Test Case
No:
Error code
INV_QUESTION
found in the table
SUCCESS
duplicate after
Updation
Error code
DUP_QUESTION
Error code
INV_QUESTION
MULTIPLE_CHOICE but questionId
MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Error code
INV_FUNCTION
Table 23: Test Cases for updateMCQ
17. Function name : updateMatchColumn
Test Case
No:
Error code
INV_QUESTION
129

found in the table
SUCCESS
duplicate after
Updation
Error code
DUP_QUESTION
Error code
INV_QUESTION
MATCH_COLUMN but questionId belongs
to a question of type MATCH_COLUMN
Error code
INV_FUNCTION
Table 24: Test Cases for updateMatchColumn

18. Function name : extractFillBlanks

Test Case
No:
1 The table is empty An empty array of Question
object
2 N less than or equal to 0 An empty array of Question
object
3 N less than total number of questions of
type FILL_IN_THE_BLANK
An array of Question
objects containing N entries
of the type
FILL_IN_THE_BLANK
4 N more than total number of questions of
type FILL_IN_THE_BLANK
objects containing all entries
of the type
FILL_IN_THE_BLANK
Table 25: Test Cases for extractFillblanks

19. Function name : extractTrueFalse
.

Test Case
No:
130

object
object
type TRUE_AND_FALSE
of the type
TRUE_AND_FALSE
type TRUE_AND_FALSE
of the type
TRUE_AND_FALSE
Table 26: Test Cases for extractTrueFalse

20. Function name : extractMatchColumn

Test Case
No:
object
object
type MATCH_COLUMN
of the type
MATCH_COLUMN
type MATCH_COLUMN
of the type
MATCH_COLUMN
Table 27: Test Cases for extractMatchColumn

21. Function name : extractMCQ

131

Test Case
No:
object
object
type MULTIPLE_CHOICE
of the type
MULTIPLE_CHOICE
type MULTIPLE_CHOICE
objects containing all
entries of the type
MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Table 28: Test Cases for extractMCQ

22. Function name : extractAllTrueFalse

Test Case
No:
1 There are no entries in the table of type
TRUE_AND_FALSE
An empty array of Question
object
2 There are some entries in the table of type
TRUE_AND_FALSE
objects containing the
entries of the type
TRUE_AND_FALSE
Table 29: Test Cases for extractAllTrueFalse

23. Function name : extractAllMCQ

Test Case
No:
1 There are no entries in the table of type An empty array of Question
132

MULTIPLE_CHOICE object
MULTIPLE_CHOICE
entries of the type
MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Table 30: Test Cases for extractAllMCQ

24. Function name : extractAllFillBlanks
.

Test Case
No:
FILL_IN_THE_BLANK
object
FILL_IN_THE_BLANK
entries of the type
FILL_IN_THE_BLANK
Table 31: Test Cases for extractAllFillBlanks

25. Function name : extractAllMatchColumn

Test Case
No:
MATCH_COLUMN
object
MATCH_COLUMN
entries of the type
MATCH_COLUMN
Table 32: Test Cases for extractAllMatchColumn

26. Function name : extractAllByTopicId

Test Case
No:
133

1 There are no entries in the table An empty array of Question
object
2 Invalid topicId i.e. topicId not present in the
database
object
3 questionType is MULTIPLE_CHOICE and
valid value of topicId
entries of the given type and
topicId
4 questionType is MATCH_COLUMN and
topicId
5 questionType is FILL_IN_THE_BLANK
and valid value of topicId
topicId
6 questionType is TRUE_AND_FALSE and
topicId
Table 33: Test Cases for extractAllByTopicId

27. Function name : extractByTopicId
.

Test Case
No:
object
2 There are no entries with the given value of
topicId
object
3 topicId not present in database An empty array of Question
object
4 There are some entries with the given value An array of Question object
134
of topicId containing the entries
Table 34: Test Cases for extractByTopicId
28. Function name : extractByAuthorId
Test Case
No:
object
authorId
object
3 authorId not present in database An empty array of Question
object
4 There are some entries with the given value
of authorId
An array of Question object
containing the entries
Table 35: Test Cases for extractByAuthorId
29. Function name : extractByReviewerId
Test Case
No:
object
reviewerId
object
3 reviewerId not present in database An empty array of Question
object
of reviewerId
Table 36: Test Cases for extractByReviewerId
30. Function name : extractByStandard
135

Test Case
No:
1 There are no entries in the table and a valid
value of standard is used
object
standard
object
3 Invalid value of standard An empty array of Question
object
of standard
Table 37: Test Cases for extractByStandard

31. Function name : extractByComplexity

Test Case
No:
value of complexity is used
object
complexity
object
3 Invalid value of complexity An empty array of Question
object
of complexity
Table 38: Test Cases for extractByComplexity

32. Function name : extractByStatus

Test Case
No:
value of status is used
object
2 There are no entries with the given value of An empty array of Question
136
status object
3 Invalid value of status An empty array of Question
object
of status
Table 39: Test Cases for extractByStatus
A.2.2 Test Report For Class KeywordManager
1. Function name : insertKeyword
TEST
CASE
NO:
1. Keyword object = null rest valid NULL_VALUE
2. Keyword = null NULL_VALUE
3. Lang id = 0 (not present in table) INV_LANG
4. Keyword is null NULL_VALUE
5. Keyword is empty string rest valid NULL_VALUE
6. Keyword description is null NULL_VALUE
7. Keyword description is empty string
rest valid
NULL_VALUE
8. Lang id of keyword description is not
provided
INV_LANG
9. Topic id invalid INV_TOPIC
10. Status invalid INV_STATUS
11. Language id of keyword and keyword
description are different
INV_LANG
12. Insertion of same keyword twice with
same description
DUP_KEYWORD
13. Valid data SUCCESS
137
14. Error in sql statement to simulate sql
error
SQL_ERROR
Table 40: Test Cases for insertKeyword
2. Function name : deleteKeyword
TEST
CASE
NO:
1. Keyword id = 0 (not present in the
table)
INV_KEYWORDID
2. Keyword id = 2 (present in the table) SUCCESS
(row with keyword id 2 will be
deleted)
6. Error in sql statement to simulate any
sql error
SQL_ERROR
Table 41: Test Cases for deleteKeyword
3. Function name : extractKeyword
TEST
CASE
NO:
1. N <= 0 Null Keyword array returned
2. N<= total number of entries in
database
Keyword array having N random
keywords
3. N> total number of entries in database Keyword array having all the entries
in random order
sql error
Null array was returned
Table 42: Test Cases for extractKeyword
4. Function name : extractAllKeyword
TEST
CASE
138
NO:
1. None Keyword array having all the entries
in random order
sql error
Table 43: Test Cases for extractAllKeyword
5. Function name : extractKeywordByStatus
TEST
CASE
NO:
1. Status = 4 ( invalid) Null Keyword array returned
2. Status = 2 (not in table) Null Keyword array returned
3. Status = 1 (valid and in table) Keyword array having status = 1 in
random order
sql error
Table 44: Test Cases for extractKeywordByStatus
6. Function name : extractKeywordById
TEST
CASE
NO:
1. Keyword id = 0 ( invalid) Null Keyword array returned
2. Keyword id = 4 (not in table) Null Keyword array returned
3. Keyword id = 1 (valid and in table) Keyword array having Keyword id =
1
(actually a single tuple was selected)
sql error
Table 45: Test Cases for extractKeywordById
139

7. Function name : extractKeywordByTopic

TEST
CASE
NO:
1. topicId = 0 ( invalid) Null Keyword array returned
2. topicId= 2 (not in table) Null Keyword array returned
3. topicId = 1 (valid and in table) Keyword array having topicId = 1 in
random order
sql error
Table 46: Test Cases for extractKeywordByTopic

8. Function name : updateKeyword

TEST
CASE
NO:
1. Keyword object = null rest valid NULL_VALUE
2. Keyword = null NULL_VALUE
3. Lang id = 0 (not present in table) INV_LANG
4. Keyword is null NULL_VALUE

5. Keyword is empty string rest valid NULL_VALUE
6. Keyword description is null NULL_VALUE
7. Keyword description is empty string
rest valid
NULL_VALUE

8. Lang id of keyword description is not
provided
INV_LANG
9. Topic id invalid INV_TOPIC
140
10. Status invalid INV_STATUS
11. Language id of keyword and keyword
description are different
INV_LANG
12. Insertion of same keyword twice with
same description
DUP_KEYWORD
13. Valid data SUCCESS
14. Error in sql statement to simulate sql
error
SQL_ERROR
Table 47: Test Cases for updateKeyword
141
Appendix B
ekshikshaqb Tables
Table: questionbank
Field Type Null Key
question_id int(11) NO PRIMARY
topic_id int(11) NO NONE
author_id int(11) NO NONE
reviewer_id int(11) NO NONE
Std int(11) NO NONE
Complexity int(11) NO NONE
question_string bigint(20) NO NONE
image_url varchar(50) YES NONE
number_of_options int(11) NO NONE
total_correct_options int(11) NO NONE
question_type int(11) NO NONE
submitted_on timestamp NO NONE
reviewed_on timestamp YES NONE
Status int(11) NO NONE
Table 48: questionbank table
Table : multiplechoiceoptions
Field Type Null Key
option_string bigint(20) YES NONE
order_index int(11) NO PRIMAR
Iscorrect tinyint(1) NO NONE
Table 49: multiplechoiceoptions table
Table : truefalseoptions
Field Type Null Key
Table 50: truefalseoptions table
142

Table : fillblankoptions

Field Type Null Key
option_string bigint(20) NO NONE
blank_id int(11) NO NONE
order_index int(11) NO PRIMARY
Table 51:fillblankoptions table

Table : matchcolumnoptions

Field Type Null Key
option_string bigint(20) NO NONE
Table 52: matchcolumnoptions table

Table : published_content

Field Type Null Key
content_id bigint(20) NO PRIMARY
lang_id int(11) NO PRIMARY
index_by varchar(20) NO NONE
Utext Text NO NONE
publisher_id int(11) YES NONE
published_time timestamp NO NONE
Published tinyint(1) NO NONE
Translatable tinyint(1) NO NONE
Table 53: published_content table

Table : ekshiksha_users

Field Type Null Key
Userid int(11) NO PRIMARY
Username varchar(50) NO NONE
143

firstname varchar(30) NO NONE
middlename varchar(30) YES NONE
lastname varchar(30) YES NONE
roleid int(11) NO MULTIPLE
langid int(11) NO MULTIPLE
qualification varchar(30) YES NONE
profile varchar(500) YES NONE
email varchar(100) YES NONE
mobile bigint(20) YES NONE
phone bigint(20) YES NONE
organisation varchar(160) YES NONE
address varchar(150) YES NONE
City varchar(50) YES NONE
State int(11) YES MULTIPLE
pincode int(11) YES NONE
user_photo varchar(50) YES NONE
showmobile tinyint(1) NO NONE
showphone tinyint(1) NO NONE
showemail tinyint(1) NO NONE
showaddress tinyint(1) NO NONE
showphoto tinyint(1) NO NONE
showorganisation tinyint(1) NO NONE
Approved tinyint(1) NO NONE
reg_on timestamp NO NONE
ip_address varchar(80) NO NONE
Table 54: ekshiksha_users table

Table : languages

Field Type Null Key
lang_name varchar(100) NO NONE
lang_desc text YES NONE
lang_code varchar(50) YES NONE
start_code int(11) YES NONE
end_code int(11) YES NONE
Table 55: languages table

Table : topics

Field Type Null Key
144

topic_id int(11) NO PRIMARY
parent_id int(11) NO NONE
Type int(11) NO NONE
Table 56: topics table

Table : contents

Field Type Null Key
topic_id int(11) NO PRIMARY
topic_name text NO NONE
Table 57:contents table

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